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We’re serious, are you?

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KalpaWare, IncCompany profile

• Created September, 2006

• Name: Kalpa - eon, a long period of timeWare - an immaterial asset or benefit

• Team

• Pawel Czarnota

• Sunny

• Khairi Reda

• Web Presence: www.kalpaware.com

DimenxianScreenshots (C) Tabula Digital

DimenxianOverview

• Title by Tabula Digital

• Released in 2006

• Available for PC and Mac

• Demo available for download

• “Learn Math or Die Trying”

• Designed to specifications required by educators

Cut scene

DimenxianOverview

• Game Focus: math

• Audience: students

• Game plot in fictional island

• Two modes: 1st person shooter, 3rd person shooter

• Shoot down bad guys while solving fairly simple math problems

• Demo features the coordinate systems and graph plotting

Cut scene

1st person shooter

DimenxianGame play

Coordinates system

Weather station

Download utility

Objective

DimenxianGame play

Bad guy

Stunner

DimenxianGame play

3rd person shooter mode

You have been stunned!

DimenxianScreenshots

DimenxianScreenshots

DimenxianScreenshots

DimenxianPros

• Interesting cut scene

• Good graphics

• Very good help screens

• Explains problems by solving a demo

• Informative voice instructions

DimenxianCons

• Game fairly predictable

• You can run through most of the obstacles

• It’s pretty hard to stun the bad guys!

• It’s easy to get lost on the island

• Repeats same math concepts numerous times (which might be a good thing)

Food Force Screenshots (C) United Nations World Food Programme

Food Force Overview• Designed and produced by Deepend with game

programming by PlayerTree.

• Focus: Concentrates on the Food Distribution on a drought-War affected Island - Sheylan!

• Audience: children (version for adults under development)

• Issues addressed:- How the Food is distributed - How the Food is prepared - What are the possible obstacles involved in food distribution

• New mission pack released (competition challenge with prices): BOWL 2006http://www.food-force.com/index.php/game/competition/2006-bowl

“Earn a top-league score with the hunger-fighting team on Food Force and you’re in with a chance to win a football fan’s dream: tickets to Super Bowl XL.”

Food ForceOverview• 4 million users

worldwide!

• Available for PC and MAC

• Full version available for download

• Game Plot: 6 missions (and additional missions in BOWL 2006 pack)

• Online scoring system – compare your score with other players worldwide

Making of the game

Mission Pack

Food ForceScreenshots – The Team

Nutritionist Logistics Officer

Food ForceScreenshots – The Team

Food Purchasing Director Appeals Officer

Food ForceScreenshots – The Team

A.L.I.T.E. Officer Team Rookie

Food ForceScreenshots – Mission 1: Air Surveillance

Food ForceScreenshots – Mission 2: Energy Packs

Food ForceScreenshots – Mission 3: Air Drop

Food ForceScreenshots – Mission 4: Locate & Dispatch

Food ForceScreenshots – Mission 5: Food Run

Food ForceScreenshots – Mission 6: Future Farming

Food ForcePros

• Great graphics and sound

• Good details of the characters

• Introduction and other videos informative and stimulative

• Great introductions to characters

• Comments by characters in the game give an idea of real world problems

• Online scoring system and mission pack(s)

• Great Web site with information on making the game

• Full game available for free

Food ForceCons

• Graphics in videos get worse in the last 2 missions

• No increase in difficulty level

• Some players had problems playing the last level – need to be good at playing strategic games to pass this level

• Mission briefings are too long

• Game play feels rushed. After each mission, user has a choice of re-playing or continuing, but if nothing is clicked for 5 seconds, the game just continues with videos and next level

KalpaWareReferences

• http://www.tabuladigita.com/

• http://www.dimenxian.com/

• http://www.food-force.com

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serious_game

• http://www.seriousgames.org/index2.html

• http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2006-05-19-serious-games_x.htm

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