Wachi
Winter 2024
Wachi is an app idea I made for a class project where we were instructed to make a cute companion that supported wellbeing. Wachi is an app that involves character customization, mood tracking, and cinema therapy. The purpose of Wachi is to provide a comforting and cathartic space for people to connect and tune-in to their own emotions, through the use of film and tv, referred to as “cinema therapy.”
Research shows that watching movies (and tv) can provide a lot of benefits and help with mental health. Different genres can help in different ways. Some benefits are: reduce stress, provide rest, gain hope and inspiration, emotional catharsis, and recognize or gain insight/clarity on one’s own emotions/situation.
This project is the mockup and prototyping stage of app development and is not a real downloadable app.
character design | exploration | sketches
screens | UI design
App Store mockup | animation
Part of our project needed to incorporate a surprise element. I created a mockup of Wachi in the App Store and animated the character Wachi to guide you through each of the main screens.