COVID Dodge: An African-Centric game for promoting COVID-19 Safety Measures

Raising awareness for safety measures against communicable diseases helps reduce the spread among human populations. As the lockdown rules for the COVID-19 pandemic are being relaxed, there is a need for active awareness around the safety measures against the spread of the virus to prevent a second pandemic wave. Therefore, this demonstration paper presents the design and implementation of a mobile persuasive game, titled COVID Dodge, aimed at raising the awareness around social distancing and other precautionary measures against the spread of the COVID-19. This persuasive game employs some strategic features to increase the attention of Africans towards social distancing.