The American Guide Game
FAIN: HD-51389-11
Stone Soup Productions, Inc. (Washington, DC 20036-2504)
Andrea R. Kalin (Project Director: March 2011 to August 2013)
Development of a web-based game that would teach players about the Federal Writers' Project and America during the Great Depression.
THE AMERICAN GUIDE GAME, a web based, role playing game for youth ages 14-16, is a keystone of "Soul of a People, Soul of a Place," using games, social media and HTM15 enhanced video for players to A. understand first-hand the experiences and challenges of writers and editors as they collected the stories of people and places for the Federal Writers' Project, part of Roosevelt's 1930s New Deal initiatives, and B. share knowledge and skills gained in a historical, scaffolding game by documenting in game assignments and completing similar assignments in their own communities. We seek 50,000 dollars in Level II Start Up funding to move this unique game from advanced concept to completed prototype, ready to test pilot and disseminate.
Associated Products
Soul of a Place: the American Guide Game (Web Resource)Title: Soul of a Place: the American Guide Game
Author: Spark Media
Abstract: Project page for the American Guide Game, "where players take on the role of Project field researchers and editors of the American Guide Series. The first game to explore 1930s American life and culture, the American Guide Game will immerse players in Depression-era social history and promote an understanding of the vital links between America’s past and present."
Year: 2013
Primary URL:
http://sparkmedia.org/projects/soul-of-a-place-the-american-guide-game/