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Energy & Climate Change

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In SimCity EDU: Pollution Challenge! you are the mayor of a city and it’s up to you to make sure your citizens are happy. How do you keep your citizens happy? Well, people want jobs so they can earn money to buy important things – like food and video games – but, they also want to live in a green, healthy environment.  As mayor, it’s your responsibility to make sure your citizens are employed and content, while also keeping pollution levels down and maintaining a healthy planet.
  • Recommended Age Range: 10+
  • ​Online or Download? Online
  • Free? No
  • Keywords: pollution, ecosystem, deforestation, energy consumption, alternative energy

Offshore

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Offshore is an innovative interactive web documentary that explores the next chapter of oil exploration, taking viewers hundreds of miles Offshore, and thousands of feet below the ocean floor where the hazards are immense, but the profits are bigger, and where the consequences of something going wrong are catastrophic. Using a virtual Offshore rig...as the central interface, viewers are invited on a first person journey through a nightmarish abandoned rig, damaged and deserted save for a series of ‘hotspots’ - transition points - which propel participants into the full screen world of oil, technology, money and environmental disasters. Beginning with stories from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Offshore creates a deeply immersive experience that subtly raises questions about the consequences of our continued dependence on oil. (Note: the Student Activity has been adapted from the Offshore Study Guide created by Claudia Sicondolfo.  This extensive guide can be found at http://goo.gl/9BYkTt.)
  • Website: http://offshore-interactive.com/
  • Recommended Age Range: 14+
  • Platforms: Windows, Mac, Chromebook, iOS
  • Browser-based or Download? Browser-based (note:  You can click on the icon entitled “MAP” anytime you are exploring the architecture to reorient yourself or if the interactive freezes.​)
  • Free? Yes
  • Student Activity Last Updated: 2016
  • Keywords: offshore drilling, oil, well, rig, BP Deepwater Horizon, spill, disaster, Gulf of Mexico, global warming, sustainability, health effects, fish, environment

Fort McMoney

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Fort McMoney is a 2013 web documentary and strategy video game about Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada and Athabasca oil sands development. The documentary uses interactive game elements to allow users to decide the city's future and attempt to responsibly develop the world's largest oil sands reserves.  While playing, users need to consider multiple perspectives about the Alberta oil sands, including the social, economic and environmental implications for the community of Fort McMurray. (Note: ChangeGamer carried out a Research Study about the impact of Fort McMoney on Grade 9 students)
  • Recommended Age Range: 14+ (note: there is a short scene with nudity in Episode 1 of this game.  This scene is found in the 'Showgirls' location of the game.)
  • ​Online or Download? Online
  • Free? Yes
  • ​Keywords: oil sands, tar sands, sustainability, energy, Fort McMurray, carbon emissions, growth, economics

Electrocity

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ElectroCity is a strategic city building game that raises awareness about the importance of renewable energy and environmental conservation. In the game, players take on the role of mayor are are challenged with building a virtual city that balances growth, economic and environmental considerations. Players gain knowledge about the pros and cons of different energy technologies such as gas, coal, wind, solar and even nuclear. ​
  • Website: www.electrocity.co.nz
  • Recommended Age Range: 12-18
  • Platform: Windows, Mac, Chromebook
  • Browser-based or Download? Browser-based
  • Free? Yes
  • Student Activity Last Updated: 2014
  • Keywords: energy, hydroelectricity, nuclear, coal, natural gas, co-generation, ocean, solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, urban planning, sustainability, economics

Enercities

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EnerCities is about energy sources and the balance between people, planet and profit. Variables such as housing, economics, the environment, people’s well-being, and the energy supply all must be considered.  Are you a tycoon hungry for money or a true nature lover?  Do you want the best for your population, or are you only interested in the latest technologies?  How you play Enercities is up to you.    
  • Website: www.enercities.eu
  • Recommended Age Range: 12-18
  • Platforms: Windows, Mac
  • Browser-based or Download? Browser-based (but requires free Unity download)
  • Free? Yes
  • Student Activity Last Updated: 2014
  • Keywords: hydroelectricity, nuclear, fossil fuels, solar, wind, urban planning, sustainability, economics

