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Des Moines graduate develops video game to raise money to fight COVID-19

Des Moines graduate develops video game to raise money to fight COVID-19
WONDERFUL CELEBRATION. A DES MOINES ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE HAS CREATED A VIDEO GAME TO HELP RAISE MONEY TO FIGHT CORONAVIRUS. KCCI’S TISIA MUZINGA GOT A LOOK. TISIA: STACEY, IT’S CALLED CALL OF CORONA. AND THE VIDEO GAME COMES OUT THIS FRIDAY. YOU CAN PLAY IT ON STEAM FOR $3.99. ALL OF THE MONEY WILL GO TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. MAX WARD SAYS HE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA AFTER HE WAS FURLOUGHED IN LONDON WHEN THE CITY WENT ON LOCKDOWN. THE GOAL OF THE GAME IS TO SAVE A FAMOUS ACTOR FROM COVID-19. YOU ARE THE PILL TREATING THE PATIENT. >> THE PILL GOES DOWN THE BODY AND THE PLAYER PLAYS THAT LITTLE MICROSCOPIC SOLDIER INSIDE THE HUMAN BODY. YOU HAVE TO TRACK DOWN THE VIRUS AND WALKED TO THE BODY TRYING TO FIND THE VIRUS. FIGHT A FEW CORONAS ALONG THE WAY, AND THEN FIND THE SOURCE AND FIGHT IT. TISIA: MAX SAYS HE DOESN’T RECOMMEND STUDENTS TO USE THIS GAME TO STUDY BIOLOGY IT’S JUST FUN AND GAME
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Des Moines graduate develops video game to raise money to fight COVID-19
A Des Moines Roosevelt High School graduate has created a video game to help raise money to fight coronavirus. The game is called "Call of Corona" and comes out Friday. It can be played on Steam for $3.99 and all of the money will go to the World Health Organization. Max Ward said he came up with the idea after he was furloughed in London when the city went on lockdown. The goal of the game is to save a famous actor from COVID-19. Players "are the pill treating the patient."Ward said he doesn't recommend students to use this game to study biology since it's just for fun. He hopes to raise $1,000. For updates on COVID-19 statistics in Iowa, click here.For updates on COVID-19 in Iowa and how to stay healthy, click here.

A Des Moines Roosevelt High School graduate has created a video game to help raise money to fight coronavirus.

The game is called "Call of Corona" and comes out Friday. It can be played on Steam for $3.99 and all of the money will go to the World Health Organization.

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Max Ward said he came up with the idea after he was furloughed in London when the city went on lockdown. The goal of the game is to save a famous actor from COVID-19. Players "are the pill treating the patient."

Ward said he doesn't recommend students to use this game to study biology since it's just for fun. He hopes to raise $1,000.

For updates on COVID-19 statistics in Iowa, click here.

For updates on COVID-19 in Iowa and how to stay healthy, click here.