Water Care Through Gamification: a discussion about its implementability

It is a reality that the farther from the city people are the more aware they are about water conservation. In undeveloped countries there are continuous efforts, such as social programs, to educate about water conservation, but still, there's not much impact from them. This could be due to the lack of proper water education at home. On a day-to-day basis, it seems we are not aware of the importance of water conservation. We found an alternative to teach people the value of water conservation in the form of gamification, generating awareness through an activity that most people, regardless of age like to do: play. Strategy games are popular, where intelligence, technical skills, and planning are crucial to guide the player to victory. In this kind of game, it is necessary to gather resources, such as iron, food, wood, etc., but in fact, water is necessary to obtain all of those in real life, so, why not consider it? We worked with a group of participants, who tried the game. In it, it is simulated living a week with a limited amount of water. The player had to emulate the activities that take part in the use of water and has the possibility to make changes in their habits. We obtained a favorable response from those who played the game. They stated that they learned something about water conservation that they didn't before.