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Against All Odds (video game)

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29: 181:. Complementing the game is a facts repository detailing the history of asylum and refugee testimonies. A teacher's guide section provides discussion points and lesson ideas for the classroom. The game takes approximately 45 minutes to play through, coinciding with the typical length of a lesson. 169:
UNHCR decided to proceed the project as a web-based game, a medium which could reach a large number of young people, require no distribution costs and minimal marketing costs. The game was aimed at 12–15-year-olds, an age where people began to develop ideas regarding refugees and similar issues.
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to UNHCR's Baltic and Nordic regional office, with the aim of developing a project to reach young people and promote integration in the region. UNHCR sought advice from
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in the Knowledge and Learning category. The jury praised the game for building understanding, empathy and concern for the plight of refugees in the player.
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Reception has been positive, prompting translations into multiple languages from its original Swedish. In 2006, the German edition of the game,
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Regional Office for the Baltic and Nordic Countries. 2008-01-24. Archived from
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Initial funding for the project came from a grant of 1 million
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Regional Office for the Baltic and Nordic Countries. Archived from
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in 2005, the game has been translated into several languages, the
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Regional Office for the Baltic and Nordic Countries. 2005-05-10
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Developer(s)
UNHCR
Platform(s)
Adobe Flash
Genre(s)
Educational
Adobe Flash
video game
UNHCR
refugees
Swedish
English
Norwegian krones
Statoil
Umeå University
interactive media
Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training
Swedish Integration Board
asylum seeker
Austrian State Prize for Multimedia and e-Business
"Surviving against the odds: a taste of life as a refugee"
UNHCR
the original





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