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EutroRun
A gamified environmental experience tracing how tiny household actions trigger massive ecological change.
This educational game transforms the complex mechanism of eutrophication into an experiential narrative that begins with unintentional behavior. Players will take on the role of a phosphorus atom, starting from a dish soap bottle, traveling through the sink and sewers, and finally entering the body of blue-green algae to achieve the eutrophication ending.
This project reveals how ordinary, subtle behaviors affect the environment, highlighting the previously unknown links in the relationship between human life and the environment.
Inspiration
Step 1 : Introduction
Step 2 : Mechanism
Step 3 : Eutrophication Data
Process
This graphic shows 25 plant and animal species directly or indirectly affected by eutrophication. They represent multiple levels of the aquatic food web, including submerged plants, benthic invertebrates, freshwater fish, waterbirds, and marine shellfish and crustaceans. When excess nutrients enter lakes and coastal waters, algal blooms reduce light and oxygen availability, killing plants, suffocating invertebrates and fish, and depriving birds of their food sources. The biodiversity shown here demonstrates that eutrophication isn't limited to a single group; it can disrupt entire ecosystems and threaten biodiversity as a whole.
Concept
This project shows how small user behaviors can trigger big environment impacts, such as eutrophication. By embodying phosphorus, players learn that environmental protection and mindful choices are key to protecting ecosystems. The concept highlights the importance of sustainability in everyday life.
Sketch process
Character Design
3D render
Conclusion: The project shows how inconsequential user actions, like the pouring of detergent down the sink, can have repercussions in urban water systems, gathering momentum until they appear in lakes and eventually cause eutrophication at both an ecological and microscopic level. In playing this game, showcasing phosphorus takes the player on an invisible journey from mundane behavior to large-scale environmental impact, showing the sensitivity of ecosystems under human influence. This metaphor emphasizes the importance of environmental protection and sustainability, demonstrating that careful choices in daily life are crucial to breaking the cycle of imbalance.
This character design is based on the phosphorus atom. Three large spheres connected by rods form a triangle, symbolizing the atom's bonding ability. The smaller spheres surrounding it represent electrons in constant motion, highlighting phosphorus's active role in the ecosystem. Two “eyes" in the center give the atom its expression.
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