Project: Sandbag Climate Game

http://www.sandbagclimategame.org

Client:

  • Sandbag Climate Campaign

Tech:

  • CSS
  • Drupal
  • jQuery
  • MySQL
  • Pylons
  • xHTML

Completed:

November 2009

This project involved developing a web-based game which would enable players to gain an understanding of the various global and national CO2 emission targets with regards to the power sector. Later on I also helped to develop a target converter for use at the UNFCCC Copenhagen summit in December and by the wider public.

Key features of project:

  • Pylons (Python) MVC framework, MySQL back-end.
  • XHTML, CSS. Heavy use of jQuery and associated visualisation plugins.
  • Utilised AJAX polling model to receive server updates.
  • Ability to save and load a game as well as ability to share a game with other players.
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