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sigradi2021_205 |
| authors |
Vaez Afshar, Sepehr, Aytaç, Gülºen and Eshaghi, Sarvin |
| year |
2021 |
| title |
SU: A Serious Game for Water Management - Based on Istanbul |
| source |
Gomez, P and Braida, F (eds.), Designing Possibilities - Proceedings of the XXV International Conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2021), Online, 8 - 12 November 2021, pp. 523–532 |
| summary |
With the increasing population growth of human beings, the world is being threatened by the water scarcity problem, causing insecurity in water accessibility. Therefore, a deliberated water management gains fatal importance. In addition, the awareness of the issue through education, specifically in the early ages, plays a crucial role in this path. This research considers the water issue of Istanbul in its content. However, regarding the target audience, which is the kids, it uses a novel approach to tackle the problem. The paper proposes a visually enriched and nonlinear, serious game for the children to teach them about the importance of water and its impact on the planet, specific to Istanbul. The game is inspired by National Geographic Turkey's documentary named 25 Liters: In Pursuit of Water, asking the players to survive in a drought situation in the future. It aims to change the kid's lifestyle to revive the country's in-danger future. |
| keywords |
Serious Games, Water Management, Virtual Water, Drought |
| series |
SIGraDi |
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While all these investigated studies are specific for adults, the only game aimed at children is described in Appel et al. (2019)
This sample focused on the need to create a knowledgeable society for a healthy and sustainable ecosystem
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