e-Bug Senior Game 2008... · Mechanics •Hand, Respiratory and Food Hygiene o Infection can be spread through unclean hands o Hand washing can prevent the spread of infection o Infection

e-Bug Senior Game

Senior Game

• Game Style

• Game Process

• Demo • Game Puzzles and Learning Outcomes • Feedback to date and evaluation plans

Game Style

• Game is a detective game where the player investigates microbial problems.

• Player is presented with many ideas or theories which are confirmed or contradicted by evidence.

• Story and puzzle based game • Has “microbe vision” which allows player to see

bugs • Can perform 3 mini-game tests which can be

used to identify microbes

Game Process

• Player is given missions by “Big C” who is the boss.

• The player and Alyx (scientist) fly to locations • They interview people and look for physical clues • By finding clues, the story moves on. • At the end of the mission, the player is asked a

series of questions by Big C that can be used to confirm knowledge gain

Game Back Story

• A call has come in to e-Bug HQ. • A famous actor has fallen very ill and his security

people suspect a deliberate act of poison • Big C dispatches the player and Alyx to

investigate.

Characters: Big C

• Big C (boss of e-Bug)

Characters: Alyx

• Alyx (scientist coworker)

Character: Heracles Samson

• Heracles (bodyguard to actors)

Characters: Hugh Gaego

• Hugh Gaego (actor)

Jamie Grimesworth

• Jamie Grimesworth (chef)

Example Mockup

• Showing Learning Outcomes:

• Microbes are found everywhere even though you can’t see them

• There are three types of microbe (B, V and F) • Sometimes bad microbes can make us sick • Don’t spread your bad microbes to others • Also covers some food hygiene outcomes not in the

pack: • Microbes can be found on our food and can transfer to

humans • Cooking food properly can kill harmful microbes

Mission 1

• Mission 1 was basis of the demo. • Set around a barbeque and covers:

• Hygiene • Spread of infection • Introduction to microbes

Mechanics

• Hand, Respiratory and Food Hygiene o Infection can be spread through unclean hands

o Hand washing can prevent the spread of infection

o Infection can be spread through sneezing and coughing

o Sneezing or coughing in your hand can still spread infection

o Microbes can be found on our food and can transfer to humans

o Cooking food properly can kill harmful microbes

Mission 2

Mission 2

• Mission 2 introduces a ‘superbug’ • Aim is for the player to identify that in places where

there is high antibiotic misuse, resistant bugs are present

• Story starts off in an airport where one person (Allison) was on a flight with someone sick with the bug.

• The player visits a site of good practice and a site of bad practice and finds clues that show why the ‘bad’ practice is bad

• Later, the player performs a ‘mini game’ that shows that the superbug is different because it isn’t killed by the normal antibiotics

Mission 2: Characters

• Allison (sporty girl) • Emerges later on that she’s infected with the superbug

Mission 2: Characters

Dr Pia Diallo ( French Doctor) •Town suffering from superbug •Evidence in her office of in appropriate antibiotic use

Mission 2 Characters

• Dr Emmet Brun (Danish Doctor) • Example of good behavior with antibiotics

Mission 3

• Mission 3 connects poor antibiotic use to real world behavior.

• The story involves • Sports team fallen ill • Sabotage suspected but not the case • Allison (from last mission) stopped taking

antibiotics, causing her illness to come back. • She gave water to sports team, spreading bug • Her coach took her antibiotics for a virus and

now has bad diarrhea