Game Puts Fate of the World in Gamers’ Hands

Innovative Climate Change Game Puts Fate of the World in Gamers’ Hands

Proceeds of Charity Edition go to 270 NGOs in Global TckTckTck Campaign

LONDON: Fate of the World, a ground-breaking download game based on state-of-the-art climate models and input from top scientists, is set to launch on Monday 28th February 2011. Red Redemption – the Oxford-based developers of this innovative strategy game – have partnered with the global TckTckTck campaign to help garner support for climate action.

Fate of the World works on the principal that people are ‘players’ in the climate change debate and can contribute towards real-life changes. A charity edition of the game is downloadable from www.tcktcktck.org/fotwgame with a percentage of proceeds going to support the campaign.

"Playing and promoting Fate of the World means breaking new ground for the climate movement, as this is an unusual type of campaign tool with a rare mix of fun, science, strategy and action. Gamers who download Fate of the World via the tcktcktck.org website directly support climate campaigns”, said Paul Horsman, Campaign Director at the Global Campaign for Climate Action that runs TckTckTck.

In Fate of the World gamers must find a way to deal with Earth's ever-depleting resources and the climate crisis, whilst reconciling the needs of a growing world population that demands more food, energy, and living space. The game seeks to increase the understanding and awareness of climate change by providing gamers with the opportunity to learn and explore the subject in ways never before available.

Fate of the World is an innovative way to reach out to people, using a new framework for discussing environmental issues and exploring contemporary policy debates. Whilst playing it, gamers engage with principles like technology development, food security and wildlife adaptation, and impose policies such as banning logging in the Amazon rainforest or making all Europe's public transport run on electricity. They can also play a reverse scenario and destroy the planet, thus learning how possible it is, in fact, to do just that.

The PC English language version of Fate of the World will be available to download at www.tcktcktck.org/fotwgame on 28 February 2011. The game is priced at £9.90, with a percentage of proceeds going to TckTckTck.

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