Reset Earth mobile game: get Gen Z to save the planet
Young folks on their phones all day? Then encourage your Gen Zers to download Reset Earth, a mobile game from the UN's Ozone Secretariat (aka the UN Environment Programme). Set in the late 21st century, players race back and forth in time to save the planet earth.
Reset Earth is set in 2084, a dystopian post-apocalyptic world where the ozone layer has been completely ruined and human life is under threat from an unstoppable virus called “The Grow”. Enter three plucky teenagers who team up in an epic time-travel adventure and race against time in a mission to save the planet and what’s left of human life. And if you think you've not heard much about the ozone layer lately, well this game puts it centre stage. Exciting or what! The game can be played on iPhones and Android phones
Gen Z love a good phone game so the UN is confident they'll download Reset Earth, which builds on the plot of its recent Reset Earth animation film. The game invites players to immerse themselves in a time-travel adventure in which they race against time on a mission to save the planet and what’s left of human life.
Meg Seki, Acting Executive Secretary of the Ozone Secretariat, says the game should get young people motivated: 'Safeguarding the ozone layer and the environment for future generations is a big job – but one that can be achieved if we listen to the science and work together.'
Reset Earth Storyline
It's 2084, the ozone layer has been completely ruined and human life is under threat from the “The Grow”. Three teens team up in an epic time-travel adventure and race against time in a mission to save the planet and mankind. They journey through time to critical historical moments in the story of the mysterious ‘ozone layer’, attempting to unlock secrets of the past to save themselves, the ozone layer and earth from impending doom. Along the way, they learn the importance of the ozone layer, as well as the power of working together to achieve what might at first seem impossible. To save the ozone layer, they must jump back in time to ensure the signing of the Montreal Protocol agreement.
Rooted in science, the game gives a dramatized picture of what Earth could have been like if the world had not acted to protect the ozone layer and signed the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in 1987.
Key features
It's a single player platform game combining a retro graphics style and hand-drawn artwork and is aligned with the film’s storyline. Set across four stages of challenging immersive platform gameplay, each representing a time zone jump in the animated series, Reset Earth challenges players to truly immerse themselves in the world of Reset Earth, unlocking puzzles and discovering clues and learning about environmental history and the science of protecting the planet.
Produced and developed by Rooftop on behalf of the UN Environment Programme’s Ozone Secretariat, this epic family-friendly adventure allows players to unlock the three characters; Knox, Sagan or Terran, and use their unique game abilities as they race through time to find a way to protect the ozone layer and reset earth.
Reset Earth is a year-long education initiative by the Ozone Secretariat to raise awareness and inspire action among teens and parents about global ozone layer protection. Immersive, educational and thought-provoking, Reset Earth conveys a positive message around what can be achieved through collective action and cultivates a sense of environmental responsibility and ownership amongst the youth. Understanding that many young people are anxious about climate change, the Reset Earth campaign aims to show them the power of science, collaboration and cooperation in solving complex global challenges.
The campaign also offers a message of hope, showing how the global community was able to come together and solve one of the most complex environmental challenges at the time, with remarkable success. It happened once, and it can happen again!
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