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Helping the World Experience Wildlife Conservation

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Why ConGa

We envision a world in which people don't forget that we live in an ecosystem

Most people live in industrialized urban areas that are by design isolated from natural ecosystems. We cannot expect society to genuinely want to protect ecosystems when people rarely get to think about other species in their daily lives. In an attention-driven digital economy, people will only think about wild species if they find them interesting. Using gamification, we give everyday people reasons to think about biodiversity on a daily basis, visibilizing conservation efforts in the process. We believe that before awareness and action comes curiosity.

A group of people observing birds in Yosemite National Park

The challenge

The social base of wildlife conservation is small, fragmented, and concentrated in the Global North.

A collage of various animals featured in ConGa games

Our approach

We develop simple games to serve as the interface between the public and conservation efforts.

Our Games

Diverse games for a multi-layered naturalist community

To host a cohesive naturalist community, our games should appeal to the different levels of nature enthusiasts, from the just curious to the field veterans. These are the first two games we are working on:

Critguessr landing popup screenshot In Testing CritGuessr Hippos in Madagascar? Can you find where animal species live on a world map? A first introduction to the world of conservation. Aye-aye placeholder for a game image Under Construction Conservation Manager Manage a dossier of natural spaces and help ecosystems avoid collapse! A platform where users can learn the practice of ecosystem conservation and projects can design digital versions of their own ecosystems.

The people behind the idea

The team (so far)

We are two Zurich-based developers passionate about building products that visibilize global issues. Love what we are building? We are looking for more people to join us! Just reach out to us at conga_info@proton.me

Angel portrait Angel Garcia-Casillas Business and Marketing Just finished his Ph.D in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Zurich. Loves trail running and leading small groups in challenging quests. LinkedIn profile Alex portrait Alexey Lebedenko Game Design and Development Finishing his MSc. in Computer Science at ETH Zurich. Loves playing games with friends and designing creative solutions to solve real-world problems. LinkedIn profile
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Want to join the team? Do you have a proposal, or want to share feedback on the project? Reach out to us at conga_info@proton.me

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Most efforts from the naturalist community to engage a wider audience assume that people will have time, knowledge, or access to nature. But people do care about animals. Animal species' images are routinely used in digital media for purposes other than conservation. We believe that a lot more people would love to engage with wildlife conservation if the information was presented in a more accessible and interactive way.

Our games present conservation data in a simplified, understandable way, visibilizing the efforts made by conservation projects. The gameplay entices users to interact with dynamic conservation data, fostering interest in keeping up with new developments. Notably, our simplest games do not require much prior knowledge, time or access to nature, allowing more people to think about wildlife. We also provide links all of our sources so users can learn more and understand the complexity of natural ecosystems.

  1. "Three people sitting in folding chairs on a wooden boardwalk in Yosemite National Park". Christopher Stites on Unsplash