You VS Drugs: Education & Prevention

Support the development of this game, play it, and judge it based on what matters most: the story (people don't remember info and facts without context, emotions or meaning) and your (or your children's) learning about the following topics:

(1) Where the game events take place,

(2) The purpose of neurotransmitters (NTs),

(3) Where they produce their effect and (4) How,

(5) The meaning of affinity and

(6) activity of NTs at a receptor,

(7) The reasons why NTs don't return to their cell,

(8) How enzymes affect NTs,

(9) How many receptors must be activated to activate a cell,

(10) What can make people to "want something impulsively" to the max.

Inspiration and theme:

“Children are already abusing drugs at age 12 or 13” (US National Institutes of Health -NIH-, 2020). So, what can be done? Seeking to reduce substance use, NIH scientists (2020) state that “increased understanding of the basics of addiction will empower people to make informed choices in their own lives”. But if science took +100 years to unravel how drugs change the brain and produce addiction, can regular children and adults learn such complex topics to foresee the hidden dangers of trying drugs? Can this be done in a fun and simple way, so that even children/young people can (and want!) to learn them?

'You VS Drugs' is the world's first adventure saga that takes place inside our brain while keeping the foundations of the way it really works. Through story arcs that happen to brain Agents, cinematic cutscenes and surprising storylines, 'You VS Drugs' will entertain young people while educating them about the brain bases of addiction, and how different drugs affect different parts of your brain and mind. A scientific study made with this game in 2023 shows young adults understand basics of neurobiological function related to the effect of psychoactive substances and addiction (please google "A Video Game to Teach Young Adults the Brain Basics of Addiction", and download the article if you want.