Social Issue Games

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Topic summary: A Social issue game is a video game experience that is designed to explore a serious social issue in an interactive and entertaining way that is informative and inspires action. In this topic you will learn about Games for Social Change. In the last topic you explored different social issue games, now its time to pick a social topic for your own game.


Topic Assignments

Reflect on the Social Issue Games you have played with

Questions

  • What issue does the game explore?
  • Does it do a good job of exploring the social issue?
  • Is this game fun or compelling to play?
  • Can a game be fun and be good at exploring social issue? How?

Choose the Topic for Your Own Social Issue Game

1. Explore Local Themes and Issues that matter to you

How do the following issues affect your local community?

  • Poverty- People can't afford gas to get to where they need to go.
  • Health- Health insurance is expensive, so people can't always get the help they need.
  • Environment- A lot of people dump trash and litter our community.
  • Education- Some kids around here drop out of high school.

2. Choose one issue and find information about it.

  • Answer these questions:
    • What do you think is the most important thing people should know about your topic?
    • What actions should people do in order to help with this topic?
    • What do you want someone to learn from your game?
  • Use Google to search for information online
  • Create a links to multimedia resources about your topic that can inspire your game development. Try to include sounds, images, videos and text.


Update the Wiki

Update your projects page with the lists you created.

Update the Blog:

  • Write a Blog post about this topic, share your learning experience!


After you finish these assignments, continue to the Imagining your Game topic.

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