One of the lastest farming game on Facebook, Happy Oasis, comes with an huge ambition – to end extremism. This Middle-East-themed game will put players right in the sandy world of the Middle-East countries.
The man behind the game, Suleiman Bakhit – newly appointed TED fellow talked aobut his project at the TEDGlobal Conference in Edinburgh, hopes that the game will create postitive role model for children wo might otherwise be enticed by extremist views.
According to BBC, Mr. Bakhit, who comes from Jordan, was a student at the US University of Minnesota when the 9/11 took place and was attacked by four men shortly afterwards because he was an Arab.
Instead of feeling bitter, he decided to engage in an education campaign.
He began telling Alladin-style stories in local schools, where a child asked him if there was an Arab superman, when he realised there wasn’t. So, he started his comic-book project with an aim to create a rage of positive Arab role models that fight extremists. More than 300,000 copies of his comics were reportedly sold in Jordan
He than realized that there was a market for a web-based version, which got him started with Happy Oasis game.
Happy Oasis has attracted more than 50,000 players in about a week. In the short period I have tried out the game, the gameplay is very similar to popular farming games like FrontierVille.
Check out the game if you need a fresh farming game. We will bring a short walk-through of the game in a little while.
