Ayiti: The Cost of Life [view profile]
URL: CostofLife.org
Developer: Global Kids and GameLab
Description: Ayiti: The Cost of Life is a game that challenges its players to manage a rural family of five in Haiti over four years and keep them healthy, get them educated, and help them survive. Develop in a unique partnership between youth in an after school program and a professional game developer, the game has been played over a half million times since its launch six months ago and has proven to be a hit as both an engaging game and as a tool for education.
PeaceMaker [view profile]
Developer: ImpactGames
Description: PeaceMaker is inspired by real events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It challenges players to succeed as a leader where others have failed: bringing peace to the Middle-East. Playing both perspectives, players could experience the joy of winning the Nobel Prize or the agony of plunging the region into disaster.
Darfur is Dying [view profile]
Developer: interFUEL, LLC
Description: Darfur is Dying is a web-based, viral video game that provides a window into the experience of the 2.5 million refugees in the Darfur region of Sudan. It is designed to raise awareness of the genocide taking place in Darfur and empower college students to help stop the crisis.
The Redistricting Game [view profile]
Developer: USC Game Innovation Lab
Description: The Redistricting Game strives for three things: 1) Educate voters about redistricting, how it is abused, why it is important 2) Engage players so they join the dialog about reform. Connect players with existing like-minded organizations 3) Empower players to affect their own governance via community and social action.
The Collector [view profile]
URL: www.siuchong.com/thecollector
Developer: NA
Description: "The Collector" is a concept game for raising awareness on the importance of recycling. Through a fast-paced environment where the user plays the leading role of the Collector - the one person with the ability and knowledge of recycling that is needed to pull society back from the brink.
Wasteland Adventure [view profile]
URL: a.parsons.edu/~cpeng/wastelandadventure/game.swf
Developer: Ching-Yun Peng (Grace)
Description: Wasteland Adventure is a game to help people raise the awareness of the concept of recycling and how this simple activity can teach sustainability and protection of our eco-system.
Save Swampy Mobile Game [view profile]
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Developer: Miki Pierre
Description: Swampy's is a one-button mobile game. The goal of the game is to help the main character, a little frog named Swampie, keep his swamp clean by destroying trash falling onto the screen.
McDonald's Video Game [view profile]
URL: www.mcvideogame.com/
Developer: molleindustria
Description: McDonald's video game is a business game that aims to demonstrate the social and environmental unsustainability of the fast food industry.
Food Force [view profile]
URL: www.food-force.com
Developer: Deepend Srl for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Description: Food Force is an educational action computer game that teaches kids about the problem of global hunger and the importance of humanitarian aid work.
3rd World Farmer [view profile]
URL: www.3rdworldfarmer.com
Developer: 3rd World Farmer Team
Description: 3rd World Farmer lets players manage a small farm in a developing country, and thus experience the hardships and dilemmas faced by the poor.
Creative Express [view profile]
Developer: Madcap Logic LLC
Description: Flash based, 3D animated program teaches Tweens the language of art as it helps develop creativity, visualization and problem solving skills. 16 main lessons, 100's of interactivities and projects.