Save The Children
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keep some orphan hungry children alive, perhaps at a refugee camp.
The aim is to remind people that in the world every 10 seconds, a child dies of poverty related causes.
Please consider donating to world food aid type charities, and modify political leanings towards political parties which favour higher international aid budgets.
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Edited - finish bug - scores were potentially infinite.
Edit - scoring explanation
the scoring algorithm operates like this:
score = score+ numberOfChildrenAlive*numberOfChildrenAlive/10 rounded down every 10 seconds.
the amount of food grows every 10 seconds, but rate of growth decreases. a very unwell child has a risk of imminent death if fed a ration.
The aim is to remind people that in the world every 10 seconds, a child dies of poverty related causes.
Please consider donating to world food aid type charities, and modify political leanings towards political parties which favour higher international aid budgets.
Edit
Another Screenshot + source code link
Edited - finish bug - scores were potentially infinite.
Edit - scoring explanation
the scoring algorithm operates like this:
score = score+ numberOfChildrenAlive*numberOfChildrenAlive/10 rounded down every 10 seconds.
the amount of food grows every 10 seconds, but rate of growth decreases. a very unwell child has a risk of imminent death if fed a ration.