DeepWell Digital Therapeutics

DeepWell co-founders Mike Wilson (left) and Ryan Douglas (right). [Image from DeepWell]Imagine playing a video game where you are a wizard fighting for good in a magical realm. 

You must master control of your mind and body to increase your powers and abilities, creating a forcefield shielding you from enemies and strengthening your counterattack.  

In these moments of high anxiety, more control makes you more powerful, and you learn to make better choices under pressure. 

More than just a game, it’s a futuristic component of mental health therapy as envisioned by DeepWell Digital Therapeutics, a new entry in the growing field of treating and managing medical conditions with software. 

“Through a lot of things we’ve seen in neurology, you can lead yourself to a place of entrainment and, over time, these are going to be preferential ways that you manage yourself,” DeepWell co-founder Ryan Douglas said in an interview. 

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DeepWell Digital Therapeutics, a video game developer aiming to combine games and health treatments, was unveiled today.

Seattle, Washington-based DeepWell aims to create best-in-class gameplay that can simultaneously entertain and deliver, enhance and accelerate treatment for an array of globally pervasive health conditions, according to a news release.

Devolver Digital Co-Founder Mike Wilson and Nextern Founder and former CEO Ryan Douglas came together to create DeepWell, adding a team of game industry and medical experts to collaborate and lead the development of the company’s own games.

The aim for DeepWell is to work with independent creators worldwide to publish titles across every platform and genre and open the company’s research-driven technologies to assist developers in designing and repurposing games to bring out therapeutic value.

“Our medium is often harshly judged for its perceived negative impacts on the mind and body,”…