Fantastic Flash: Ayiti: The Cost of Life
Looking for something to escape from the grind of daily work? Beware, this one may suck up more time than you are willing to give. Ayiti: The Cost of Life is a simple web-based strategy game with a social conscience. Actually, it’s not so easy, as you will soon find out. It was developed by NYC-based GameLab and students from Brooklyn’s South Shore High School to teach about poverty in developing countries.
Don’t let the ‘message’ deter you from this enlightening and fun game. You can play it from a variety of angles of concentration: health, happiness, education or money. You pick the focus of your game in the beginning, and you are off to meet the Guinard family.
From the game:
They are a family of five struggling to get by in rural Haiti (“Ayiti” in Haitian Creole.) The father, Jean, and mother Marie are doing their best to give their teenage son and daughter, Patrick and Jaquiline, and their little boy, Yves, the best life possible.
The family has a simple home and a farm that earns them a little money. Jean and Marie have very little education, but they are working to help their kids get an education and improve their chances for a comfortable life.
The game boasts solid production values from the wild island music, to the clean tropical art style. This game goes out to anyone who liked Oregon Trail or Sim Island. Ayiti is a great game, one that I come back to again and again, just can’t seem to finish it though. I’m not sure if that is the point or not. This is the sort of title that I like to see, one that is great fun and educates about different conditions of life. We shouldn’t take our caramel macchiatos and SUVs for granted, some people aren’t that lucky.
If anyone has any luck completing the game, let us know. Any kind of playing strategy, or thoughts on the game would be appreciated.
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Ayiti: The Cost of Life [Jay is Games]
Toots
Posted to Video Games on 16 January 2007
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Thank you for posting such a fantastic review of the game. Cheers!
Oh, more info on the game at Holymeatballs.org
Barry Joseph
Online Leadership Director
Global Kids
Kids health should be a base direction of the program of development of social sphere WBR LeoP