The original game used for reference was very light and clean, but the game’s aesthetic was changed to a darker and distressing atmosphere to make the player feel that an evil AI was watching them. The lighting and post-processing setup was altered, and a distorted image of the detected player’s face was added to the UI displays. Most importantly, we added lights that react to detected emotions. With these and many other additions, we aim to trigger anxiety in the player’s reactions.

At the end of the gaming session, the emotional telemetry is shown beside the player’s inputs to correlate actions to emotions. At the end, a full session screen recording and player voice recording can be implemented to add more meaning to the detected emotions although these tasks can be done with external products/software.