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Age Range Ages 11 and up

Brief Description

3rd World Farmer lets players manage a small virtual farm in a developing country, and thus experience the hardships and dilemmas faced by the poor.

Release Date Spring 2005

Developer 3rd World Farmer Team

Project Lead Frederik Hermund

Press Coverage

The game has been reviewed in USAtoday, The First Post, La Stampa, Escapist Magazine among many others. Try googling: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q;="3rd+world+farmer"

Press Release URL
http://www.3rdworldfarmer.com/About.html

Full Description

3rd World Farmer touches on many subjects related to world hunger and poverty, such as corruption, trade barriers, armed conflict, lack of education, sanitation, infrastructure and economic stability. These factors are brought into play through an intuitive and easy-to-play simulation, where the player makes choices primarily about crop types, livestock, tools, and structures for his farm, as well as managing the family members’ health, education, marriages and jobs. The highly playable model, where the player only slowly becomes aware of the perilous situation and his increasingly desperate options, has made the game popular with both casual game players and educators who use the simulation in class.



Purpose

We are aiming at a more immersive experience than movies or books on similar subjects provide. Also, by using the game format we hope to reach people who aren’t already aware of the problems in developing countries. We want to show them that ‘rules of play’ apply differently to people in different parts of the world. At the end of the game, people are invited to visit various relief agency websites to learn how they can personally make a difference.

Metrics
 How are you measuring results?
 Website statistics give us some idea of how many players the game has.

What outcomes have been measured?
 A steady stream of players follow the links to relief agencies after playing the game, and several schools and colleges are using the game as part of their curriculum.

Non-Profit involved:

Sponsors/In-kind donations: www.ArcadeTown.com and www.neodelight.com online game portal sponsorships.

Social Issues/Channels Economics, Global Conflict, Politics, Poverty Game Tags

poverty, hunger, developing countries, 3rd world, farming, corruption, starvation, politics



Where you can play this game The game can be played here http://www.3rdworldfarmer.com

Contacts
General 3rdWorldFarmer Team, world_farmer@hotmail.com
Press 3rdWorldFarmer Team, world_farmer@hotmail.com

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