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Hurricane Katrina: Tempest in Crescent City
Game URL: tempestincrescentcity.ning.com/game
Developer: Digital Creations
Non-Profit: Global Kids; we worked with a group of high school students to develop the game design, art style, and factual content
Release Date: 7/08
Project Lead: Jay Bachhuber
Funding Sources: Microsoft, AMD
Sponsors/In-kind donations:
Budget:
Overall: 130,000
Secured: 130,000
Brief Description
Our game is about the everyday people who became heroes during the Hurricane Katrina disaster. The player is a resident looking for her mother. Along the way she must rescue people, and help neighbors help each other by distributing local resources and aiding comunication.
Full Description
In Katrina Hero, the player assumes the role of a high school girl from New Orleans who has moved out of the city. The game is set in a dream she's having about being in the Hurricane Katrina disaster trying to rescue her mother. The player moves through five different neighborhoods over the course of the first five days of the disaster. The player must learn about the disaster from residents, help distribute resources from the community, and rescue people trapped in their attics.
Target Audience: Our game is aimed at high school students, but will also appeal to a wide audience because of its engaging game play, emotionally rich story, and serious subject matter.
Social Issues Addressed: poverty,
Purpose:
The purpose of the game is to try and affect public misconceptions about Hurricane Katrina and the stereotypes that the residents were only victims or criminals. We are also trying to renew attention to the disaster, because though the public has moved on to other stories, the struggle to rebuild continues for many New Orleans residents. Additionally, our game highlights two of the most important actions in any disaster: effective communication and utilization of local resources.
Metrics:
How? TBD
What outcomes have been measured?
Press Coverage:
Press Release URL:
Public Contact Information
Name: Jay Bachhuber
Email: jay@globalkids.org
Press Contact Name: Jonah Kokodyniak
Press Contact Email: jonah@globalkids.org
Game Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Global Kids, Playing 4 Keeps, platformer, New Orleans
Where you can play this game: It will be a browser-based flash game. The website is not yet up.
