{"id":202,"date":"2017-11-03T00:40:18","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T00:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corruptedfox.com\/?p=202"},"modified":"2017-11-09T13:12:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T13:12:00","slug":"through-the-city-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corruptedfox.com\/?p=202","title":{"rendered":"Through the city \/\/ Concept"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since human habitat is spreading, animals are forced to enter the city, to gather food among humans, and eventually settle. Many people don\u2019t know what to do when they encounter city animals and some may even harm an animal that is simply looking for food. On a greater scale, humans treat foxes and rats, specifically, as pests and consequently try to exterminate them. This is a waste of life and resources, because it is not only possible to live with wild neighbors peacefully, but in some ways it is even desirable and beneficial in an era of continuous disassociation from the environment. The city <\/span>is<\/span><\/i> the prime human habitat these days these days (In 2012 about 75% of the German population lived in urban areas – for comparison, in 1912 about 75% of the population still lived in predominantly rural areas). Most humans now have little to no contact with nature. Environmental topics are therefor an abstract and literally distant matter to most. This is specifically concerning if you consider that the current economical system which humanity predominantly employs is at least exploitative towards nature, and in most cases even causes lasting damage to the environment. Yet this biosphere is the very precondition of human life itself. This is self-harming behavior on a species level that will lead to humanity\u2019s doom.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is therefor of great importance to overcome this distance between human and nature, to teach children at an early age that animals as well are a part of this world, and that accepting them is in their own interest.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>Board Game<\/span><\/h4>\n

My idea is to create a fun board game to let kids experience what difficulties and what advantages arise when living in a city as an animal, thus\u00a0<\/span>better relating to animals and gaining compassion for them.\u00a0In conclusion, the board game intends to give children indirect advice on how to react to wild animals in the city.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some ideas around the game play:<\/span><\/p>\n

To make the experience more diverse, I decided to give the option to pick between three types of animals: Raven or Magpie, Fox and Rat (Each animal will be available twice in the game and probably made out of Fimo [or Clay]). Each player receives a card according to their chosen animal character with the animal’s abilities and specific roles in short and illustrated stats oriented summary.<\/span><\/p>\n

I thought being able to reassemble the board every game could make it more interesting to play in the long run, so the game is divided in different settings that can have advantages for a species:<\/span><\/p>\n

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