AMD Impact Channel
Games aren't just fun, they can also be meaningful. They can be your way to say something important and engage your peers in issues that affect the planet.
The AMD Foundation is sponsoring a series of game design competitions within Gamestar Mechanic with great prizes for designing fun games around critical social issues.
Each Challenge will explore a different issue facing our world; issues like energy, food, pollution, and poverty. The goals of each Challenge are to make fun games that also explore these issues in unique and creative ways.
Register for Gamestar Mechanic and visit Game Alley to learn more about the AMD Changing the Game Impact Channel.
The Non-Violence Challenge
This third AMD Impact Challenge is all about Non-Violent Conflict Resolution.
People don't always see eye to eye. Sometimes we disagree so much and so passionately that it spills over into violence. But violence increases the conflict even more. Are there non-violent ways of resolving these disputes?
Have you ever been so mad at someone that you could just burst? How did you handle that conflict? Do you know of other groups who have handled fights non-violently? For this challenge, draw on your own experience and the experiences of others to create a game about non-violent conflict resolution.