Most games are designed to be entertaining or educational or both, but few carry some social commentary along with them. Sok and Sao’s Adventure, a new game that just landed on Android, is one of those, trying to make people aware of the plight of dengue fever-infested areas by, what else, shooting down gigantic mosquitos.
That’s not to say that Sok and Sao’s Adventure, named after the protagonists of the game, doesn’t try to be entertaining. It is basically a side-scrolling shooter but of the less violent kind. That is, unless you consider shooting down freakishly huge huge dengue-carrying mosquitos violence. There are four game worlds and a couple of bullets to choose from and you have the option to use Sok or Sao as your hero.
The game delivers its message both in the target of the game as well as the context. The game’s levels take place in locations such as the Angkor Wat in Cambodia and the Amazon jungle in Brazil, places where dengue fever is quite common. That said, unless the player can identify those places or the game has in-game captions or dialogs to bring that to the player’s attention, those details might be lost.
Sok and Sao’s Adventure is free on Google Play Store but the developers admit that they also want to make a bit of a profit, mostly through in-game purchases of coins as well as ads. That last bit is both interesting and somewhat more annoying. The ads are 15 to 30 second videos that might auto play in some screens. The video ads, however, also offer an alternative to buying coins in exchange for an additional life.
SOURCE: DirexPlay
Download: Sok and Sao’s Adventure on Google Play Store
