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I was thinking it would be interesting to create a 'low-income life simulator' where people could be presented with all the problems of an American with low inc
by AdamFernandez 12y ago
I was thinking it would be interesting to create a 'low-income life simulator' where people could be presented with all the problems of an American with low income. With limited resources, and branching scenarios, you would attempt to 'solve' your way out of it. It would be interesting to see the reaction of people who blame low-income people for their own troubles, when actually playing this game.
- jbattle 12y agoAn interesting idea although you run the risk of making 'low-income life' seem like an interesting puzzle and one that once-solved is pretty easy actually. Your idea reminded me of a project someone built several years ago to give western audiences a taste of life in darfur... http://www.darfurisdying.com/ http://www.darfurisdying.com/
- nhaehnle 12y agoPapers Please! has some elements of that, but of course it's set in a fictional country.
- ovulator 12y agoI’ve seen something like this before (I forget where or its name), the idea is sound, but it added alot of sensationalist stuff as well, which would allow someone to dismiss it at as a whole. It also threw in some points where the “character” made a bad decision, which led to really dire consequences. Someone could easily conclude “they are poor because they made bad decisions” but it doesn’t highlight how if you have the money bad decisions don’t compound the way they do when you don’t.
- PeterisP 12y agoCart Life does exactly that.
- tomjen3 12y agoThere was an attempt at this game on HN a year or so ago. It was insanely hard, but also super flawed - just one example you may get a scenario about half way in where you find out you have a dog, which you suddenly have to pay vet bills for. Found it: http://playspent.org/ http://playspent.org/