People Power: the Game of Civil Resistance is a single-player turn-based strategy game where the player leads a nonviolent movement. It is the second video game focused on civil resistance and nonviolent conflict from filmmaker Steve York and the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict. The game was released in 2010 for Microsoft Windows, MacOS, and Linux.
The tutorial scenario simulates a pro-environmental campaign.[1] The game also comes with a scenario builder, a free app which allows the player to design original scenarios to play based on historical struggles, fictional situations, or present-day ongoing civil resistance struggles, anywhere in the world.
Development
Ivan Marovic, one of the leaders of the Serbian student movement Otpor, was the core systems engineer for this game.[2]
Release
The game has a file size of 44MB and is available only by download. The game runs on Adobe AIR which must be installed prior to installing the game.[2]
Reception
People Power: the Game of Civil Resistance falls under the category of serious games.[2]
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