Serious Game Classification

GHD Game 2011 (Bad Bacteria at BBQ) 2011 Play it Now !

Informations Analyses Discussion

Classification

SERIOUS GAME

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:

Storytelling

Market

This title is used by the following domains:

Entertainment
Healthcare
Education
Scientific Research

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age : 12-16 / 17-25 / 25-35 / 35-60 / 60+
General Public & Professionals & Students

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The player becomes an "e-Bug Investigator" who attends the scene of an 'incident' that involves microbes. The player must find evidence to support and negate their own ideas, in addition to those presented by the characters in the game. In the process of solving the mysteries, the player learns about microbes. It reinforces the importance of hand washing.

Platform(s) : Browser (Flash)