Water Wonders
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Idea
A game for the OLPC laptop targeted at 8 – 12 year old children. The objective of the game is to teach children about how pollution, global warming and mismanagement of the water supply is affecting the world’s water resources. This is accomplished using an intriguing storyline, fun characters, a variety of interesting environments to explore, and an appealing graphical interface. The game adheres to a high level of scientific accuracy and realistically depicts many aspects of the job of an environmental scientist.
Description of the Game
Gameplay
The object of the game is to successfully conduct 5 experiments at the Oceanic Institute. This is done by controlling the player or players around a series of rivers, lakes, ice caps, and oceans to make observations and collect samples, to be used in the experiments back at the Oceanic Institute Lab.
Characters
Activities
Collaboration
Educational Value
Deliverables
Schedule
Research
Stage 1
Stage 2
Continuous
Technical Details
Benefit to Community
Extensibility
Internationalization
The game will be offered in English and either Chinese, Spanish or Hindi. Translation will be done with the help of volunteers
Related Work
About Me
I'm a second year computer science undergrad at the University of Toronto.
