RACE FOR THE ARCTIC:
a docu-game about climate change
The climate crisis is the challenge of a generation, but its scale & complexity is hard to comprehend. The numbers are too small (2 degrees), too big (20 tons) or too abstract (400 parts per million).
CONCEPT:
A docu-game that enables people to engage with climate research through play. Players race as shipping companies to deliver cargo across the Arctic, with each lap representing a different decade of climate change in the region.
APPROACH:
The game narrative & environment is modelled on data from the scientific literature, enriched with expert hypotheses gathered during research workshops with a climate scientist, a shipping CEO, a marine biologist, a political scientist and indigenous communty-leaders.
IMPACT:
‘Race for the Arctic’ is currently in development with an MVP expected in summer 2020... watch this space!
Year........................ 2020
Role....................... Director & Lead Researcher
Collaborators..... Sindi Breshani [Producer]
Juliette Coqueti [3D Artist]
Feiqi Wang [3D Artist]
Samantha Selin [3D Artist]
Dimitris Menexopoulos [Sound Design]
