Guan Qin, Lim Wei Qian Willy, Loh Kwan Teng Sophia, Tasya Graciela, Tay Jia Hui Rheia
Academic Advisor: Mr. Lim Cheng Puay
We aim to raise awareness of the importance of food security and wastage in Singapore among the younger generation. Food issues are significant, but relatively unknown and deemed less important in Singapore, given that Singaporeans have easy access to food all the time (Koh, 2018). As such, the main target audience was university youths, who have the highest potential to effect important changes in the future. With that in mind, an educational role-playing card game was developed, which would provide players with information on happenings related to food security and wastage that could endanger Singapore’s food source as well as tips on ways to contribute to sustainability in this aspect. After testing the game on 104 participants, 77% of the participants have gained more knowledge on the issues of food security and wastage, 64% indicated a greater interest and concern for this topic, and 78% felt that the game was engaging and fun. The game has successfully met the objective of raising awareness of the importance of food security and wastage in Singapore among the younger generation. In the long run, this game could signal the start of games as a novel way of educating students about food wastage and security.
Keywords: Educational games; food security; consumption; food waste