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Food Force is an educational computer game published by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in 2005. Players take on missions to distribute food in a famine affected country and to help it to recover and become self-sufficient again. At the same time they learn about hunger in the real world and the WFP's work to prevent it.

The game takes place on the fictional island of Sheylan in the Indian Ocean, which is suffering from both drought and civil war. The story is that the player is a rookie who has joined a team of UN experts, including a nutritionist, a logistics officer, a pilot, an appeals officer, and the director of food purchasing.

There are six missions: # Air surveillance: Locating hungry citizens in a helicopter # Energy pacs: Produce a balanced diet of rice, cooking oil, beans, sugar and salt within a budget of only 30 cents per day # Air drop: drop food supplies in a target zone, while compensating for wind direction # Locate and dispatch: co-ordinate supplies of purchased and donated food from around the world # Food run: Lead a food convoy to a depot, dealing with hazards like landmines and roadblocks # Future farming: Use food aid to help a village develop over 10 years, by investing it carefully for nutrition, training, schooling, "food for work" and HIV/AIDS treatment

Most of the gameplay is arcade oriented, with time-limited sequences. All six missions can be played through in under an hour, though players might replay the individual missions, as their high scores can be uploaded online for worldwide comparison with other Food Force players.

The game is freely downloadable, with versions for the PC and Macintosh. Users are encouraged to burn it onto CDs and distribute it to friends. Developed by the British studio Playerthree and the Italian company Deepend, the program uses Macromedia for gameplay and QuickTime for video.

The Food Force website also has lesson plans for teachers, reports on recent WFP work, a high score table and other features.

Food Force - Bowl 2006

A new 'competition' version of Food Force - 'Bowl 2006' has been developed to encourage more children to play the game and learn about world hunger. If a player scores more than 40 million points, they can enter a prize draw to win... tickets for two to Super Bowl XL.

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