In Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice we got down to inform the story of a Celtic Warrior and her quest to avoid wasting the soul of her lover – a quest that was each bodily and psychological, as an exploration of Senua’s experiences of psychosis.
On embarking on the event of Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, we knew it could be vital that we perceive in depth the subject material earlier than trying to painting it. To realize an understanding of psychosis and what it may be wish to expertise it, we started what has turn out to be a detailed collaboration with consultants by the use of analysis and by the use of lived-experience.
Within the subject of Neuroscience, Professor Paul Fletcher of the College of Cambridge has now been a detailed collaborator of the group for over 10 years. With reference to lived-experience, we’ve got partnered with the RCE Wellbeing Hub (previously Restoration School East) to know instantly from folks the affect psychosis and the connected stigma can have on folks’s lives.
In Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, we discover the following chapter of Senua’s life and the following step on her psychological well being journey. Whereas she has come to a spot of acceptance with the voices she hears and the way in which she perceives the world, she is not alone on her quest. She is going to meet folks in Iceland with their very own perception techniques, who might come to see her distinctive perspective as a beacon of hope, whereas others reject it. Simply as we did in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice we’ve got as soon as once more labored carefully with our skilled companions to carry Senua’s expertise to life in a truthful method.
We’d like to ask you to listen to extra about this distinctive partnership and journey into the thoughts of Senua in a particular stay occasion on Tuesday April 9. This collaboration between Ninja Idea and Cambridge Neuroscience will discover the views of each those that have skilled psychosis, and those that work to check and deal with it. Additionally, you will hear from the Ninja Idea group who will broaden upon how we utilized these learnings to our video games.
Hosted right here in Cambridge, you possibly can tune into the livestream at 14:00 BST / 09:00 ET / 06:00 PT Tuesday April 9 on Twitch, YouTube and Fb. This collaboration has been a particular privilege for us as a studio, which is why we’d love so that you can tune in and listen to first hand the way it has formed our journey into the thoughts, with Hellblade.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II launches on Xbox, PC and through Sport Cross on Might 21.