Mobilspil skal lære indiske skolebørn om klima

Foto: Connie Hedegaard deltog i præsentationen af computerspillet Copenhagen Challenge i Indien
 
Det foregik på Montfort Skole i New Delhi, hvor 9. klasserne var samlet og grupper af eleverne afprøvede en pilotversion af spillet. Målet med spillet er at udbrede viden om klimaforandringer på en måde, der er underholdende og giver børnene viden om, hvordan de selv kan ændre deres vaner til gavn for klimaet.

”Forældre, lærere og politikere kan tale nok så meget om klima, men det er altså noget andet, når de selv sidder foran computeren og skal forholde sig til spørgsmål om klima. Det giver både viden om klimaforandringer og om deres egen mulighed for at handle i hverdagen. Og så skal man ikke glemme, at børn i meget høj grad påvirker deres forældre med deres holdninger”, siger Connie Hedegaard.

”Copenhagen Challenge” går ud på at sikre, at spillets hovedperson trods forhindringer får afleveret sin værdifulde forskning i rette tid før FN’s klimakonference i København i december (COP15). Det kræver blandt andet, at man kan svare rigtigt på spørgsmål om energi og klima.

Mobiltelefoner er vidt udbredte i Indien. 347 mio. indere havde i slutningen af 2008 adgang til mobiltelefoner. Det er langt flere end antallet af indere, der har adgang til computere.

Knap 70 millioner indere får adgang til spillet via deres mobiludbydere, og spillet kan hentes gratis fra en af udbyderne indtil COP15. Hos øvrige udbydere koster det mellem 0,50 - 1kr. pr. download. Derudover sendes 10.000 spil ud på CD-ROM til skolebørn i Indien.

Spillet er finansieret af Danmark og udviklet af softwarefirmaet ZMQ, der i 2008 vandt UNDP’s World Business and Development Award for sin indsats med e-learning og edutainment.

For yderligere information om spillet Copenhagen Challenge, kontakt Dorte Vizard på Den Danske Ambassade i New Delhi, e-mail: dorviz@um.dk telefon +919810898567

For kontakt til Connie Hedegaard, kontakt pressechef Ida Ebbensgaard, +45 20 81 58 92.

Om spillet:

COPENHAGEN CHALLENGE

Game Write-up

Scientists from India, Maldives, Kenya, Denmark and other parts of the world are doing research on the causes of climate change. The research has produced valuable results, and a lot of scientific data has been collected. Recommendations are being prepared which will be published during a UN Conference in Copenhagen (COP15), where the countries of the world are meeting to solve the problem of climate change.

The research will expose fossil fuel as the biggest source of carbon emission. This is not in the interest of the mafia dealing in fossil fuel trade. They do not want the report to be published. For their malicious objectives, the mafia has kidnapped Dr. Kumar – a well-known climate change scientist from India.

You have been assigned the task to rescue Dr. Kumar. Can you help Dr. Kumar get back his valuable research and escape him from the clutches of the dreaded mafia? To accomplish your mission, you need to collect various objects that will help in Dr. Kumar’s escape. In this process, you also need to answer questions related to climate change, energy efficiency and greenhouse gases. Choose your answers correctly as each decision you make will directly affect your mission. A word of warning, if you choose too many incorrect answers, your mission will be unsuccessful and you will need to start the game again.

Instructions

There are 6 levels (scenes) in the game. You need to explore each scene by clicking and moving around from one place to another. Clickable areas are indicated by “Finger-tip”. You can further click on the different objects in that area, which are indicated by “Green-arrow”.

There are various objects and messages hidden in each scene. You need to collect objects which will help in Dr. Kumar’s escape. To collect an object, you need to answer a question on climate change by selecting a right option. You score 20 points each to answer a question correctly. There are 3 lives in the game. Answering a question incorrectly, you loose a life and start afresh in that scene.

There are also a few places in each scene; by clicking on them you get a message on climate change awareness for which you score green points (10 points). You have 20 minutes to complete the game.