As part of the World
Environment Day celebrations, the Game Development students of ICAT,
Chennai joined hands with the faculty members in hosting a variety of
carnival games for the public. The students developed games with an
effort to create awareness on environmental conservation. The games
were presented to the public on 6 June, 2014, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
at Marina Beach. The games drew in an eager crowd of around 450
people belonging to the age group of 5 to 50. The event was graced by
the presence of Inspector and Members from the Chennai Police
Department, who also participated in the games with exuberance.
All the games were based
on the theme, ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’ and were designed with
the purpose of educating people on environmental issues, rain water
conservation, reducing pollution, methods of growing plants and the
use of eco-friendly equipments.
The games presented at the event were:
- Blind Sense
- Crawl and Roll
- Drip Irrigation
- Eco Fishing
- Hit and Heal
- Memory Cubes
- Pour and Pour
- Rain the Grain
- Trash it
- Tin to Bin
During the event, rule
books for each game prepared by the students were placed at the
respective game stalls for public display in order to help the
participants understand the concept of the game, the point system,
game play and the rewards. Participants were keen on understanding
the concepts of each game and gained new insights on environmental
issues and solutions. The essence of each game was made memorable to
the public by gifting eco-friendly rewards like potted plants, paper
bags, cloth bags and seeds. Feedback forms were filled in by the
participants that helped students make further improvement to their
games.
Press coverage of the
carnival was done by RAJ TV, who actively involved the public during
the event, interviewed students who presented their games as well as
the faculties on their motive for this event.
With its ‘edutainment’
factor, the Green Carnival was well received with a series of
positive reviews from the public who felt encouraged to plant more
trees, control pollution and acknowledge their duties of protecting
the earth and environment.
Public
Feedback:
Mr.
A. Sathish Kumar:
The
project titled “Drip
Irrigation” is outstanding and indeed
a creative
concept for
the 21st
Century.
G.A.
Maha Siva Sankari
It
is nice
idea to create awareness among people. Big
thanks to ICAT.
Ballabh
The
experience was very good. Such events should take
place every year here on.
T.
Dilip Kumar
All
the concepts were very unique in creating
awareness.
