Ok, well this is a little different! This is the first online Christian game that I have found, except David and Goliath (which you have to subscribe and download). The Missionary Game plays completely online and my kids are having a blast.
The game sets you as a missionary in third-world type country. You have the option to play a boy or girl character (so my daughters think it is cool too), but you can change at any time because they are working together. You start out in the city with a map that shows the other cities and villages. Your goal is to reach as many villages as possible within 30 days. Sound simple? Well, while in the city you have to stock up on supplies (i.e. bibles, food, water, blankets and medicine), the you must map your route that will be most effective with the supplies you have. Once you choose your path, the game turns into a side-scrolling adventure with "dangers lurking on the path between villages; hungry predators, wild rivers and poisonous plants." You avoid these obstacles by jumping and manuvering around them, but sometimes you have to use prayer!
When you reach a village you are met by the "chief" and your character hands him a bible and appears to witness to him. You will then see a church appear in the background. But not only do you need to meet their spiritual needs, but you meet the physical needs they have, again food, water, supplies...
This is a neat game with cool graphics, but the gameplay is the best attribute. It helps you to think - think about people, their needs, using your time and supplies wisely, and most importantly the need for us to reach out to the lost - not "just" with words, but as the Hands and Feet of Jesus!!
Let the kids try it out, and let me know how it goes!
The game sets you as a missionary in third-world type country. You have the option to play a boy or girl character (so my daughters think it is cool too), but you can change at any time because they are working together. You start out in the city with a map that shows the other cities and villages. Your goal is to reach as many villages as possible within 30 days. Sound simple? Well, while in the city you have to stock up on supplies (i.e. bibles, food, water, blankets and medicine), the you must map your route that will be most effective with the supplies you have. Once you choose your path, the game turns into a side-scrolling adventure with "dangers lurking on the path between villages; hungry predators, wild rivers and poisonous plants." You avoid these obstacles by jumping and manuvering around them, but sometimes you have to use prayer!
When you reach a village you are met by the "chief" and your character hands him a bible and appears to witness to him. You will then see a church appear in the background. But not only do you need to meet their spiritual needs, but you meet the physical needs they have, again food, water, supplies...
This is a neat game with cool graphics, but the gameplay is the best attribute. It helps you to think - think about people, their needs, using your time and supplies wisely, and most importantly the need for us to reach out to the lost - not "just" with words, but as the Hands and Feet of Jesus!!
Let the kids try it out, and let me know how it goes!
3 comments:
I only gave it a cursory look, but I can safely say that this is a better concept than one I saw long ago in a Christian bookstore which was a traditional shooter, only "Moses" was doing the shooting with Aaron's Rod. Yikes!
As a strategy game, The Missionary Game seems to focus on resources. That is at least a very real aspect of missionary life. I would think that some "luck" should come in here, since our abilities are not the final determinant of how well we do at such things. But how many parallels one game tries to get across is a tough one. Just making a game playable could be quite a challenge.
Good for people to know.
Hii i played the Missionaries game, very good game! i have been looking for some more Chrisitan and fun games. could you all please share more of them. thanks God Bless.
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