AXO: A Video Game That Encourages Recycling to Preteens

Properly recycling our waste is a world-wide problem that needs to be solved to reduce our impact on the environment. The solution is in learning to properly sort our waste. The less cross-contamination there is between materials that cannot be dealt with together, the better they can be processed. In order to spread this knowledge to schools, we propose a serious game in which the teaching is a subtle and important mechanic present within an entertaining frame. Our game AXO teaches preteens how to recycle by sorting and identifying common household waste to save a chain of islands. AXO is made to be able to be adapted to recycling regulations around the globe, while presenting a visually pleasing and interesting world and offering a better alternative recycling game to teachers.