An excerpt from the proposal:
"Through my thesis I would like to explore how games can be used to promote interpersonal relationships and strengthen neighborhood communities. People often have trouble meeting others outside of their comfort zone. I believe this problem can be solved through social networking games...
My ultimate goal for the project is to create a game that can be
used by neighbors of a shared community, and discover what kind
of impact it has. I hope to conduct final user testing from this prototype that can support the claim that games do promote social bonding and do have the power to build communities."
