Watch: New board game allows players to experience how frogs negotiate the world
The Hindu
The Hoppy Frog, developed in Bengaluru, is a way of getting people to think more about amphibians and spread a larger conservation message
A unique board game called The Hoppy Frog allows players to experience how a frog negotiates an anthropocentric world. It was developed by Ashoka Trust For Research In Ecology And The Environment (ATREE) in Bengaluru.
The game, supported by the IndiaBioscience Outreach Grant, is a way of getting people to think more about amphibians and, hopefully, spread a larger conservation message.
The Hoppy Frog, which was launched in 2024, has had over 800 people playing it so far via workshops conducted in the city and outside of it, including at Science Gallery, Bengaluru, the India Institute of Science’s annual Open Day and the Bisle Frog Walk. There is also an online version of the game developed by the ATREE communications team that is accessible to all on the trust’s website.
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Reporting: Preeti Zachariah
Videography and editing: Ravichandran N.
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