Bible-Teaching Computer Games
What?
For the last several years I've been working on a computer game to teach the Bible to teenagers. It's a Point & Click adventure games in the style of Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle: essentially a kind of interactive story which mixes a great sense of humour with a series of puzzles as you explore the fascinating game world. Find a way across a raging river; track down the missing king; collect honey from a hoard of angry bees; move an army across a valley; and all whilst contending with crazy characters like polyphasic sleepers and politically motivated shepherds.
Why?
To many people the Old Testament is completely unfathomable: a closed book full of strange stories about an apparently capricious God that nobody in their right mind would ever want to worship. The Bible teaches that our failure to know and love this God is actually world's greatest problem, and that the only way that's going to change is through getting to know him through his son Jesus, revealed in the pages of Scripture. That's why I don't want to make a boring game about "morality", or a ridiculous game about bashing people over the head with Bibles to convert them: the Bible should be exciting - it's the way we get to know our creator! Point & Click adventure games have some real advantages for doing this well.
How can I help?
- Subscribe! - sign up to the mailing list to hear all the latest news.
- Pray! - the whole project is a waste of time unless God is at work, so any prayers are very much appreciated
- Invest! - I'd love to have the financial resources to put a full time team together
- Draw! - I could really use a talented Concept Artist to help design the various characters and locations in a cartoon style
- Make 3D models! - we're using the open source package Blender
- Compose! - reckon you could write a musical score to rival classic computer game themes like Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle? Let me know!
- Act! - experience shows that point and click games stand or fall by the quality of their voice acting.
If you are interested in getting involved then please do send me an email.
