Game Information
| Title | POX: Save the People (iPad Edition) |
| Presenter(s) | Mary Flanagan, Zara Downs, Max Seidman |
| Session | Play the Past: Where Meaningful Play and Digital Humanities Meet to Talk |
| Time | Thursday, October 18, 11:00a-12:00p |
| Location | Gold A |
| Format | Game Exhibition |
| Description | POX: Save the People is a 1-4 player game in which players fight the spread of a disease that threatens to take over a community. The game depicts the spread of disease in a realistic way, and players must work together to contain the spread of infection by either vaccinating or curing citizens. The game is won when the disease can no longer spread to infect others. Preliminary research at Tiltfactor has found that the game increases players' appreciation for the value of vaccination and fosters a transfer of systems thinking skills. |