Serious Game Classification

Spelunx and the Caves of Mr. Seudo Cyan (U.S.A.), Brøderbund Software (U.S.A.), 1991

Informations Analyses Discussion

Classification

RETRO SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

Keywords

Adventure - Ecology - Educational - Music - Puzzle-solving - Science

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:

Educative message broadcasting

Market

This title is used by the following domains:

Entertainment
Education
Ecology

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age : 12-16 / 17-25 / 8-11 / 3-7
General Public

Gameplay

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

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:

0 analysis

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This is another in a series of graphical adventures for kids by Cyan. The hand-drawn black & white graphics originally done for the MAC support an open-ended exploration of the game world. There are many different educational activities within, such as: an Animation Machine teaches stop-motion, Mr. Seudo's telescope concerns Cartesian coordinates, the Yon-Yon Caverns is about gravity, and a Lightning Simulator enlightens on the speed of sound. Also, a Pigtoad Tree teaches choreography and music, Criss-Ants is about animal behaviour, a Pet Lizard concerns metabolism, and the Tree Gene-orator is regarding genetics. There are many hidden spots for kids to click on and discover new items.

In 1993, a colorized version was released for the MAC and in 2006 that version was ported to Windows exclusively on Gametap. [source:mobygames]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : Macintosh - PC (Windows)