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- Developers: mtvU and the Peter G. Peterson FoundationMTV: mtvU Video Game Teaches Students About Debt -- With A Jet-Skiing Pig
- Conceived by Brian Haveri, a 25-year-old graduate of Lehigh UniversityMTV: mtvU Video Game Teaches Students About Debt -- With A Jet-Skiing Pig
- Part of the developers' joint InDebtEd campaignMTV: mtvU Video Game Teaches Students About Debt -- With A Jet-Skiing Pig
- Style: side-scrollMTV: mtvU Video Game Teaches Students About Debt -- With A Jet-Skiing Pig
- Designed to teach students how to manage personal debt and financesMTV: mtvU Video Game Teaches Students About Debt -- With A Jet-Skiing Pig
- Main character is a pig on a jet skiMTV: mtvU Video Game Teaches Students About Debt -- With A Jet-Skiing Pig
- Users can pay off debt with savings or credit cardMTV: mtvU Video Game Teaches Students About Debt -- With A Jet-Skiing Pig
- Credit card raises their in-game debtMTV: mtvU Video Game Teaches Students About Debt -- With A Jet-Skiing Pig
- Average student is $20,000 in debt following graduationMTV: mtvU Video Game Teaches Students About Debt -- With A Jet-Skiing Pig
- Player loses by finishing level with no savings leftMTV: mtvU Video Game Teaches Students About Debt -- With A Jet-Skiing Pig
- Users must pay off debt at the end of each level
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Debt Ski is a side-scrolling online Flash game designed to teach teens and college students how to manage their debt. Designed by mtvU and the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Debt Ski allows gamers to control the main character, a pig on a jet ski who needs to monitor his finances while simultaneously buying necessities and personal items which add to your personal happiness, though add to your debt.
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