The Story
FOCUS (Families OverComing Under Stress) came to The Groop with the challenge of translating their resiliency training program into an interactive, online experience. The Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery had initiated the Focus Project to help military families learn practical skills to better communicate, solve problems, understand emotions and meet the challenges of deployment. The Groop embraced these goals and incorporated them into the concept and design of FOCUS World.
The Results
The Groop designed FOCUS World, a flash based world where parents, spouses and children are able to create avatars and explore by them self or even as a family. The Groop translated real world exercises of the resiliency program into an online, digital medium capable of educating and connecting family members no matter where they are in the world. Within FOCUS World they are able to explore, play games, learn from exercises and use tools to track and set goals to create a happier, healthier family.