Dear all,<br><br>We are very happy to learn the good feedback and response received by Food ForceII (<a href="http://seeta.in/j/products-and-services/food-force-ii.html" target="_blank">http://seeta.in/j/products-and-services/food-force-ii.html</a>) from educators, children, developers and public leaders. The feedback has strengthen our believes on how storytelling and narratives present a very interesting and powerful approach towards social learning. <br>
<br>We wish to update about the progress in Food ForceII achieved, since its beta release (<a href="http://blog.laptop.org/2009/05/08/food-force-2-makes-waves/">http://blog.laptop.org/2009/05/08/food-force-2-makes-waves/</a>). We have been successful in designing the localization infrastructure for Food ForceII, and have localized the game play in Hindi and Spanish (please download the latest dev version from <a href="http://seeta.in/j/downloads.html" target="_blank">http://seeta.in/j/downloads.html</a>). We are in the process of localizing the storyboard, and have been trying to understand and realize its pedagogical impact as we pursue this endeavor. <br>
<br><b>Opportunity for Volunteers</b> -<br><br>We are looking for volunteers, who could participate with us in a number of initiatives -<br>
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1. <b>Developing creative storyboards for <span>Food</span> <span>Force</span>II</b> - We are attaching a storyboard which we integrated in the <span>Food</span> <span>Force</span>II game. This storyboard is not 100% <br>
complete. We would like someone with experience in graphics and design to participate with us towards designing the characters of the storyboard. Also, the attached <br> storyboard does not have a female character. We would like to help solve the issue of gender inequities, and wish to design a similar storyboard to include the female <br>
character. Finally, we would like creative authors to write their own storyboards, and we would be happy to include them in the list of storyboards written for <span>Food</span> <span>Force</span> II.<br>
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2. <b>Social Science around the Game Characters</b> - We would like to develop science around the game characters - what should be their qualities, how they should respond <br> to crisis, their focus on community citizenship and team-building. The idea is not to make the game characters look like Superman or Superwoman. But, real people coming <br>
out as leaders from real life situations.<br><br><br>We wish to thank everyone for their wonderful support, guidance and feedback.<br><br>Namaste.<br><br>Best Regards,<br><br>Food ForceII Volunteer Community<br>