Game Classification

Layoff Tiltfactor Laboratory (U.S.A.), Tiltfactor Laboratory (U.S.A.), 2009 Play it Now !

Informations Analyses Serious Gaming
 

Classification

SERIOUS GAME

Keywords

Political

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Subjective message broadcasting

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Humanitarian & Caritative

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
 Age : 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)

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tiltfactor.jpg “Adjust for inflation, the federal bailout of $8.5 trillion is more expensive than every war the US has ever fought, the Louisiana Purchase, the Marshall Plan, the New Deal, and the Nasa Space Program COMBINED.”

Tiltfactor and the collaborative Values at Play project are proud to announce the release of the new casual computer game, LAYOFF.

Developed by members of the Tiltfactor Lab and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Game Design and Development program, LAYOFF is an examination of the current financial scandal.

LAYOFF uses a simple casual game paradigm to comment on the current state of the US financial crisis. Both friends and strangers face tough times in an unstable economy. Part dark humor, mostly grim portent, in the game players play from the side of management needing to cut jobs, and match types of workers in groups in order to lay the workers off and increase workforce efficiency.

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

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