In Cambodia, where last year nearly 250 people - one-third of them children - were killed or injured by mines and unexploded bombs, educating the next generation on how to avoid the detritus of war is vital.

Undercover UXO game start

That's where Undercover UXO, a new game for the XO laptop, can help. With a $77,788 grant from the U.S. State Department and in collaboration with Golden West Humanitarian Foundation, Corey Bohil is developing Undercover UXO to teach children in war-torn countries to spot and avoid the warning signs of land mines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO)

Undercover UXO is what software developers call a "serious" game - one that is designed to educate. The children are having fun while learning how to recognize the danger signs for land mines and bombs in a typically Cambodian landscape.

The current prototype of the game was developed as a student project in a Collaborative Game Design course and goal of the current funded project is to revise and improve the functionality and reliability of the game for worldwide distribution.

• View a video of the early game prototype