Serious Game Classification
Calangos, an educational game for learning and teaching of ecology
State University of Feira de Santana (UEFS), Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) and (Brazil)
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Classification
SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)
Purpose
Besides play, this title features the following intents:
- Educative message broadcasting
Market
This title is used by the following domains:
Audience
This title targets the following audience:
Age : 12-16
Students
Gameplay
The gameplay of this title is
Game-based(designed with stated goals)
The Calangos game is based on modeling of a real ecological case concerning East Dunes San Francisco , in the state of Bahia, investigated by Brazilian researchers. The ultimate goal of the game is to allow the student an environment with sufficient realism, allowing a proper understanding of the ecological and evolutionary processes.
Calangos is a simulation game and action with 3D visualization in first or third person, set in the area of the dunes of the São Francisco River, in which the player controls a lizard one of three endemic species in the region: psammonastes Tropidurus, Cnemidophorus sp. nov., and Eurolophosaurus divaricatus .
This is an educational video game that should serve as a tool to support the teaching and learning of ecology and evolution at the secondary level of education. So this is not a game of direct exposure of content to be learned by the student player, but due to the learning experience in attempting to resolve problem situations.
Distribution : Open Source - FreePlatform(s) : PC (Windows)
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