Toast and Kaya
Toast and Kaya is an interactive website aimed to create empathy about poverty in Singapore, and build self-help knowledge among the needy. The name comes from the phrase "bread and butter", which refers to livelihood. It was inspired by SPENT, an interactive game about poverty in United S...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-675652019-12-10T10:53:31Z Toast and Kaya Leong, Wing Tong Kenneth Feinstein School of Art, Design and Media DRNTU::Visual arts and music Toast and Kaya is an interactive website aimed to create empathy about poverty in Singapore, and build self-help knowledge among the needy. The name comes from the phrase "bread and butter", which refers to livelihood. It was inspired by SPENT, an interactive game about poverty in United States. The website includes a game where users make decisions to survive scenarios of poverty on dignity and health points, and a forum that gathers tips and tricks on saving money to live dignified and healthy. The society views poverty as being unable to meet basic needs for living. However, having food and shelter would not protect a person from being socially excluded. True survival is about living as a dignified and healthy person, not just to stay alive and breathing. The website has garnered interest and raised awareness of poverty in a light hearted tone. Specialisation: Interactive Media Keywords: Web Design, Game Design, Poverty, Web Development, Singapore Bachelor of Fine Arts 2016-05-18T04:02:11Z 2016-05-18T04:02:11Z 2016 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/67565 en Nanyang Technological University 52 p. application/pdf |
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Toast and Kaya is an interactive website aimed to create empathy about poverty in Singapore, and build self-help knowledge among the needy. The name comes from the phrase "bread and butter", which refers to livelihood. It was inspired by SPENT, an interactive game about poverty in United States. The website includes a game where users make decisions to survive scenarios of poverty on dignity and health points, and a forum that gathers tips and tricks on saving money to live dignified and healthy. The society views poverty as being unable to meet basic needs for living. However, having food and shelter would not protect a person from being socially excluded. True survival is about living as a dignified and healthy person, not just to stay alive and breathing. The website has garnered interest and raised awareness of poverty in a light hearted tone.
Specialisation: Interactive Media
Keywords: Web Design, Game Design, Poverty, Web Development, Singapore |
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