Video game created to help young people's mental health

Game designers in Cornwall are part of a project to create a "serious" video game to help young people deal with adverse childhood experiences.

The Ace of Hearts game deals with issues like bereavement, poverty and substance abuse.

Developers at the University of Falmouth worked with young people to design the game, which is part of a £35m UK-wide programme looking at the mental health of young people.

One of the developers said: "The main purpose of the game is to get people to talk about it afterwards."

Ace of Hearts is part of a project called ATTUNE which is using varied arts-based methods, including gaming, to explore young people's experiences and understandings of mental health and the impact of negative experiences.