London Science Museum Introduces Rizk Climate Change Game

The London Science Museum has launched Rizk, a free online Flash game exploring the global impact of climate change and environmental depletion. Inspired by art featured in 1950s science fiction movie posters, Rizk is a tower defense-styled game in which players must gather resources on an alien world in order to grow a mother plant. Each action taken causes the player's risk level to rise, however. If the planet's resources are depleted too quickly, environmental defenders will attack the player's plant until gathering slows to an acceptable rate. "Our brand new game is underpinned by the idea that making decisions involves weighing up risk," explains the London Science Museum's Alex Burch, "and risk must be carefully managed to avoid the worst consequences." Rizk is part of The London Science Museum's Climate Changing program, a three-year event featuring exhibitions and installations promoting environmental conservation and preservation.