Is making an online game a contribution to loneliness of others people?
For the last few days I've been considering making a simple online game which is based on communication between people by texting.
But at the same time, I've been thinking about the impact that technology have on us - they make us lonely, isolate us, social skills are degrading and people live their lives in smartphones, in front of screens, not making genuine connections with others in real life. At least, this is something I've noticed in myself. When I think about all the effects, it makes me sad. And when I'm thinking about my hypothetical game, I ask myself: "Am I really going to connect different people around the globe or will the game become for someone just another reason to not talk to people in real life and will make them more glued to their phones?".
This is the ethic dilemma I'm currently in and honestly not sure what to do. I want to connect people, but at the same time these connections will be surface-level and will never replace those from IRL. Maybe I'm projecting myself, since I was doing exactly this for a long time (texting to people online whom I met in an online game, but didn't have real friends IRL).
I'm stuck. At the end of the day, I just want people to be happy and the world to become a happier place.