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Educational game designs rooted in theory.
Cyber Chronicals
The Hunt for Nemesis
Cyber Chronicles is a web-based computer game targeted toward coding learners from ages 13-18. The narrative takes place in New York City and Los Angeles from the years 2012-2022. Players play as a white hat hacker who uses their coding skills to stop black hat hackers from using their skills for evil.
Players will explore coding through seven different missions using foundational coding skills to hack doors, reset emergency services, and catch their evil nemesis. With numerous opportunities to gain achievements, find secret rewards, and customize their avatar and home base while learning the foundations of coding, Cyber Chronicles explores the beginner skills and ethics of coding through a fast-paced and realistic narrative.
Ecosystemania!
A Simulation for Habitat and Ecosystem Learning
Ecosystemania is a simulation design that focuses on creating a simulation that will replicate in a gameful environment the complexities of earth’s various ecosystems. The goal of this simulation is to aid students in contextualizing their understanding of ecosystems and the interdependent relationships between species within them.
In this simulation, players will be a world renowned zoologist tasked with reviving various ecosystems that are struggling to maintain the ideal environment. Players will have to use their knowledge from life science courses to aid in the rehabilitation of each biome they encounter in the game.