046_Gamification_Coronopolis_Control_The_Spread

Coronopolis helps raising awareness among the community in a playful way that motivates people to follow the regulations and understand the consequences by simulating real life scenarios

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Motivation

  • It is important to achieve an awareness and understanding of the recommendations and restrictions from the government and to show the rationale behind it
  • Communicating complex content playfully motivates people and contributes to a sense of community
  • Mental health should not be underestimated in such a critical situation, and games can help to make the time of social isolation joyful
  • Without knowledge transfer and acceptance by the population, the capacity of the health care system could be exceeded if we do not all start to pull together

Game mechanics

  • The game world is a city with different facilities, such as schools, supermarkets, hospitals, factories, parks and residential buildings
  • You have 3 resources to control: money, panic/social acceptance, clinical capacities
  • By answering questions correctly you can unlock preventive measures to slow the spread (#flattenthecurve) → social distancing/Curfew, raising awareness, opening SARS-CoV-2 test center etc.
  • Defeat: Hospital is overburdened and you can no longer care for patients
  • Victory: Enough time gained for research (drug treatment or vaccine production)
  • Score: lives saved

Assets

Building blocks

Preview Name Description
Coffee shop NPCs want to go to the Coffee shop to drink a coffee and meet other NPCs.
Factory NPCs need to earn money as we all do. That's why they need to go to work as well.
Hospital When NPCs get sick they tend to go to the hospital. But be aware, the hospital has limited resources!
House NPCs live in houses.
Playground The NPC-kids like to sped their time on the playground. Most of them are observed by their parents or grand parents.
Park NPCs like to take long walks in the park with family and friends. Sometimes they do barbecues.
School NPC-kids need to learn how the world works. They learn a lot about chemistry, biology, math and other interesting topics.
Supermarket NPCs come here one to five times a week to buy groceries.
Temple Some NPCs believe in a higher force. Therefore, they tend to go to special places to pray to their gods.

Symptoms & Disease

Preview Name Description
Sniffels NPCs with sniffels are marked with this sign. They might not get stronger symptoms.
Cough NPS with cough sometimes go to the hospital. Most times they get well without.
Fever NPCs with fever most of the time go to the hospital even if they don't need to.
Respiratiory problems Most NPCs go to the hospital with respiratory symptoms. Some actually come late already.
Covid-19 A newly infected NPC is marked with this sign.

Built With

  • tobedetermined
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