Game Name: Constructing Recycling Contraptions
Category: Educational/Environmental
High Concept: Fill in the missing pieces of recycling contraptions using parts from a bin to complete the assigned recycling tasks. Missions have more than one way of completing them so be creative in how you want to be part of the recycling solution.
Target Audience: 8 - 15 year olds
Overall Description: Invent clever ways of filling in the gaps in a recycling Rube Goldberg machine. Select parts from a bin and place them in the world so that they interact with garbage and other objects to complete your recycling goals. Objects behave in specific ways. Chain these behavors and reactions together to get garbage from wherever it is to where it belongs - in the recycling bin. Learn about different ways of recycling various materials and see how you can make a difference in the world by just doing your small part.
Fantasy Fulfillment: Educational as the player learns about recycling and the various ways it can be done effectively. Puzzle solving accomplishment as they player discovers various ways of completing the assigned tasks. Humor as the player watches a completely unrealistic (but funny) way of accomplishing a seemingly simple task.
Gameplay features: Teaches players about recycling in such a way that they don't feel like they are playing an educational game. The player enjoys watching the completion and execution of Rube Goldberg machines that ultimately recycle objects. Since the player feels that they are having fun rather than learning (if the target audience looks at learning as the opposite of fun), they are likely to continue to play and subconsciously start thinking about recycling.
Similar games: The Incredible Machine, some other game that I swear I saw on the iOS app store that I can't seem to find now that no one else knows what I'm talking about.
Similar Entertainment Products: Many. A Google search of Recycling Game, Recycling Sorting Game, or anything else similar shows a slew of games with similar target audiences. Kids that age are curious to learn new things. Especially when they feel that these new things allow them to be part of something bigger than themselves and contribute to solving real world problems even at such a young age. Schools, social gaming sites for kids (pbs kids and such), and similar venues for kids could get the game widespread in a hurry. Adding leader boards could drive kid's interest even higher.
As an example of the gameplay of The Incredible Machine that the idea is based off of, check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAL9TjyzUJI
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