Fishbowl is a story of hope and moving through grief at your own pace. We hope for everyone who plays the game to stay safe and come back to it on a later day if these themes are difficult to experience:
Grief, death of a loved one, loneliness, isolation. Please play with care <3
Fishbowl is based during the early onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and has several plot lines of characters dealing with the situation in their own way as best as they can.
The central story-line of Fishbowl is that of moving through the grief of losing a grandmother to cancer. Alo, our main character, uncovers certain memories from her childhood dealing with an emotionally unstable environment at home even though she is raised with love and care. Fishbowl delves deeply into experiences of negative self talk, self-doubt, feelings of worthlessness and not being good enough.
Alo, in moving through grief, experiences depression and anxiety. In showcasing Alo’s mental state and her past, we show parts of Alo’s mind through the nightmares she experiences. Some of these nightmares describe conditions like sleep paralysis, panic attacks and emotional distress.
Fishbowl does not portray any alive fish in captivity, the fish in our game is a wind-up toy fish from the protagonist’s childhood.