Source: KiComms
Tuesday 20th July 2021: A world first online gaming platform, Katuku Island, that supports indigenous education, will be launched this week and will be free to download on Apple and Google Play.
The game is the upshot of a MÄori academicâs masterâs degree and doctoral research to close the gap for indigenous peoples and to learn how culture can create resilience.
Katuku Island is an original storyline adapted to a player survival game with an indigenous overlay. Players must make their way to the only uncontaminated place in the world, Katuku Island. Along the way players must create their player avatars designed to look like MÄori warriors with tribal tattoos, design MÄori weapons, build tribes and escape the crumbling cities. Throughout the game, the player must undertake game challenges, like literacy and decision making. It uses gaming, fun and cultural elements to push the learner to excel in problem solving. Â