BREATHE Arcade

For the Web/Browser version, use SPACE BAR for Simulated Breath input.

The Windows standalone will allow for microphone and custom hardware use for gameplay—still ironing a few things out, will post an update when it's available.

On first load, the game may take a while to spin up—give it a minute.

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MINIGAMES AVAILABLE

• SAILBOAT — Fill the sails with steady breath to win a boat race!
• BALLOON— Long, controlled exhales help inflate balloons faster..
• BUBBLES — Chain bubbles while keeping a consistent stream of breath.
• STARGAZE — Breathe to open the night sky and bring out the stars.
• SKYDIVE — Breath shapes your fall; glide through the air, reach the targets.

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WHAT IS THIS?

BREATHE Arcade is a collection of breath-only minigames for Windows. 

It was designed around custom hardware—a fan and microcontroller that sense your breath and send input to the PC to drive gameplay.

The experience is calm and playful: there are no fail states, so the player can focus on and explore their breath capacity, strength, endurance, and control. 

This project was done to see if I could build an analog alternative controller + program that acts as a game (to measure someone's breath capabilities).

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HOW TO PLAY

PC users with no custom hardware (everyone—I have the only copy of the custom hardware) and also no microphone can use Simulated Breath mode and hold the SPACE BAR to mimic breath input—so the full set of modes is still playable without any special hardware.

There are no buttons and no traditional controller if you're not on Simulated mode: your breath power drives the game through the microphone or through the optional fan-based sensor/custom hardware, if you have one.

For the Windows standalone version, download the zip below, extract, and run BREATHE_Game.exe.

Use a quiet room or headphones if you can so the mic picks up your breath clearly. Take breaks as needed—gameplay encourages sustained exhales and steady breathing patterns.

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), modest PC (roughly dual-core 2 GHz, 4 GB RAM, DirectX 11 GPU), and a microphone or keyboard. Built with Unity 6 and C#.

Thank you for playing. Let me know if you encounter glitches/bugs!