A Dubai schoolboy, who is an Indian ex-pat student, launched a video game that generally focuses on protection against the COVID-19 pandemic.

A guy, Mohammed Yaseen Hafiz, 17-years-old, has developed the game and has given the name “The Outbreak Guardian” and got it released on Steam– the most prominent online game releasing platform recently.

A student of class 12 of Al Diyafah High School in Dubai, Mohammed Yaseen, had been shortlisted as a young inventor by Dubai Expo 2020 earlier.

From his point of view, the game, apart from offering fun and adventure, and the game distracts young gamers from violence and at the same time motivate them to be socially responsible.

“Basically, the game provides people with an idea of how they can survive in the situation of COVID-19 in the real world,” the Indian ex-pat boy said.

“Kids loves the games, and through this game, they understand the process, that what efforts the authorities are taking to keep us all safe. Perhaps it will change their point of view.”

What game is actually about:

The Outbreak Guardian is a third-person open-world 3D game where the player is the owner to keep the COVID-19 cases in the imaginary city of Patriam under his control by managing the country medical resources, in which he is the one who will deliver the medicines and pieces of equipment and have some extraordinary skills of driving.

“This is 3D racing, investigating and strategy building game. Usually, it makes the team with at least three persons or more people working together for more than two years,” said Mohammed Yaseen, who developed this game and took one and half years to complete.

The game has different checkpoints where you can refill sanitisers, buy cars, car tools and more. A sanitising ray can be used while driving to target the viruses around them. There are also vaccine research centres and vaccine delivery services to the hospital.

According to Mohammed Yaseen, “the game’s storyline is the most successful pattern in managing the pandemic.