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Best Social Media Crowdsourcing Game

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Award Won!

Best Student-Developed Game (Available 2008-present)

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Age of Ecology

Age of Ecology

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United States Geological Survey  (High school student summer internship)

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In Age of Ecology, players buy land, zone it for a purpose (natural, agricultural, cities, levees, fisheries) and invest in the productive capacities of the land uses while mitigating natural hazards (floods and earthquakes).  Players act as regional planners to make as much money as possible within a given time limit.

Game Overview

Complexity of ecosystems, sustainability, mitigation of natural hazards.

Players act as regional planners to make as much money as possible within a given time from agriculture, fishing and industry in a world subject to natural hazards without creating an unsustainable environment.

High school and college age students.

The game has a built-in score system that keeps track of the mission goals as well as any ROE infractions.  At the end of a mission, this information is displayed to all of the participants of a mission.  There is also an event capturing system where a screenshot of the game is captured of a player at the moment they commit a ROE infraction.

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