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Climate Challenge

Screenshot of the videogame:

Name of producer:

bbc

Date of production:

2006

Name of Distributor:

bbc

Technical Requirements:

Webbrowser, Internetverbindung, Flash Player

Type of videogame:

Online
Simulation

Genre of videogame:

Modern

Type of game visual:

Isometric

DESCRIPTION OF VIDEOGAME

Player:

Single player

Help:

Presence of initial training
Presence of textual tutoring during the game

Interaction:

Dialogue with other characters:	Poor0123456Excellent
Driving Vehicles:	Poor0123456Excellent
Explorability of environment:	Poor0123456Excellent
Memory of events:	Poor0123456Excellent
Complexity of logic succession of events:	Poor0123456Excellent
Number of alternative game paths for solution of events:	Poor0123456Excellent

Technology foreseen:

Text
Bitmap
Immersive

External hardware:

THE EDITOR

Level of editing:

Where to find it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/climate_challenge/index_1.shtml

EVALUATION

Usability potential of this game in an educational context:

Poor0123456Excellent

Explain how the videogame can be used in an educational context:

Die SpielerInnen lernen etwas über die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels, speziell im Bereich der CO2 Emissionen.
Außerdem kann man ewas über die zu Verfügung stehenden Mittel der Regierungen und internationale Akteure lernen.
Eine gute Einführung für den Bereich Klimawandel und einige der Streitfragen, die sich Regierungen rund um die Welt stellen, die der Wandel aufwirft.

Evaluator:

Name of Evaluator:

Eva Goldgruber

Role of Evaluator:

Researcher

Country:

Austria

Date of Evaluation:

24/07/2012

Blackboard:

teacher

This game helps you to understand the importance of political decisions and their consequences. You learn that you sometimes have to make decisions that are good for nature but not good for your reputation as a politician. On the other hand you sometimes have to do things to improve a certain value e.g. the food storage, that aren’t good for the environment. It’s very difficult to make decisions that are good for everyone and everything. In addition you can see how your decisions effect the CO2 emissions. You also get goals to reduce these emissions and you have to negotiate with presidents of other countries. This game was a lot of fun. From my point of view it helps you to understand what happens behind the curtains of politics. And you realize that not everything that’s good for the people is good for the environment.