Hilfe für Amajambere

## Description

A dearth plagues the villages at the hillside of the elevated plain in the
middle of the region Amajambere located in Ubuntaka, Africa. The harvest is
getting worse and worse due to heavy rains washing away the fertile earth and
the sun withering down the crops during the growth-periods. To prevent the
people from abandoning their villages and emigrate to the capital city
Majikitoyo located 90 kilometers away, the Federal Republic of Germany and the
government Ubuntaka started a project. Basically the idea is to teach the
farmers about multi-level plant cultivation in order to better preserve their
land and increase the quality of the harvest for generations to come. After
his predecessor got badly injured, Paul Lerche from the Bundesministerium fur
wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung is send to the village
Mihanatoke to oversee the project which is still met with much resistance by
many farmers. In addition seed-theft hinders the villagers from planting
anything at all.

Gameplay-wise _Hilfe f ur Amajambere_ is a serious but traditional point and
click adventure. The player takes over the control of Paul Lerche trying to
convince the villagers about the good the project will do and at the same time
solve the problem of the seed-thefts. Using the mouse, the player visits the
different locations and looks at, takes or combines items he finds in the
game-world in order to solve the many riddles in the game and move the story
forward. Since the game is an educational software aimed at children and young
adults it is however also very dialogue heavy.

Together with Paul’s entries in his journal, the dialogues are used as the
core way to educate the player on why multi-level plant cultivation is
important, why the people are resistant, what the unique challenges are they
have to deal with in such regions every day and many other lessons about
Africa. While they are often multiple-choice, most of the time if the “wrong”
answer is chosen, the game automatically also goes through all the other
options in order to convey its message and advance the story.

Hilfe für Amajambere