This news item is sort of a blurb about a project I'm working on with two colleagues of mine (Chris Quinn and Vladimir Neykov) for an applied game design course. The project is a simulation game centered around a village in southern Honduras.
Back in '98, Hurricane Mitch came through and wiped out 80% of the country's infrastructure and cost the country billions of dollars while setting them back 50 years. Needless to say they are still feeling the power of that hurricane. So our idea is to raise awareness and maybe some funds for the country and it's smaller villages, which were hit the hardest, in particular through the medium of an online game. Due to the 10 week development period, our game will only be a working prototype with a strong design document which we'll submit to outside organizations for further funding and interest.
Check in on our progress HERE. You can play an early prototype and look at our working design docs and see the upcoming features. It's still a work in progress, but will be finished in the coming weeks.
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