Serious Game Classification

Escape Your Boyfriend's Room Jorge Goyco (U.S.A.), Jennifer Ann's Group (U.S.A.), 2008 Play it Now !

Informations Classification Analyses Discussion

G/P/S model

SERIOUS GAME
(Newsgame)

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:

Educative message broadcasting
Informative message broadcasting

Market

This title is used by the following domains:

Healthcare
Education

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age : 12-16 / 17-25

Keywords

Healthy relationships - Non-violent - Prosocial - Public health - Teen dating violence - Violence prevention

Keywords : games like Escape Your Boyfriend's Room

Comments

Taxonomy

"The winning game from the first Life. Love. Game Design Challenge (2008). The contest was presented by Gaming Against Violence, a program of the NGO Jennifer Ann's Group. The goal was to develop a video game about teen dating violence without using any violence in the game itself.

This is an intentionally designed prosocial game. The genre is an escape game and the player must explore and find clues to discover how to leave the room. This game was developed by Jorge Goyco of Goyco Games, published by Life Love Publishing, and produced by Jennifer Ann's Group."

An intentionally designed prosocial video game aimed to increase awareness and provide educational infomation about teen dating violence. Developed for a game design contest by the Gaming Against Violence program, run by the non-profit charity Jennifer Ann's Group whose mission is to prevent teen dating violence.

Distribution : Internet - Free
Platform(s) : Browser (Flash)