Play4Change
The Game Science Research Center (GSRC), in collaboration with Play - Festival del Gioco, PlayRes Cultural Association, and Game in Lab, is pleased to announce the new edition of the Play4Change award, aimed at stimulating and rewarding research, development, and use of Games for Social Change.
Play4Change is relaunched with the support of GiX, the Research Center on Games for Social Change at the University of Florence, a member of the GSRC.
Games for Social Change leverage participation and motivation triggered by gameplay to act as facilitators for a change in attitude or behavior towards topics of collective relevance, such as awareness of social phenomena, critical capacity, civil and civic consciousness, social inclusion, multiculturalism, personal responsibility towards weaker categories, and the environment.
We are thrilled to announce the winner of the prestigious "Play4Change" award for the 2024 edition:
"Smogville: Until the Last Breath"!
This innovative graphic adventure, developed with a non-linear narrative, is set in a futuristic metropolis where players become the true protagonists. Through their choices, each player can explore different narrative branches that will deeply influence the fate of Skyler and Noveria, who are racing against time across the city.
"Smogville: Until the Last Breath" is not just a game but an immersive experience that invites us to reflect on the consequences of our actions and the future of our cities.
An extraordinary contribution to social change through the power of games!
For more information, please visit the website: https://www.play4change.it/.
Call Play4Change 2021 - Deadline 15 April 2021
Applications for projects and activities with Social Change objectives conveyed and stimulated through play are collected.
Play4Change will rewards the best projects on social change...
...with the original board game
...with the non-original board game
...with the original role play game
....with the non-original role play game
Participation (single or group) is free and open to everyone, without limits of residence, age or membership or affiliation to associations, institutions, companies or entities. Only applications in Italian are accepted.
Applications including activities or themes detrimental to the (physical or psychological) well-being of individuals, communities or environments will not be considered for participation.
Request of application
To apply, you need to fill in the application form available at this link: https://forms.gle/pNmf3Pq9SwhuxW2SA
All materials sent together with the applications remain the property of the authors and will be used exclusively in the evaluation of the projects by the Organizational and Scientific Committees and the jury.