MK09 The Purrrrfect Companion!

Our project is a plush interactive desktop companion that seeks to relieve NUS students’ stress and cultivate healthy coping mechanisms. In order to come up with a solution to recognise and address potential distress in students, we conducted many interviews, where we learnt that students face a lot of stress studying and preparing for exams/internships. Due to high workloads, they tend to forget to take breaks and lead to even more stress from overworking. Students are also further isolated from communities due to Covid-19 and lack companionship. The plush interactive desktop companion achieves these goals by reminding students to take breaks while studying, provide relevant wellness advice according to the time of day and provide them with a sense of comfort at their working table.