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Pictures for Truth
Game URL: www.picturesfortruth.com
Developer: Florent Guinier, Karim Osman, Patrick Boutot, Vincent Theriault
Non-Profit: Amnesty International
Release Date: 25/05/2008
Project Lead: Florent Guinier
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Overall: 0
Secured: 0
Brief Description
Pictures for truth is a full 3d adventure game where you play a journalist in China. You will take picture and publish article to help about human right related trouble.
Full Description
Game Features: * Full 3d game (developed using XNA). * Three level with there original music (composed for the game) * Translated in three languages: English, French, Spanish (you can switch language at any time) This game was done to support Amnesty International's campaign on China. The aim of the project is to sensitize the player to human rights violation. Game pitch : You are a photograph. Few months before the Beijing Olympic Games, your best friend, Shen Jun, a human rights defender and journalist, calls for help. You will do everything you can to help him. This adventure will take you to China where you'll be confronted to many human rights violations. By investigating, taking pictures and publishing your articles, you'll work to solve the problems you encounter and eventually save your friend!
Target Audience: Original audience are north american/ european child from 10 to 15. The game can be played by adult as well.
Social Issues Addressed: human rights,
Purpose:
This game was done to support Amnesty International's campaign on China. The aim of the project is to sensitize the player to human rights violation so he speak about the campain and act by taking part to it. We developped that game to allow the amnesty campain to hit a new population. Many people love to play video game and we want that game to be a new media for the message it support. Reaching a completely new and huge amount of people for a campain with an increased efficiency.
Metrics:
How? By counting download hit on the game page and on the Amnesty China campain page.
What outcomes have been measured? Game was just released. It's too soon to measure result yet.
Press Coverage:
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Public Contact Information
Name: Florent Guinier
Email: florent.guinier@picturesfortruth.com
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Game Tags: Amnesty, china, 3d, adventure, journalist, photograph, death penalty, toxic dump, media freedom
Where you can play this game: The game was developped at Montreal, Quebec,Canada. It can be played on any PC computer that match the requested configuration. It can be downloaded from the web: http://www.picturesfortruth.com
