Game Classification

Heifer Village: Nepal ForgeFX (U.S.A.), Greg Meyers (U.S.A.), 2008 Play it Now !

Informations Analyses Serious Gaming

Classification

SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:

Educative message broadcasting
Storytelling

Market

This title is used by the following domains:

Entertainment
Education
Politics
Humanitarian & Caritative

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age : 8 to 11 years old / 12 to 16 years old / 17 to 25 years old / 25 to 35 years old
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

Comments

Taxonomy

"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."

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.

Distribution : Free
Platform(s) : Browser (Flash)