Sereniful

Sereniful is a mobile serious game designed to help users understand the emotional patterns behind financial decisions. Instead of treating money struggles as only a budgeting or literacy problem, Sereniful explores how stress, shame, avoidance, loneliness, and unmet needs can influence financial behaviour.

In Centre of Digital Media, our team helped design a focused mobile game prototype that translates this idea into an interactive story experience. The prototype follows a character named Alex through emotional-financial decision moments, where a creature appears and offers an easy but unsustainable choice. Through branching dialogue, the player helps Alex understand his feelings, uncover deeper needs, and choose a healthier response.

We developed the core gameplay loop, including character state systems such as capacity, willpower, and financial condition, as well as the apartment-map structure, creature interaction, decision consequences, and progression toward befriending creatures. The final experience demonstrates how Sereniful can turn financial reflection into a more empathetic, story-driven, and