PROBLEM: FOOD WASTE

CONTEXT: At school lunchtime, a significant amount of food is being wasted as students regularly leave uneaten portions and throw them away. This issue not only contributes to environmental harm but also highlights inefficiencies in meal planning, food preferences, and awareness of sustainable practices. Addressing this problem is crucial to promoting responsible consumption and reducing the environmental impact of our school community.

QUESTION: How could this problem inspire a sustainability themed game?

TASK

Create a game whereby the 'superhero' helps to combat this issue in some way.
Consider how this could translate into gameplay
How/where/when will you share the message or provide awareness of this issue?

POSSIBLE GAME IDEAS

Food Frenzy
- Gameplay: Players must manage a cafeteria where food is being wasted. The goal is to encourage students to compost or recycle food by setting up proper disposal stations and educating NPCs.
- Objective: Reduce food waste by a certain percentage to win the game.
Waste Warriors
- Gameplay: Players patrol the cafeteria, ensuring students dispose of food waste correctly. They must spot violations and take action to stop waste from piling up.
- Objective: Educate students and prevent food waste from exceeding a certain level.
Leftover Legends
- Gameplay: Players collect leftover food from various campus locations and repurpose it by either donating to NPCs in need or composting.
- Objective: Use all leftover food responsibly before it spoils, balancing donation, composting, and minimizing waste.
Bin Blitz
- Gameplay: A fast-paced game where players must sort leftover food into compost, recycling, or waste bins before it piles up. If too much waste accumulates, they lose points.
- Objective: Achieve a high score by correctly sorting food waste and managing disposal efficiency.
Zero Waste Hero
- Gameplay: Players take on the role of a campus sustainability advocate, creating campaigns to influence students' food disposal habits. They must promote awareness and set up solutions to reduce food waste.
- Objective: Engage NPCs to create a zero-waste campus within a certain number of game days.