Data Arcade

Data Arcade
'09-'10

Stock Invaders

A Flash-based knock off of Space Invaders utilizing real-time stock market data to influence game play

Select a publicly traded stock to represent the player

A wide array of industry sectors are available to page through and choose from

If a stock you want to use is not in the pre-defined list, you may enter your own

Select another stock to represent the invaders

Preview how that company's stock will impact the game difficulty for the player...

... as well as the invaders

Then it's play time

Pipe Mania

See how well you can plumb the rural/urban infrastructure

Select a country from three develomental zones - the Core, the Semi-Periphery, and the Periphery

Review data about that country's population, sanitation, health expenditure, and how it will impact game difficulty

Get busy laying pipe before the sludge comes

Oil Kong

You play as a developed country trying to wrest control of oil production from OPEC

Select a country to represent Kong's oil production ability and game difficulty

Review country data regarding oil production and transport infrastructure

Try to rescue Kong's oil consuming hostage and reduce dependence