Thesis Project

—YaChia Night Market Facebook Multi-player game

—Use Taiwanese night market as the story background to discuss the issues and problems related to Taiwanese real life through narrative and quizzes with npcs. 

Goals & Features 

—Encourage players to think, to listen, to say something

—Updateable issues

—Join more than one council

—Unique outfits

—Satire and metaphor

Visual Component

Thesis Statement & Abstract

Thesis Statement:
Compared with other media, social network site (SNS) games are a powerful media for activism because of the amount of users, interpersonal networking, the use of the internet, information sharing, and high interactions.


Abstract:

       Historically, activists for social changes and political movements have leveraged the dominant media of their times, print, radio, TV, and art. In the information age this trend has not changed. Social Network sites (SNS) have already shown their effectiveness as a tool for activism.  Unlike other media, games on SNS can engage their audiences while disseminating information and can be a powerful new tool for activism.