The game guide · Empathy
How to play Another Person’s Path
Follow the shown route instead of assuming the next turn. Follow a displayed arrow sequence using the direction controls. Each turn gives you one clear choice, forming a short imaginary route around the feeling you have selected.
Your starting point
Follow the shown route instead of assuming the next turn.
The rules
Read the displayed arrow sequence. Press the direction controls in that exact order, one arrow at a time. Use the feedback to correct a new attempt.
A helpful approach
Read each arrow in order and connect it with its matching control. Treat the route as a sequence of small turns instead of one large guess. Notice the difference between the information you have been given and the story you might be assuming around it.
After the game
What makes a next step easier to take when a whole route feels uncertain? What respectful question could help you understand someone’s experience without deciding their feelings or needs for them?
There is no need to turn a small moment into a perfect performance. Play again if you want to explore it, or leave it here and take the thought into your day.
The feeling behind it
Listen before deciding what someone must feel. Make room for a perspective that is different from your own.
A women’s storytelling tradition inspires attention to perspective. These games are original and do not reproduce Hikaye tales.
Read our empathy story, inspired by Palestinian Hikaye in Palestine. The UNESCO: The Palestinian Hikaye provides the source context.
Share the invitation
I am here to listen, without writing your story for you. Try Another Person’s Path with me, if you fancy a little empathy today.
If someone comes to mind, send them a game they might enjoy. Add your own words, let them choose whether to play, and keep private details out of a public link.