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Ayiti: Cost of Life

Created by: GlobalKids and Gamelab

Funded by: Microsoft

 

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Game Review

By: Jann Ramirez

Background information: You can control what each character does during each season. You can either choose to go to work in a factory, work on the family farm, go to school, stay at home to rest, or go to the hospital. Some things cost money to do such as getting an education and going to the hospital. If you don’t make the right moves you may end up in debt and have to quit school or quit work. The Guinard family is comprised of five characters. Two parents: Jean Guinard is the father and Marie Guinard is the mother. They have three children: Patrick and Jacqueline (in their teens) and Yves (the youngest son).

The Goal of the game was to help the family survive four years. Each year is broken down into four seasons: Rainy, Summer, Hurricane, and Dry. To survive you have to keep every member of the family healthy and happy. If you survive all four seasons, you’ll be judged on how much education you were able to give to the characters.

The Agenda of the game was to help raise awareness about how tough life is for people who live in extreme poverty, have to face severe weather, and possible medical problems.

The game works because it gives a glimpse of how people live in other less prosperous countries. The game nearly seems impossible to finish, which says a lot about the real lives that people have to go through. Sometimes making the right decision is difficult to choose.

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