Serious Game Classification

Virtual Walking the Pens (Virtual Pig Farmer) ForgeFX (Greg Meyers) (U.S.A.), Pfizer Animal Health (U.S.A.), 2008 Download it Now !

Informations Analyses Discussion

Classification

SERIOUS GAME
(Edumarket Game)

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:

Educative message broadcasting
Marketing & Communication message broadcasting

Market

This title is used by the following domains:

Corporate

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age :
Professionals

Gameplay

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

Comments

Taxonomy

"This real-time 3D simulation allows users to work in a virtual pork farm, diagnosing and treating pigs at the first sign of disease which is the key to a successful business. Players able to do a virtual barn-walkthrough of a wean-to-finish swine building and identify sicknesses and problems in the barn."

Pfizer Animal Health partnered with Carthage Veterinary Services and ForgeFX to develop the Pfizer Virtual Pig Farmer Simulation. The training and education delivered through the simulation allows pork producers to help pigs stay healthy, resulting in a more profitable operation

This immersive learning desktop 3D application really shows of Director's DirectX 9 high performance 3D engine. The simulation includes more than 2 dozen pigs, which are simultaneously processing skeletal animations, navigation and behavioral logic.

Distribution : Free
Platform(s) : PC (Windows)