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## The UJI releases Planeta Debug video games against climate change in open access The Living Lab of the Universitat Jaume I, with the support of the Carasso Foundation, has created a web space to get free of charge the first games designed by the students in collaboration with research groups

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The Universitat Jaume I (UJI) has made available, open access, the first video games against climate change designed in the Living Lab Planeta Debug, co-financed by the Citizen Art call of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation. These video games, focused on the fight against pollution or the improvement of health and energy efficiency, have been created by third-year students of the Bachelor's Degree in Video Game Design and Development of the School of Technology and Experimental Sciences (ESTCE) with the collaboration of research groups of the Universitat Jaume I, and also with the support of the Office of the Vice-Rector for Research and Transfer.

The Planeta Debug website (<http://planetadebug.uji.es>) provides complete information on the Living Lab, its equipment and activities, as well as free access to the video games that will be created throughout the project, which will run until autumn 2021. Access can be gained by going to the posts describing the video games created so far, along with an explanation of their design, meaning, creators and operation and a link to download the game. "These video games do not require installation, you just need to download the game file, unzip it to your computer (with Windows operating system), double-click the executable file (.EXE) and play", explains the Living Lab's main researcher, Emilio Sáez.

Nine research groups from the UJI have collaborated with students to inspire video game design with elements of scientific research linked to climate change. This line of work of the Living Lab Planeta Debug is called "Good Game". It has been possible thanks to the promotion of project-based learning in the subjects of Software Engineering, with the lecturers Antonio Morales and Enric Cervera; Art of Video Games, with the lecturer Diego Díaz, and Video Game Conceptual Design, taught by Emilio Sáez, who is also a member of the ITACA research group. In addition, the project has the collaboration of the Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit (UCC+i) of the UJI's Communication and Publications Service, "from which innovation in science communication is promoted with new formats and narratives, as well as the approach to citizens of current interest issues such as climate change”, points out the journalist and researcher Maria Josep Picó.

The following video games from the Good Game line of the Living Lab Planeta Debug are now accessible on the Living Lab Planeta Debug’s website: Mission Ozono, Blooming Violent, The Lightbringer, NanoDoctor, Version 18, Overdose, Mr Coating, The Wayback and Last Sunlight. These games have been developed with research groups from the UJI and thanks to the involvement of the following members of faculty and research staff: Leonor Hernández, from the Multiphase Fluids Group; Vicent Arbona, from the Ecophysiology and Biotechnology Group; Ivan Mora-Seró, from the Advanced Semiconductors Group; Gladys Mínguez, from the Optics Research Group; Vicent Baydal, from the Valencian Regional History and Law Group; María Ibáñez, from the Analytical Chemistry in Public Health and the Environment Group, attached to the University Institute of Pesticides and Water; Lucía Reig, María José Ruá and Ángel Pitarch, from the Technology, Quality and Sustainability in Construction Group; Pedro Sanz and Raül Marín, from the Robotic Systems and Interaction Laboratory and Conrado Martínez, from the Melanogén Group.

**CREATIVE EFFORT AND INNOVATION IN ART AND SCIENCE**

The videogames made by the students involve "a great creative effort of synthesis between the scientific research that has used the challenge of climate change as a reference, and turning all this into a challenging story with the entertaining support of videogames", argues the lecturer of Video Game Conceptual Design, Emilio Sáez. This is a "totally unprecedented initiative, and the final result of the experiment is very successful, especially considering that the students have had limited time. Moreover, the video games designed prove that this medium is very powerful as a vehicle for spreading complex messages and making it easier for them to reach and involve the general public".

"One of the most interesting and innovative aspects of Planeta Debug's Good Game line is the combination of art and science, since it is a mix that has been worked on internationally for some time, but is generally applied more to new media, science and technology. And, in this particular case, we are using video games”, says Diego Díaz, lecturer of Art of Video Games at the UJI.

This academic year, the development of the games has been a "real challenge, especially for students, because fitting the theme of climate change with lines of research of various groups to translate it into a game is very complex”, says the lecturer of Software Engineering, Antonio Morales. From the point of view of programming, the project was no more complicated than previous years, although it is true that many of the students felt initially overwhelmed. Even so, "we believe that the results obtained are very satisfactory and that the students have had a truly enriching experience”, both Antonio Morales and Enric Cervera stress.

**CITIZEN'S ART AND THE DANIEL AND NINA CARASSO FOUNDATION**

An interdisciplinary research team from the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) was awarded a project by the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation in its Citizen Art programme focused on initiatives related to the theme “Composing knowledge to understand contemporary challenges” last September. The Living Lab Planeta Debug, which will run for two years, was selected out of the 152 proposals presented in this modality.

The Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation carries out its activity in France and Spain. It was created in 2010 after Daniel Carasso, founder of Danone, and his wife Nina. Its work consists of welcoming, supporting, accompanying and connecting people who dare to look at the world and build it differently in its two lines of work: Sustainable Food and Citizen Art. It is a Grant Maker Foundation (exclusively financing initiatives of general interest) and a family heritage foundation affiliated to the Fondation de France. It is independent of any commercial company.

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