First game for young people with Down Syndrome

Although the president of the United States sees video games as a "distraction" is increasingly common to see initiatives that demonstrate that they can be a useful tool for integration and education.

In this line, the Orange Foundation and the Down Syndrome Foundation of Madrid have jointly developed 'Luke and the case of the Stolen Painting ", a PC game fully addressed youth with Down syndrome and / or intellectual disabilities.

'Luke and the case of the Stolen Painting' is an adventure game where you must go forward at venues such as Paris, Rio de Janeiro, New York ... by solving puzzles in a logical manner, interacting with characters and objects to complete the story.

Players will take on the Lucas Sanchez, a private detective who must solve mysteries surprising to find an elusive robber pictures.

The game unfolds "as the player interacts with the various tools and options so that their decisions mark the way forward," says the Foundation on its website.

Currently there are no games in Spain this type specifically designed for people with various intellectual disabilities, reported both foundations. Thus, this group "may be familiar with electronic entertainment and thus access to other types of games are not designed for people with intellectual disability.

The design and conduct of this game has been completely carried out by a team of educational psychologists of the Down Syndrome Foundation of Madrid, in charge of setting targets and designing scenarios and puzzles. Lucas and the case of the stolen painting has been tested for several months by different groups of users with intellectual disabilities.

The game is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7, requires 600 MB of hard disk space. The download can be done on the link http://www.fundacionorange.es/fundacionorange/proyectos/lucas_setup.exe by clicking the Save and subsequently executed.

Source: Europapress

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