Milk Farm

CONTENT WARNING:    suicide

MILK FARM is a socio-political university project at the School of Design of the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences.  It was originally developed within 5 days. (This is the polished version that went through an additional few days of QA and minor finishing touches).

Suicide among dairy farmers is a huge, constantly growing problem, enforced by the economic system of milk and dairy products. 

In Milk Farm the player is challenged by a scripted, repeating process of random and always dropping milk prices. It is, at its core, a miniature simulation of the vicious cycle many dairy farmers across the world find themselves in, that too often leads to the farmers taking their own lives.

Find out more:

http://www.europeanmilkboard.org/home.html?no_cache=1

https://solidaritepaysans.org/

https://www.iasp.info/

Articles about suicides in agriculture:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/06/why-are-americas-farmers-killing...

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/20/world/europe/france-farm-suicide.html

https://www.farminguk.com/news/rising-suicide-rates-among-european-dairy-farmers-scares-industry_45941.html

https://www.agrarheute.com/land-leben/tabu-thema-selbstmorde-landwirten-554007

Controls:

Move left = A        Move right = D         Jump = Spacebar

Credits

Idea, Programming and Pixelart - Karolina Nathusius

QA and Programming - Hart Crompton

Special Thanks - Hart Crompton, Prof. Kai Beiderwellen

Created with Unreal Engine 4