Climate Challenge

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In Climate Challenge, the player takes on the role of the President of Europe, choosing policies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from 2000 to 2100.  The player has to balance emissions reductions with making sure there is enough  electricity, water and food for the people, whilst also managing their spending and trying to remain popular with the electorate. 
  • Website: www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/climate_challenge
  • Recommended Age Range: 14-18
  • Platforms: Windows, Mac, Chromebook
  • Browser-based or Download? Browser-based
  • Free? Yes
  • Student Activity Last Updated: 2016
  • Keywords: climate change, policy, politics, energy, carbon emissions, sustainability, international relations, economics

Sim City Edu

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In SimCity EDU: Pollution Challenge! you are the mayor of a city and it’s up to you to make sure your citizens are happy. How do you keep your citizens happy? Well, people want jobs so they can earn money to buy important things – like food and video games – but, they also want to live in a green, healthy environment.  As mayor, it’s your responsibility to make sure your citizens are employed and content, while also keeping pollution levels down and maintaining a healthy planet.
  • Website: https://www.glasslabgames.org/games/SC
  • Recommended Age Range: 10-12
  • Platforms: Windows, Mac, Chromebook
  • Browser-based or Download? Browser-based
  • Free? No
  • Student Activity Last Updated: 2015
  • Keywords: pollution, ecosystem, deforestation, energy consumption, alternative energy

Collapsus

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Collapsus looks into the near future and shows you how the imminent energy transition affects a group of ten young people, who appear to be caught up in an energy conspiracy. What will their world look like after the turbulent transition from fossil fuels to alternative energy sources?  In this story, set in the near future, the international powers try to cope with a transition from fossil to alternative fuels, while dealing  with political dissension, uprisings and a population terrified by increasingly frequent black-outs.  
  • Website: www.collapsus.com
  • Recommended Age Range: 14-18
  • Platforms: Windows, Mac, Chromebook
  • Browser-based or Download? Browser-based
  • Free? Yes
  • Student Activity Last Updated: 2013
  • Keywords: energy, climate change, renewable, non-renewable, fossil fuels, politics, blackouts, international relations, sustainability

Windfall

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Windfall is a strategy game about building wind farms to create clean energy profitably.  You need to fulfill a specified energy offset goal as quickly as possible by building turbines smartly. You can research locations carefully for the best wind conditions, and to avoid upsetting the local citizens by building turbines in undesirable places. 
  • Website: http://www.kongregate.com/games/pgames/windfall
  • Recommended Age Range: 10-16
  • Platforms: Windows, Mac, Chromebook
  • Browser-based or Download? Browser-based
  • Free? Yes
  • Student Activity Last Updated: 2017
  • Keywords: wind energy, politics, urban planning, sustainability, economics, research

Energy City

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Craft an urban energy portfolio that balances economic, social, and environmental issues...all while negotiating with stakeholders and generating enough power to support a growing population. Do you have what it takes to successfully lead a city toward a sustainable energy future? 
  • Website: http://gated.jason.org/digital_library/cfy/8239.aspx
  • Recommended Age Range: 12-18
  • Platforms: Windows, Mac, Chromebook
  • Browser-based or Download? Browser-based
  • Free? Yes
  • Student Activity Last Updated: 2011
  • Keywords: energy, wind, solar, coal, natural gas, hydroelectricity, nuclear, renewable, non-renewable, sustainability, economics, research, urban planning

Possible Future Games

  • The Climate Trail
  • Earth Remembers
  • Game of Floods
  • ​Ice Flows
  • Urban Climate Architect
  • Carbon Runner
  • ​Energy Cards
  • Power Up! (NASA)
  • ​​Deep City 2030
  • ​​EcoChains
  • Ostevera
  • Ciclania
  • Block'Hood
  • My 2050
  • Energy Ninjas
  • ​Clim Way
  • Ludwig
  • Rizk
  • Habitat The Game
  • ​Frackman
  • Turn Up the Heat
  • Precipice
  • Fate of the World
  • Pipe Trouble
  • Quest for Oil
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