After playing some social issue games and reviewing their purpose, how well they address their issue and how fun they were. I found that a game can be fun and good at exploring a social issue. its all a matter of letting the player discover the issue while they play instead of giving the exposition first then forcing players to think about the issue while they play. in other words can the game stand alone and teach without specifically stating what they want player to learn. as for the game play are the controls easy to learn, is it clear how to fulfill objectives and how much control the player can get as well as challenge them with multiple factors.
1. Explore Local Themes and Issues that matter to you
How do the following issues affect your local community?
Poverty - People are losing their jobs to outsourcing and many people need to work two low level jobs to stay afloat, some people give plasma every week to have some money.
Health - Huntington is one of the unhealthiest cities in the world
Environment - pollution, depletion of natural resources, mountaintop removal, endangered species facing extinction, destroying natural habitats, wasting power, destroying ozone, and looking for alternative fuel sources.
Education - is in the gutter no child left behind destroyed our art departments and is taking away many elective classes. My high school had a program called freshmen academy where the students all stayed together and went to all their classes together.
2. Choose one issue and find information about it.
~~EDUCATION~~
What do you think is the most important thing people should know about your topic? School funding and budget plans heavily influence how well students perform.
What actions should people do in order to help with this topic? Depending on what people find important there are many groups people can participate in such as Save the Music Foundation and Math Counts Foundation. There ways people and companies can make donations. Joining and actively participating in the PTA to make decisions and participating in fundraiser activities.
What do you want someone to learn from your game? The importance of education and school funding, and how decisions with the budget can influence how well students perform.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/backgrounders/school_funding.html
http://www.school-survival.net/articles/school/Why_education_is_broken.php
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
http://www.vh1savethemusic.com/
http://mathcounts.org/
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