Serious Game Classification

Supercharged! The Education Arcade (U.S.A.), The Education Arcade (U.S.A.), 2003  

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Classification

SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

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Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Educative message broadcasting

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment
  • Education

Audience

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


Supercharged! Supercharged! is a 3D flying game that is designed to give players an intuitive understanding for introductory electromagnetic reactions. The game is intended to help students studying AP and first year college physics. Players have to fly a talking Van de Graaf generator through a 3D maze filled with charged particles and magnetic fields by flipping the generator's charge and manipulating electromagnetic field lines in real time.

Created at MIT as part of the Games-to-Teach program funded by Microsoft. [source:mobygames]

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

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