Earth Girl Saves the Day: A Computer Game Prototype about Earth Hazards

Earth Girl is the story of an Asian girl who can save her family and friends from natural hazards. The story is being developed as a computer game and an animated short. This paper presents the design philosophy and progress report on the single level game prototype, one that is meant to help players gain a better understanding of natural hazards through imaginative and fun game play. Earth Girl the computer game seeks to raise the regional awareness of Earth hazards while providing simple but engaging game play that is as fun as it is culturally sensitive and based on scientific fact.

I. Introduction

Earth Girl is a teenage girl who save her family and friends from natural disasters. This fictional character fights to preserve the balance between human communities and the natural environment. The project seeks to raise awareness of Earth hazards in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific region and is currently in production as a computer game (Fig. 1) and in development as an animated short (Fig. 2). The main goal of this project is to provide fun, instructive and simple gameplay that can be played on a browser while offering a high-level artistic and animation experience.