Allergies & Allegories

This game is based on interviews with food allergic children. It is intended to capture the essence of their experience.

Drag Items to Find the Epipen

Backpack

Epipen

Collect The Peanut-Free (Teal) Candy

Mia

Candy

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This is Mia. She likes soccer, card games, and stories about wizards.

Mia is also allergic to peanuts.

Mia is also allergic to peanuts.

About

Allergory is a knowledge translation game developed by Steve Wilcox. It is based on interviews with food-allergic children as reported in "Illustrating Risk: Anaphylaxis Through the Eyes of the Food-Allergic Child" by Fenton et al.

This game was developed as part of the GET-FACTS project. Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, GET-FACTS (Genetics, Environment and Therapies: Food Allergy Clinical Tolerance Studies) creates and disseminates research on food allergies. This game was developed at the Games Institute (University of Waterloo).

Credits - Art

Backpack by The Girl Tyler
Backpack Icon by Aha-soft
Cartoon Student Icons by Notkoo
Cloud Brushes by Cloud-no9
Pizza Signs by Aleksandr Labetskiy
Shirt by PixelKit
Small-n-flat Icons (various) by Paomedia
Snowdrops Brush by FrostBo
Snowman by Ploup Design
Vista Halloween by Icons Land

Credits - Code

jSlots by Mathew Lein

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Ingredients - Assorted Cupcakes

Vanilla

Arachic oil,

Soy Lecithin, Salt, Chocolate Liquor, Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Sulfate, Locust Bean Gum, Dextrose, Agar, Gelatin, Fumaric Acid, Natural and Artificial Flavors (Contains: Caramel Color, Butter), FD&C Yellow 5 and 6, Red 40.

Sugar, Water, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour, Vegetable and/or Animal Shortening (Soybean, Cottonseed and/or Canola), Corn Syrup, Egg Whites, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Whole Eggs. Contains 2% or Less of: Modified Corn Starch, Soybean Oil, Cocoa, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Chocolate Liquor, Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Sulfate, Locust Bean Gum, Dextrose, Agar, Gelatin, Fumaric Acid, Natural and Artificial Flavors (Contains: Caramel Color, Butter), FD&C Yellow 5 and 6, Red 40.

peanut oil,

Cocoa, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Sulfate, Locust Bean Gum, Dextrose, Agar, Gelatin, Fumaric Acid, Natural and Artificial Flavors (Contains: Caramel Color, Butter), FD&C Yellow 5 and 6, Red 40.

Hydrolyzed peanut protein,

Cocoa, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Chocolate Liquor, Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Sulfate, Locust Bean Gum,

Nutmeat,

Dextrose, Agar, Gelatin, Fumaric Acid, Natural and Artificial Flavors (Contains: Caramel Color, Butter), FD&C Yellow 5 and 6, Red 40.

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This is Mia. She likes soccer, card games, and stories about wizards.

Mia is also allergic to peanuts.

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Tom

Lunch Buddies

Tom has invited you to eat lunch with him and his friends. This could be a good chance to make friends.

You will need to roll at least:

Mia

Well-being

Safety

Community

Support

Goal: Chat With Your Classmates.