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My US Rep
Game URL: www.boogaholler.com/myusrep/
Developer: Red Aphid
Non-Profit: Provisions Library(http://www.provisionslibrary.org/), they showcased the game at the Multimediale Fesitval in Washington DC.
Release Date: April 19, 2007
Project Lead: Brian Judy
Funding Sources: self
Sponsors/In-kind donations:
Budget:
Overall:
Secured:
Brief Description
Now you can role play your favorite US House of Representative with My US Rep! Your mission is to increase your rep's popularity while you navigate a game space of legislation, lobbyists and media. Learn how your rep voted on key bills, then cast your own vote.
Full Description
My US Rep is an online, casual, role playing game where any House representative from the US Congress can be a game character. In My US Rep, you work to increase your rep's popularity while navigating a challenging game space of computer characters and interactive objects. Based on XML feeds of real-life voting data, players locate bills to see how their congressperson voted on key legislation, and then indicate whether they approve of the rep's vote on each bill they find. Players' input affects their rep's Popularity characteristic. How players interact with in-game characters and interactive objects also affects rep characteristics. For instance, meeting with lobbyists, increases their disposable cash, but decrements their popularity. A rep's characteristics govern game dynamics such as the number of Cash tokens available or the rate that protesters appear in the game space. Characteristics: Popularity - an important attribute Independence - the degree they vote with the majority and their party Experience - the number of bills found Cash - can help in buying media time Rep characteristics are saved in an online database so each player's actions are added to the overall data depiction of a rep and of congress. New players inherit a rep's game state from the previous player so the game play is a little different each time it's played. In addition to being a fun and informative game, My US Rep, is an interactive art project. A range of images and sounds are incorporated into the game to help create an atmosphere of exploration and experimentation.
Target Audience: Casual gamers who are interested in politics and art.
Social Issues Addressed: global conflict, politics,
Purpose:
My US Rep is intended to help players become acquainted with the voting record of House members of the US Congress. It's hoped though this game players will become more engaged in the legislative process and be inspired to lobby their representatives on votes they care about.
Metrics:
How? Viewing game database statistics.
What outcomes have been measured?
Press Coverage:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/18/AR2007041802384.html
Press Release URL:
Public Contact Information
Name: Brian Judy
Email: contact@redaphid.com
Press Contact Name: Brian Judy
Press Contact Email: media@redaphid.com
Game Tags: government politics congress US war vote voting art
Where you can play this game: The game can be played through a browser with the Flash plugin at http://www.boogaholler.com/myusrep/
My US Rep
Developer: Red Aphid
Non-Profit: Provisions Library - Hosted an art exhibition where the game was launched.
Release Date: April, 2007
Project Lead: Brian Judy
Funding Sources: Self
Sponsors/In-kind donations: Red Aphid
Budget:
Overall: 5,000
Secured:
Brief Description
Now you can role play your favorite US House of Representative with My US Rep! Your mission is to increase your rep's popularity while you navigate a game space of legislation, lobbyists and media. Learn how your rep voted on key bills, then cast your own vote.
Full Description
My US Rep is an online, casual, role playing game where any House representative from the US Congress can be a game character. In My US Rep, you work to increase your rep's popularity while navigating a challenging game space of computer characters and interactive objects. Based on XML feeds of real-life voting data, players locate bills to see how their congressperson voted on key legislation, and then indicate whether they approve of the rep's vote on each bill they find. Players' input affects their rep's Popularity characteristic. How players interact with in-game characters and interactive objects also affects rep characteristics. For instance, meeting with lobbyists, increases their disposable cash, but decrements their popularity. A rep's characteristics govern game dynamics such as the number of Cash tokens available or the rate that protesters appear in the game space. Characteristics: Popularity - an important attribute Independence - the degree they vote with the majority and their party Experience - the number of bills found Cash - can help in buying media time Rep characteristics are saved in an online database so each player's actions are added to the overall data depiction of a rep and of congress. New players inherit a rep's game state from the previous player so the game play is a little different each time it's played.
Target Audience: Casual gamers who are interested in politics and art.
Social Issues Addressed:
Purpose:
To help players become more aware of how their US representatives voted on key legislation.
Metrics:
How? Characteristic scores for the reps are stored in the game database.
What outcomes have been measured? You can view the rep listing to see for yourself.
Press Coverage:
Press Release URL:
Public Contact Information
Name: Brian Judy
Email: contact@redaphid.com
Press Contact Name: Brian Judy
Press Contact Email: contact@redaphid.com
Game Tags: politics role-playing isometric
Where you can play this game:
