Election Commission Launches Video Game for Voter Awareness

The game has been created to broadly engage citizens of all age groups to learn about democracy and electoral process.

"In a fun-filled and interactive manner, the video game gives out pieces of information and interesting details in 10 levels of mazes," an official from the Election Commission said.

"With every successive level, the information becomes more specific to subjects such as Indian democracy, registering to vote, ethical voting, help from Election Commission and so on. The mazes also get more challenging with the player clearing each level," the official said.

Under the Commission's SVEEP (Systematic Voter Education and Electoral Participation) programme, the video game has been developed in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, India.

It is available on the Election Commission's website under the Edutainment Material section, and can be downloaded in Hindi and English for Windows.

The official added that more 'edutainment' materials will be disseminated through the election machinery, educational institutions and related agencies for addressing targeted population.

The Indian Air Force in July launched a 3D mobile game (initially for Android, with iOS and Windows Phone announced) to attract youth to pursue a career in its ranks. Called Guardians of the Skies (GOTS), Air Marshal S Sukumar hailed the event as a significant milestone in encouraging youth to join IAF and also expressed concerns over tapping the best of the human resources from the upcoming generations.

"It is indeed a significant milestone in our consorted campaign to connect to the best of the boys and the girls among the nation's youth and motivate them to join the air force so as to become great patriotic men and women ready to serve the country in any situation," Sukumar had said.

Written with agency inputs