With their game set to launch at the end of this month, developers Genius Slackers and publisher KATNAPPE wanted to give some detail as to what inspired the concept of What Happened. Using a short dev diary video to explain it, we learn that it was because of their initial inability to understand why a neighbor would commit suicide led them to want to use the entertainment and gaming industry to try and help others understand the road people take that leads them to commit such an act.

In this game, you do end up taking on the role of a kid going through his nightmarish memories from high school. Fighting through a mixture of anxiety and depression, players will have to help guide him to the light. To do this you have to use some empathy and read between the lines to better understand these confused memories and make it through the LSD-fueled hallucinations.

They really are focused on some heavy topics with this game and I hope it ends up coming out with a positive reflection on the subject. It won’t be long before we find out since What Happened officially releases on July 30th for PC via Steam.