The focus of Gold Mountain Quest is to bring to light some of the people, places and issues that have had a dramatic influence on Canada’s development, but have long been ignored in Canadian history. The game aims to engage young players from grades 5 to 7 by bringing them into direct contact with characters and items drawn from actual historical data. It allows players to experience life as a Chinese Canadian youth in 1911, and explore historically accurate western Canadian culture in the fictional town of Gold Mountain, BC, Canada.

Gold Mountain Quest sets a new standard in the educational gaming marketplace by combining meticulous research, beautiful graphics, engaging gameplay and online accessibility into one package. The game is designed to be completed in under an hour.

This game was made in just 10 weeks by a team of 3 people and is
free to play online: http://www.catstatic.com/projects/gmq/

University of British Columbia press release – http://chinesecanadian.ubc.ca/featured/chinese-canadian-stories-unveils-videogame-head-tax-database-at-preview-event/

Game Trailer on YouTube:

Please check out the game. We welcome any feedback, comments, or criticisms.

Josh

Excellent work!

I just played this start to finish and I think it’s a great example of an interactive game that could support in-class lessons for students learning about these subjects. The artifacts are excellent hooks for in-class lessons to explore topics further that could be brought up by teachers, and it does a good job of conveying a sense of atmosphere, even with a fairly low production budget.

If I had my way, this would be game of the week this week.

Thanks for posting it.

Passed this link to my sister, a social studies teacher. Thanks!

Thanks for all the positive comments! It’s been a rewarding experience, bringing a piece of history to life, in the name of education.