Brave Space is a card game whose purpose is to propose a space for significatives and "brave" conversations. This game was created after a presentation about facilitating hard conversations and creating "braves spaces", by Sivane Hirsch.
Players can choose between 3 depth of conversations and then use their own words or/and pictogram cards, to express themselves about the concept solicited by the card. Thus players are allowed to talk about difficult subjects by their own means. Cards are nestable, to keep an eye on the conversation and constat progress.
You can download Brave Space direclty on the Itch page.
This game was made during the Game Jam "Développement de jeux pour la sensibilisation aux et la prévention des violences sexistes et sexuelles" ("Game development to raise awareness and prevent sexist and sexual violences", 28th-30th march, 2025). This game jam was oragnized during the first Triennal in research and creation of UdeM (University of Montréal). The participants were able to think on the topics of intimacy and sexuality, through the prism of game. The main goal was to educate and sensibilize people to sexist and sexual violences, through team game designing.
You can find more informations on on the Itch project page for the research study of UdeM "Développement d'une campagne vidéoludique francophone d'éducation et de prévention des violences sexuelles au postsecondaire" ("Development of a french-speaking gaming campaign of education and prevention of sexual violences in post secondary "), and on tha article written by the research chair CREAT.
