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VirtualSociety

VirtualSociety is an immersive platform where everyone can create, experience, and socialize freely. Designed to promote well-being and mental health, the game is developed in collaboration with health professionals to provide a soothing and inclusive experience, tailored for neurodivergent individuals.

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Mental health support
with no barrier and no stigma

VirtualSociety provides a calming virtual space for stress relief and personal growth. It helps users manage anxiety, desensitize phobias, and develop new skills at their own pace. With a focus on creativity and self-discovery, the game offers both relaxation and personal development opportunities.


Your needs first

VirtualSociety is more than entertainment — it's a powerful tool for personal growth. It enables you to learn new skills, manage projects, and adopt new routines while having fun. Discover new passions, build self-confidence, and thrive in a creative and explorative environment.


Therapeutical experiences
scientifically approved

VirtualSociety's progressive and safe gameplay helps you overcome fears like spiders or crowds. With personalized virtual environments, you can gradually desensitize phobias at your own pace. In a supportive and welcoming space, you're in control, facing your fears gently and safely.


A safe and welcoming space

In a world filled with stress, VirtualSociety provides a calming and innovative escape. Its secure, welcoming environment lets players explore stress management at their own pace, offering a peaceful space to reconnect and find serenity.

Mental Health

Mental Health

An innovative approach based on virtual reality therapy.

Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity

Tailored experiences to improve daily living.

Simulation

Simulation

Immersive scenarios shaped by your decisions and interactions..

Construction

Construction

Powerful and easy-to-use tools.

Inclusive

Inclusive

No matter your background, come share a moment with us.

Social

Social

Reconnect with old friends or make new ones.

Creative

Creative

Imagine characters, places, and stories, and watch them come to life.

Sandbox

Sandbox

The ability to create, improve, and restart everything.

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VirtualSociety was created by Nicolas Gauville and firstly developed by Nicolas and Jimmy Etienne. Today, we're a team of 4 forming the Cats & Foxes studio. To find out more, see the team page.

In VirtualSociety, you can choose between playing in local player worlds (stored on your device) or server-based multiplayer worlds.

For multiplayer worlds, it is possible to restrict access to a group of friends, by invitation, by language, or to open it to all.

In a local world, you're not limited to solo play—you can invite friends to join and explore your world together. Several pre-made worlds are available by default, but players can also create and customize their own unique worlds to share with others.

Whether you’re playing solo or with friends, VirtualSociety offers a flexible multiplayer experience that suits your style.

World creation in VirtualSociety gives you complete control to customize your environment. You can shape the landscape by adjusting the terrain's height, selecting different types of environments (forests, mountains, rivers), and placing rocks, trees, and other natural elements. You can also design public buildings, private properties, and even create non-player characters (NPCs) to populate your world.

Each player-created world can be set up as either single-player or multiplayer. As the owner, you have the ability to grant administrative rights to other players. With additional add-ons, you can sell land plots or objects to players within your world and manage city administration, including setting taxes and employing municipal workers for city maintenance.

World creation offers a deep level of customization and management, letting you build and control your own unique society.

VirtualSociety will first launch on PC and Mac, delivering the full game experience. There will also be a VR version specifically designed for health-related experiences.

After the initial release, the game will expand to iOS, Android, and various virtual reality headsets. The core gameplay will stay consistent across all platforms, but the controls and interface will be tailored for each device—for example, mobile versions will have simplified handling, and VR will be optimized to reduce excessive camera movements for comfort.

Additionally, based on the game's success or the outcome of crowdfunding efforts, we plan to target the Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck, and other handheld devices in the future.

At launch, VirtualSociety will support both French and English. Additional languages will be introduced post-launch in phases.

The next planned languages are Spanish and Simplified Chinese, followed by Italian and German, as we work to make the game accessible to as many players as possible.

We don't have a minimum age rating for the game yet, but we are targeting an audience of 13 years old or more.

We can't really specify a minimum system requirement until the game is almost ready.

Nevertheless, we are doing our best to make the game playable on as many devices as possible, with different rendering qualities to allow as many of you as possible to play.

For virtual reality headsets, we are currently testing the game on a Meta Quest 2.

We are committed to making VirtualSociety as accessible as possible for all players. Our team will focus on addressing common accessibility needs, especially those we are currently aware of and have solutions for.

If you have specific needs, recommendations, or would like to help us improve accessibility, we encourage you to reach out. We welcome your input to ensure VirtualSociety is an inclusive experience for everyone.

Yes, we plan to offer a beta and a early access phase before the full launch of VirtualSociety.

This will allow players to test the game, provide feedback, and help us improve the final version. Stay tuned for more information on how to participate in early access.

VirtualSociety has been specifically designed to provide an environment beneficial to neurodiverse individuals, particularly those on the autism spectrum. The game offers several advantages:

  • Facilitated socialization: VirtualSociety allows players to interact in a safe and inclusive virtual environment, where social interactions are encouraged progressively and without pressure. Whether playing alone or with others, the game helps develop social skills and build connections in a welcoming space.
  • Better emotion management: Through interactive scenarios and stories, the game helps players recognize and understand their own emotions as well as those of others. This approach allows for a better response to complex emotional situations, either for oneself or when supporting a loved one.
  • Overcoming fears and anxiety: VirtualSociety integrates tailored experiences to help manage phobias and stressful situations, such as crowds or unfamiliar places. Through the game, players can gradually become comfortable with these challenges in a playful and reassuring environment, all while building their confidence.

By supporting VirtualSociety on Patreon, you are directly contributing to the development of a game designed to promote inclusivity, mental well-being, and education. Your support allows our small team to continue developing essential features, such as tools specifically tailored for neurodiverse individuals, while improving the game's creative and technical aspects. Every contribution helps us create a safe and fun environment for all players.

The funds raised on Patreon are used to continue the development of VirtualSociety. This includes adding new features, enhancing accessibility for individuals with special needs, conducting research in collaboration with psychology and mental health experts, maintaining multiplayer servers, and creating new content.

Your support also helps cover the costs of gameplay testing, graphic design, and expanding the game to additional platforms.

Even if you can't contribute financially through Patreon, there are many other ways to support VirtualSociety.

You can help by sharing our project with friends, talking about the game on social media, or joining our online community. Every share and interaction helps us grow the community around the game and raise awareness about the importance of an inclusive and welcoming game.

Although we are actively working on the development of VirtualSociety through our personal resources, and public funding support, Patreon support allows us to ensure a faster and more thorough evolution of the project.

With your contribution, we can focus more on adding important features, improving accessibility, and expanding the available platforms.

Your support is therefore crucial to the success of the project.