The My 2050 tool is less a game, and more an interactive visualisation. There are elements of play involved, however, and it’s an interesting example of data-based game, and one designed by government for public debate. Produced by the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change, it’s designed to help open public debate about the choices and trade-offs required to reach emissions reduction targets. You’re offered two sets of sliders; ‘supply’ containing various energy technologies, and ‘demand’ for transport, home temperature, manufacturing growth and similar. As you shift these sliders, you see images of a city, home and country at large transform. The music is perhaps designed to be calming, but can feel a bit eerie.