Serious Game Classification

Land Science (Land Science: An Epistemic Game) Epistemic Games Group (U.S.A.), University of Wisconsin-Madison (U.S.A.), 2010

Informations Analyses Discussion

Classification

SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:

Educative message broadcasting
Training

Market

This title is used by the following domains:

Education
Ecology

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age :
Students

Gameplay

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

Land Science extends the game Urban Science. In Land Science, players become interns at the office of a fictitious urban and regional planning firm, Regional Design Associates. Players weigh the trade-offs of land use decisions in ecologically-sensitive areas, interact with virtual stakeholders and use iPlan, a custom-designed Geographic Information System, to develop land use plans for local and national sites.

Platform(s) : PC (Windows)