News and Mentions
The Future Of Gaming: “Games need to model women in STEM roles” With William Volk of Deep State Games
We don’t do a good job of this. Games need to model women in STEM roles. For this reason I made the scientist in The Climate Trail to be a women who was inspired by other women in science. We also need educational game play that appeals to a broader demographic if we want to engage all children.
The Climate Trail wins honors at the 2020 Serious Play Conferenece!
Why we’re giving away The Climate Trail:
The fossil fuel industry's public school takeover
Big Oil is pouring millions of dollars into creating pro-fossil fuel classroom content for children across the country.
(From the ‘Heated’ news blog)
“Teachers, notoriously overworked and underpaid, are often individually responsible for deciding whether and how climate change gets taught. They don’t have the resources to educate themselves on the nuances of the climate crisis, much less develop lesson plans around it.
The fossil fuel industry, however, has plenty of resources. And it’s using those resources to provide teachers across the country with pro-fossil fuel lesson plans.”
We added over 50 screens of climate information to make The Climate Trail a better educational tool. We’re committed to making this a resource for classrooms everywhere.
The Climate Trail 2.0 is now available on All Platforms!
New Features Include:
Intergrated climate e-book with over 60 pages of information (thanks to Climate Communicaton).
Hidden Object game for locating supplies.
Abandoned trucks for more supply opportunitues.
In-Game advice from characters.
Hypertext to technical dictionary terms.
'The Climate Trail': Survival game pits players against climate catastrophe
The developer wants to tap into people's emotions to teach them about the risks of unchecked climate change.
(From Yale Climate Connections)