Students build dream city
It was an event that brought out the best of creativity, logic and description from the students of Delhi University. At the annual festival of Kirori Mal College’s Commerce Department “Appulse 2012”, the students played “Cityville: the next level” adapted from the Facebook game Cityville.
The concept that was picked up by the Commerce Society, KMC last year during their annual fest, received much appreciation from students and faculty alike. Surbhi Verma, a second year student of B.Com (Hons.), who alongwith some other students organised the event this year, says that the number of participating teams have increased this time and so the level of competition has risen as well.
“The Facebook game got almost everyone hooked to it. When last year we adapted it in our fest, we didn’t know it would become so popular. But the increased number of teams participating (36 teams with two members each) makes its popularity evident. Unlike last year, when we had teams only from North campus, this time we have colleges from South campus as well,” says Surbhi.
As the name suggests, there was a next level to the game this time too. So, while the participating teams had to create a “dream city” equipped with basic amenities in the first level, in the next levels they had to add things like a guesthouse with a reception area and in the third level things like a room with all the facilities.
“It is a very interesting concept. It requires not just good creative aptitude but also logic to build right things at the right place. Like, we could not have made the swimming pool next to the reception. It required us to think rationally in the time limit provided and that was the challenge,” says Dashmeet Rana, a participant from Miranda House, who thought a little more time would have made her job easier.
However, the judge, Arjun Veer Chadha, head-user experience, MyGuestHouse.com (the official sponsors of the event), says that the test for the students here was to create the best guesthouse in minimum time and affordable budget. “We wanted to test the creativity as well as aptitude of the youngsters. And being associated with MyGuestHouse.com, we also wanted to assess the youngsters’ views about the kind of guesthouses they like,” he says.
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