How do you learn from games?
I hear and I forget
Changes in
Game
Environment
I see and I remember
I do and I understand
- Confucius
Learning by
Playing
Actions by
player
Evaluation by
player
Did you know?
The average age of the
gamer today is 37.
Playing the game
Different Missions
Step 1 – Discuss
strategy, check events,
click on tips if unsure
Step 4 – Evaluate the
impacts and any news
that appears
Step 2 – React by
constructing or
changing buildings,
policies and structures
Step 3 – Click the “end
turn” hour glass to
implement your
changes
Mission:
Food, Energy Water
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Production
Score
Population
Score
Ecosystem
Score
Bonus
Score
Depends on how
much food, funds
and energy are
produced
Depends on how
well the
population is
living
Depends on how
well the
ecosystems are
in the area
Depends on the
how well you
have responded
to events
Basin
Score
Mission:
Floods and Droughts
STATISTICS
Remove word buttons
Quit game
?
Save game
When you click the statistics icon, the
graphs will appear
Help
Zoom
Water meters
Market place
Statistics
Next turn
When you click on the arrows it goes to the
trophies screen
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Mission:
Floods and Droughts
STATISTICS
SCORE SUMMARY
Quit game
?
Save game
?
Help
Zoom
Water meters
Market place
Statistics
Next turn
When you click on the arrows it goes to the
graph screen
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Mission:
Food, Energy Water
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When you click the next turn icon, the
game moves to the next turn
Next turn
The game is finished when the agreed number of turns are
over or agreed time has expired
Mission:
Floods and Droughts
STATISTICS
When the mission is
completed, you’d see the
star ratings
SCORE SUMMARY
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At the end of the last turn you get to see
the final rating
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What’s next?
 http://capnet.aquarepublica.com/game
 The game has been tested in two schools, in Argentina
and Kenya
 Facilitators or Teachers’ Guide finalized
 Translation in different languages (French, Portuguese,
Spanish, other languages)
 Teachers’ training through networks
 Adapt the game for different uses, from 2 hours
awareness for professionals and decision makers, self
learning online, to months of in-school education