Team name: Ecofun
Team members: Paula Jiménez Caballero, Gustavo Cieza, Xia Lan and María Teresa Mosillo
Host: University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Challenge: DigiEduHack Goes Circular!
 

New technologies have become incredibly important in our daily lives, especially in our leisure time. Many applications designed to inform and educate society about key aspects of sustainability are not very interactive, and users find them even boring. In particular, this application focuses on increasing knowledge about the circular economy, especially in developing counties. For this reason, we offer a game application that manages to unify fun, awareness, and action.

Ecofun is a game for young adults that is designed to be simple, yet stimulating. To progress in the game, users must go through a series of challenges with a character/avatar. In order to achieve more benefits in the game, users have to upload photos of their real-life actions collecting rubbish and educating people about the circular economy. Upon upload of such photos, users receive virtual coins, allowing them to choose among more characters, scenarios and also to level up faster by obtaining new skills. At the end of each game challenge, some fun facts or relevant information about the circular economy will appear next to the congratulation message for their progress.

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