Title :
Earth Girl Saves the Day: A Computer Game Prototype about Earth Hazards
Author_Institution :
Earth Obs. of Singapore, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
Earth Girl is the story of an Asian girl who can save her family and friends from natural hazards. The story is being developed as a computer game and an animated short. This paper presents the design philosophy and progress report on the single level game prototype, one that is meant to help players gain a better understanding of natural hazards through imaginative and fun game play. Earth Girl the computer game seeks to raise the regional awareness of Earth hazards while providing simple but engaging game play that is as fun as it is culturally sensitive and based on scientific fact.
Keywords :
computer animation; computer games; disasters; environmental science computing; health hazards; regional planning; Asian girl; Earth Girl; Earth hazard regional awareness; animation; computer game prototype; fun gameplay; imaginative gameplay; natural hazards; single level game prototype; Animation; Earth; Games; Hazards; Prototypes; Tsunami; Visualization; Asian cultural traditions; Earth hazards; Southeast Asia; Western Pacific; animation; computer game; game prototype; gameplay; serious games;
Conference_Titel :
Culture and Computing (Culture Computing), 2011 Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1593-8
DOI :
10.1109/Culture-Computing.2011.15
