3rd World Farmer
“In the game, the player gets to manage an African farm and is soon confronted with the difficult choices that […]
“You Have Unleashed a Horde of Barbarians!”
“We are about four or five years into the formation of a new discipline, digital game studies. Though by one […]
Includification – A Practical Guide to Game Accessibility
“This document does not explain the technical ways to design a video game. Instead, it explains the most important accessibility options that can be included into a video game and what each one of them means to the end-user. In a three-tier style, we will explain the options that need to be included to assist those with mobility, hearing, visual and cognitive disabilities.” – Includification – A Practical Guide to Game Accessibility
CEO2
“CEO2 is a game that puts players in the role of a CEO in one of four major industries from 2010 to 2030. CEO2 was designed to raise awareness about the need for business leaders to balance their concerns for profit and climate change, and the options available to them.” – CEO2
Unclaimed World
“Characters and alien wildlife are brought to life through a rigorous simulation and the game plays out as a tug-of-war between humans and nature on a planet full of opportunities and dangers. Understanding the alien environment is crucial – the resources you discover will provide a number of production options making you able to adapt when food gets scarce and equipment breaks.” – Unclaimed World
Banished
“In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travellers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The objective of the game is to keep the population alive and grow it into a successful culture.” – Banished
BBC Climate Challenge
“The future is in your hands! You are president of the European Nations and must tackle global climate change from 2000 to 2100. You choose Europe’s policies and try to persuade competing regional blocs to reduce their carbon emissions” – BBC Climate Challenge
PowerUp
“Players meet Expert Engineer characters and experience the great diversity of the field. Conversations with these experts and engaging interactive activities allow players to explore ways engineers design and build systems to harness renewable energy sources as alternatives to burning fossil fuels. Players take on the role of Engineers, working together designing and building energy solutions to save the world.” – Power
Food Import Folly
“Take the role of the FDA inspectors in a world of increasingly numerous food imports and increasingly unmanagable risk. Your charge: try to protect the country from contaminants in foreign food imports using extremely limited resources.” – Food Import Folly
Endgame: Syria
“Endgame: Syria is a free interactive exploration of events unfolding in Syria today. It is a news-game; a simulation that uses interactivity to explore a real world event.” – Endgame: Syria