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17-25 October 2026

Bump Galaxy: Virtual Care, E-health, Digital Love

A virtual world and community for mental health

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This project is now archived and was part of DDW20

This project is part of
Graduation Show - Social Design
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Femke Reijerman
Bump Galaxy is a virtual world and community for mental healthcare prototyped on the open-world sandbox game Minecraft. It became of more importance during the pandemic in which a need for new intimacy arose on digital platforms.
Bump Galaxy is a virtual community for mental health and care in a game world prototyped on Minecraft. In it, community members can visit several different Care Commons: a forest for meditation, sand dunes for reflecting on your dreams, a netherworld for
Bump Galaxy lobby with potion fountains
Bump Galaxy lobby with potion fountains
Dream Journal Club session in Sand Dune Dreamscape
Dream Journal Club session in Sand Dune Dreamscape
Meditation Forest
Meditation Forest
Share messages with the community post-meditation
Share messages with the community post-meditation

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