Serious Game Classification
Metapet
Nathalie BOOKCHIN, 2002
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G/P/S model
SERIOUS GAME
(Newsgame)
Gameplay
The gameplay of this title is
Game-based(designed with stated goals)
Purpose
Besides play, this title features the following intents:
- Informative message broadcasting
- Subjective message broadcasting
Market
This title is used by the following domains:
- Healthcare
- Education
- Culture & Art
Audience
This title targets the following audience:
Age :
General Public
Comments
Taxonomy
- "This game is a pet simulation which shows a transgenic salary man. You're goal is to complete its needs, keeping in mind that the company needs the work have to be done."
Natalie Bookchin’s Metapet is a game almost designed to make you stop playing, or at least to stop playing "properly". You take the role of the corporate manager of a bio-engineered, "transgenic virtual pet." "Your challenge," says the game site, is to "discover the right balance between a firm hand and a gentle coax without ever losing sight of the bottom line." Played according to the apparent rules, the game proceeds by the manager encouraging—or, really, disciplining—the Metapet, in order to make its activity as profitable as possible (you feed it, let it rest, give it drugs, perform genetic tests on it, and so on).
Distribution : FreePlatform(s) : Browser (Flash) -
PC (Windows)
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