Welcome to Certitude
Description
This goal of this hour-long game is to encourage you to think about the broader concepts underlying referencing, plagiarism, accuracy, and source bias.
In this game:
- you are a fact-checker for an online publication company
- your job is to proofread articles and check the sources used
- you refer to citation guides within the game
- you earn rewards for correctly rejecting or approving articles and receive specific feedback on their performance.
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Credits
Certitude was developed by a group of students in collaboration with a Library staff member and a freelancer. The team included
- game designer and writer Rebecca Kerr
- programmer Sishir Sharma who developed the prototype code
- artist Jesse Bryant
They are all students at Curtin University.
- Karen Miller's role as producer was to coordinate work, write the articles used in the game and advise on learning content
- Michael Wiebrands, a freelance Unity programmer, developed the final code
Funding was provided through the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program.
Certitude was inspired by popular narrative-based games such as Headliner, Papers Please, and Orwell, where players are tasked with assessing the quality and accuracy of information.
