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Heifer Virtual Village: Nepal (0 comments)
Play Game >> Age Range Ages 18 and up
Brief Description
Heifer Virtual Village: Nepal is browser-based real-time 3D simulation where the player's character must navigate a virtual Nepalese environment, interact with other characters in the village, and correctly complete tasks associated with the game's goal.
Release Date June 2008Developer ForgeFX
Project Lead Greg Meyers
Press Coverage Press Release URL
Full Description
In this Serious Game For Change you find yourself in a the simulated village where a few are prosperous, but most struggle with hunger and poverty. The player is Esha, a young girl from a poor family. Your mother’s dearest wish is to somehow acquire a goat. A goat would provide your family with milk and the means of making money, which would allow Esha to go to school. Acquiring micro-loans and building animal pens are some of the activities the player engages in while playing the game. By demonstrating some of these activities in an online virtual world, Heifer hopes that the spirit of goodwill that ripples through communities as animals are passed on, will also be spread to some degree digitally.
Purpose
Heifer’s program of Passing the Gift allows families and individuals who have received animals and education to become donors themselves. In the simulated village, the player’s goal is to receive a goat from a neighbor and in the progress learn and understand the challenges that face people in villages like this in Nepal.
MetricsHow are you measuring results?
Site traffic analysis via google analytics, donations.
Non-Profit involved: yes
Funding Sources: Private
Social Issues/Channels Poverty
Where you can play this game http://heifervillage.org/nepal
Contacts
General Greg Meyers, gmeyers@forgefx.com
Press Greg Meyers, gmeyers@forgefx.com
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