Serious Game Classification

AfterZoom Abylight / Ministerio de Cultura del Gobierno de España (Spain), Nintendo (Japan), 2011 Download it Now !

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Classification

SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

Keywords

Creatures - Edugame - Microscopic - Science

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 : 8-11 / 12-16
General Public & Students

Gameplay

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

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AfterZoom turns the camera of Nintendo DSi into a virtual microscope to find microorganisms and chemical elements. There is a chemistry lab to create formulas and feed the microorganisms. The goal is to help the microorganisms grow and have a 50-species collection based on real chemical and biological knowledge.

Our planet is full of life. Besides all the creatures that can be seen with the naked eye, there are millions of microscopic creatures with amazing features.
Several scientific disciplines study and classify all of these creatures, but there is still much to do and learn.
Some organisms have developed wonderful camouflage mechanisms that make them invisible to conventional microscopes. However, a random series of events has transformed your Nintendo DSi camera into a very special Microscope that allows you to find them.
Capture all of these organisms and show the world your fantastic discoveries!.

AfterZoom takes place in a Lab where there are 3 main areas: the Microscope, the Sample Bank and the Chemical Lab.

* The Microscope is useful to search for organisms and other elements on the player's surroundings, which may be found in different places and at different zoom levels.
* The organisms collected are stored in the Sample Bank. Here, one can also feed them so they are healthy. The healthier they are, the faster they'll grow and the less one will have to check on them.
* The elements found with the Microscope are stored in the Chemical Lab, which is also where one mixes up new elements for the colonies, based on actual chemistry formulas.

Almost all the organisms are in too wild a state to allow a capture. So, before one can store them, it is necessary to weaken them using other organisms from the Sample Bank in a role fight that only lasts 30 seconds.
Not all of the organisms have the same stamina nor strike force, which means that strategy is necessary to ensure a win when choosing the right organism to send into a fight.

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : Nintendo DS