Gaming for Good

Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University students developed a iPhone game called ChromaWaves, where players try to shoot colored paint balls at moving targets, in the process creating a splatter paint effect on the screen. While offered an opportunity to profit from the game, the students decided to pay forward the generosity of a local company called iNomadics, which donated many of the resources the team needed to build the app, and have assigned all proceeds to benefit Child’s Play, a charity that donates toys and video games to children’s hospitals, including the Cleveland Clinic and Akron Children’s Hospital.

Read the full story at Doing Good  and the game in action in the video

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