Here on our 3rd World Farmer Presskit page we’ve gathered the resources usually requested by journalists and bloggers who want to spread the news about the game.
You’ll find facts, contact info, selected media articles in many languages, logos, graphics and game screenshots that you are welcome to download and use in your story.
If you need anything else, or would like to send us a link to your finished story, please let us know.
Factsheet
Developer:
3rdWorldFarmer Team
Based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
First Prototype Released:
Spring 2005
Latest Game Version Released:
January 2021
Website:
https://3rdworldfarmer.org
Google Play App Page:
3rd World Farmer on Google Play
Press / Business Contact:
contact@3rdworldfarmer.org
Social Media:
facebook.com/3rdworldfarmer
twitter.com/3rdworldfarmer
Description
3rd World Farmer is an experiment in the serious games genre. It’s an online farm management game that simulates some of the real-world mechanisms that cause and sustain poverty in developing countries.
In the game, the player gets to manage an African farm and is soon confronted with the difficult choices that poverty and conflict can cause.
History
The first prototype of the game was developed as a students’ project at the IT-University in Copenhagen, Spring 2005.
There have been numerous releases since then, featuring updates to the content and the addition of new language versions.
In January 2020, the game was also released as a paid app for android on Google Play, while support for the free browser-based version continues.
In January 2021, 3rd World Farmer was ported to HTML5 in order to no longer depend on Flash Player and remain available online on all modern devices.
Videos & Images + zips
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Logo & Icon
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Selected Articles
Articles in English:
“3rd World Farmer – One bad year” by Joe Blancato, Escapist Magazine, 2006:
“3rd World Farmer” by Jinny Gudmundsen, Tech With Kids, 2007:
“Games of Conscience – Attack of the PC Gamers”, The First Post, UK, 2006:
“Video Games Seek to Build Your Social Awareness” by Chuck McCutcheon, Newhouse News Service, USA Today, 2006.
“3rd World Farmer Game Explores Poverty in Africa” by Andrew Eisen, GamePolitics livejournal, 2006.
Articles in other languages:
“3rd World Farmer: Il videogioco che simula la fame nel terzo mondo” by Ivan Fulco, La Stampa (IT), 2006:
“シリアスゲーム「3rd World Farmer」の“面白さ”を あらためて見る” by Toshioka Masatoshi, 4Gamer.net, 2007:
“3rdworldfarmer เกมปลูกผักประเทศโลกที่สามเมื่อชีวิตจริงไม่ได้ง่ายอย่างที่ฝันไว้” by AZM, Notebookspec.com (TH), 2016;
“Top Banana, Indie Games Remix,” by Paolo Branca, Digicult.it, 2006:
“當善意成為一種惡──人道救援的雙面刃,” by Zhang Xiangyi, crossing.cw.com.tw, 2017:
Current Team
Project Lead:
Frederik Hermund
Translations:
French:
Marco Bertolini, Yasmine Kasbi, and Simon Bachelier
German:
Ulrich Tausend, Alexander Forestier, and Jan “dkh” Simon
Spanish:
Cristian Selman and
Jaume Carrascosa
Italian:
Synthesis.it
Brazilian Portuguese:
Ricardo Pereira Filho, Rodrigo Dias, and
Thiago Gabetto
Czech:
Martin Truhelka
Hungarian:
Adam Steer
Turkish:
Murat Dursun and
Sarin Taşhan
Chinese:
Shirley Chu and
David Rentai Choi
Contact
Inquiries:
contact@3rdworldfarmer.org
Facebook:
https://facebook.com/3rdworldfarmer