Environmentally themed video game

Abstract

An environmentally themed interactive computer based game including a web based portal is disclosed. An introduction module accessible through the web based portal is provided and includes a description of the game. Users are authenticated through an authentication module comprising a user id and/or password verification for identifying and/or authenticating users. A navigation module is provided for navigating a plurality of regions accessible to the players. Each region includes one or more game modules, and each of the plurality of regions corresponds to a real world region.

1 . An environmentally themed interactive computer based game comprising: a web based portal; an introduction module accessible through the web based portal, the introduction module including a description of the game; an authentication module comprising a user id and/or password verification for identifying and/or authenticating players; a navigation module; a plurality of regions accessible to the players through the navigation module, each region comprising one or more game modules; wherein each of the plurality of regions corresponds to a real world region. 
   
   
       2 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein each of the game module includes a computer controlled character to provide information to a player. 
   
   
       3 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein unauthenticated users are provided limited access to game modules. 
   
   
       4 . The game of  claim 2 , further comprising: a plurality of utopian regions corresponding to the plurality of regions wherein the plurality of regions are associated with an existing, real-world environmental problem, and the corresponding utopian region is presented without the existing real world environmental problem. 
   
   
       5 . The game of  claim 4 , further comprising: at least one character associated with each of the utopian regions. 
   
   
       6 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein points are awarded to players based upon the completion of tasks in the game modules. 
   
   
       7 . The game of  claim 6 , wherein number of points accumulated by a player is used to determine if access to additional regions or game modules should be granted. 
   
   
       8 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein access fees are charged to the at least some players, and a portion of the access fees are distributed to a plurality of environmental charities. 
   
   
       9 . The game of  claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of environmental charities is associated with one or more regions and/or game modules. 
   
   
       10 . The game of  claim 9 , wherein the distribution of access fees to each of the plurality of charities is at least partially determined by the amount of player activity in each region and/or game module associated with the charities.