Social Clues is a combination puzzle game and therapy tool in development from a team of 35 University of Southern California students, USC News reports.
The game combines aspects of behavioral therapy with video game mechanics to help children on the autistic spectrum. In Social Clues, players take on the role of particiPETE or communiKATE as they participate in teachable scenarios. In one where a vending machine is out of apple juice, a virtual parrot called Sherlock teaches players that they need to look at someone and make eye contact to get juice.
"What we're trying to do is break down everyday interactions into something very understandable, very manageable," said project lead and USC Marshall School of Business MBA student...
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