NFB Collection
I Love Potatoes
2015~ 20 minInteractive: Interactive application
By: Vali Fugulin
Production: Catherine Brainbridge (Minority)Christina Fon (Minority)Ernest Webb (Minority)Julien Barnoin (Minority)Linda Ludwick (Minority)Vander Caballero (Minority)Hugues Sweeney (National Film Board of Canada)
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in collaboration with Ruben Farrus and Minority.
Everyone loves potatoes in Potatoland, as they are the bounty on which they survive. After his village is struck with misfortune, Chips finds himself to be sorely lacking in potatoes. Through innovation and human contact, he must learn to survive without them in order to save his community and overturn the potatosaurus Monster's dominance.
I Love Potatoes is an adventure game for 7 to 77 year olds that deals with social innovation and sustainable economy issues in a slightly absurd, funny and quirky manner. Available for the Web, tablets and mobiles (IOS and Android), this playful journey will teach the steps of social innovation to people of all ages. Download this game whose narrative is designed to plant new ideas and harvest some change.
Availability
Other versions
Subject categories
- Social Issues > Social Change
- Economics > Socio-Economic Conditions
Credits
- interactive production creator
- Vali Fugulin
- creative director
- Ruben Farrus
- artistic concept
- Patrick Doyon
- illustrations
- Patrick Doyon
- music
- Jean-Phi Goncalves
- Alex McMahon
- sound design
- Benoît Lafrance
- implementation
- Benoît Lafrance
- artistic director
- Sophie Paquette
- lead programmer
- Alexandre Viens
- prototyping
- Jean-François Pérusse
- lead animator
- Yann Penno
- game designer
- Erik Szabo
- executive producer
- Catherine Brainbridge
- Christina Fon
- Ernest Webb
- Julien Barnoin
- Linda Ludwick
- Vander Caballero
- Hugues Sweeney
- line production
- Tali Goldstein
- associate producer
- Charlotte Fisher
- head of production
- Marie-Pier Gauthier
- head of technologies
- Martin Viau
- editorial manager
- Valérie Darveau
- administrator
- Marie-Andrée Bonneau
- production coordinator
- Dominique Brunet
- Caroline Fournier
- Angel Trasgallo Carpio
- marketing manager
- Tammy Peddle
- additional graphic designer
- Raed Moussa
- research
- Anne-Marie Archambault
- translation
- Gabrielle Lisa Collard
- Catherine Bélanger
- quality assurance
- Gabrielle Lisa Collard
- Catherine Bélanger
Awards
- Grand Prix NUMIX InnovationPrix NUMIX
- Prix d'excellence pour le meilleur contenu interactif – Engagement et communautéYouth Media Alliance
- Best Digital Initiative- Gold MedalDigital Publishing Awards
- Best Original Interactive Production Produced for Digital MediaCanadian Screen Awards
- Grand prix Site ou application - fiction, variété, humour et jeunesse ex aequo avec Fonfon interactifBoomerang Awards by Editions Info Presse
- FWA Mobile Of The DayFavourite Website Awards
- Best Social Casual GameCanadian Video Game Awards