The French National Center for Spatial Studies (CNES) has created a map about the popular video game Fortnite For players to be aware of the “protection of biodiversity in the Amazonas forest” thanks to the satellites, he announced this Thursday, March 13.
The French space agency has reproduced the environment around the Kouou Space Center, in Guyana, within the video game, the overall success of the American Giant Epic Games launched in 2017 and which has several hundred millions of players.
Touch young audiences
The game allows lovers to create their spaces (“map”) and then invite other players to connect to it. Since March 2023, he compensated for successful creators through a monetization program, redistributing part of the money raised through the sale of costumes or dances.
The “map” created by the CNES “allows you to navigate the Kouroou base, explain the role of space in the face of climatic challenges and why not arouse vocations among the youngest,” said the space agency. This experience will leave players “compare satellite data with reality” and “pilot a hydroAvion” to extinguish a virtual fire.
CNES has already invested in the past of other virtual universes, particularly through a mobile game in space debris or even through associations with influential people who release challenges in the Kerbal space space simulation game. “So many new channels that allow it to popularize the space and, in particular, reach the young audience,” argues the cynes.
In 2024, Fortnite It was still the most played title in PlayStation and Xbox Consols, according to Newzoo’s specialized firm.
Source: BFM TV
