The Beta version of the FoodForce2 game has been released for the XO, Windows and Linux platforms. The game has been developed in Python and Pygame. It is fun to play and also serves as a learning activity for children aimed at helping them to learn strategies through independent interaction and collaboration for managing community resources efficiently, and solve issues of varied proportions. It can also be used as a tool by the teachers to teach children how to become better and responsible community managers.
The work would not have been possible had it not been for the dedicated efforts by Mohit(who has practically spearheaded the development), Vijit(who has been extremely hardworking) and Peeyush with inputs from Manu Sir from time-to-time.
Some of the innovative features that have been incorporated in the beta are:
- The storyboard has been implemented in the game, which includes different scenarios, each of them is related to a particular key learning area or a social issue.
- The game is playable over the mesh network on XO, the trading scenario has been implemented over the mesh network.
- Drastic reduction in memory footprint of the game along with optimizations for efficient game-play.
- A major UI Redesign of the game has been done to make things more intuitive for the child.
For more info about the game click here. The game can be downloaded from here.
We have seen close to around 550 downloads in the past 3 days. (Mostly because of excellent publicity and great review by SJ like this. Go, download the game and give it a try.
We recently organized a hands-on session with the students and teachers of Delhi Police Public School in Safdarjung Delhi, India. We have documented the test methodology and test results here. The storyboard used in the game has been documented here. Please provide feedback at the wiki or through comments and suggestions on this blog.
