That Dragon, Cancer is a video game created by Ryan and Amy Green, Josh Larson, and a small team under the name Numinous Games.That Dragon, Cancer is played as an exploration game from both third- and first-person perspective through a number of abstracted scenes based on the Greens’ experience with raising Joel from learning of his condition through his death. The player takes the role of Joel’s parents, Ryan and Amy, in fourteen small vignettes that capture some of the emotional moments they had to face during Joel’s life expressed as interactive art. The player is able to interact with the characters and make certain choices, similar to those that the Greens had to face. For example, the first scene is where the parents have learned of their child’s diagnosis, having the player consider their new responsibilities for caring for the child while reflecting on the “absurdity and sterility” of the hospital setting.
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