Press Release - Real Lives 2010
Marysville, CA (PRWEB) September 3, 2009 -- When students
return to school this Fall - their world will have dramatically expanded
thanks to Real Lives 2010, an exciting new product from Educational
Simulations.
"We believe Real Lives 2010 represents a true breakthrough
in Global Simulation games," says Bob Runyan, president of Educational
Simulations, and author of Real Lives 2010.
"Real Lives appeals to students, gamers, and anyone who is
curious to learn about countries and living conditions around the world."
The premise of the game is simple: players are born as an
infant anywhere on the planet. From that point onward, they must face
challenges and make decisions along their life journey. Disease, hardship,
and family mishaps are common, as are friendship, love, and economic
success. Each Real Life character is completely unique and original, brought
to life out of a massive database of global facts and cultural reference
points.
Players must not only navigate career choices and romantic
relationships, but they are also challenged over the course of their life to
make moral decisions:
"A friend needs to borrow some money. Do you help them
out?"
"Your friends have decided to smoke. Do you start
smoking?"
"You find money laying on the table. Do you take the money
or return it?"
While there is no immediate consequence to these choices,
over the course of the game, a players' overall decision pattern begins to
affect their levels of personal happiness and integrity.
"Not only did we want to provide people with a way to
immerse themselves in the day to day reality of other cultures," says Runyan,
"but we really wanted to create a game that generates a level of empathy."
Just as in real life, players can experience
heart-breaking tragedy.
John Walker, a freshman from Plymouth Whitemarsh High
School recounts his Real Life as a farmer in Senegal, "I finally got my
small farming business running successfully. Then my wife became ill with
dysentery and died. Then I become sick and within two years I died too! We
left behind two young children."
In addition to countless real life situations and choices,
Real Lives 2010 game play is supported by a rich set of personal and country
related data including:
- family trees
- graphs of character attributes over time
- graphs of country data
- character obituary
If you would like to experience a Real Life today, a free
trial version of Real Lives 2010 is available at the Educational Simulations
website,
http://www.educationalsimulations.com.
Lab packs and site licenses are also available for schools
and institutions.
Founded in 2002, Educational Simulations contributes 10%
of its profits to worthy charitable organizations working to improve the
lives of people in disadvantaged countries. Currently we are supporting
Right Sharing of World Resources
http://www.rswr.org .
Media Contact:
Bob Runyan
530-635-7852
http://www.educationalsimulations.com
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