My friends over at Global Kids have developed an excellent educational video game. Called 'Ayiti' the game is named after the Creole word for Haiti. For the gamer, theobjective of the game is to safely navigate your five person family through four successful years. The game is pretty fun. You get to send family members to school, to work on the farm or in a rum distillery, and even to the hospital.Barry, I apologize for the rather blunt synopsis, but its seems to me that one of Global Kids educational imperatives in creating this game is to:
ingrain into the minds of the world's middle class / tech-savvy youth that life really can be difficult, especially for those who live in the third world.
Even without advanced game play Ayiti is extremely difficult... and as such I believe it is successful in realizing the Global Kids objective.
While not scored the game offers some standards for success.
On my best run through my family finished four seasons with 640 dollars in the bank. Although no members of my family earned a degree, though the youngest son made it through the third grade and his sister through second. The three older family members toiled through injury and illness to keep the family farm afloat. A great windfall came when we were offered a loan to build a stall at the farmer's market. This brought in a steady and high income that helped the young-lings earn their marks in school.
Anyway, I will probably play this game a few more times, and I encourage you to play as well. Please post the outcome of our attempts as a comment to this blog, so that we can see how each other are faring.
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Check out my recent accomplishment. No one died, my family earned three diplomas, and we finished with 1,100 dollars in the bank. Not bad. Whats more I had plumbing installed in the house, we bought a bed, a radio, new shoes, school books, and a uniform. We also invested in some chickens.
Click herefor the full breakdown.
After roughly half a dozen frustrating and tragic attempts at surviving, my family found success after getting the chance to own a stall of our own at the market. The arrival of the library and health center, built in part due to our dedicated volunteer work season to season, also contributed to our continued good health and happiness. In the end we not only had indoor plumbing and other fine modern accessories, we had 2890 goud saved and 9 diplomas. Still, according to the game, we all had an "ok" life, except for our oldest son Patrick who we managed to give a great one. The results are as follows:
Jean had an ok life, eking out some success. He stayed healthy, and went back to school to earn a Baccalauret degree. He worked most often as a stall owner. The future is bright and limitless, and a stable life is finally a real possibility.
Marie had an ok life, eking out some success. She stayed healthy, but found a little time to earn a technical degree. She worked most often as a stall owner. The future is bright and limitless, and a stable life is finally a real possibility.
Patrick had a great life, rising above life's difficulties. He managed to stay in terrific shape, and worked hard at school and qualified for the Baccalaureat I. This paves the way for higher education, a professional life, and a rewarding and much-improved future.
Jacquline had an ok life, managing to achieve some success desipte the family's hardships. She struggled with poor health, but worked hard at school and qualified for the Baccalaureat I. This paves the way for higher education, a professional life, and a rewarding and much-improved future.
Yves had an ok life, managing to achieve some success desipte the family's hardships. He struggled with poor health, but worked hard at school and qualified for the Baccalaureat I. This paves the way for higher education, a professional life, and a rewarding and much-improved future. possibility.
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