Serious Game Classification

Epidemic! (A game about public health careers) Midwest Center for Lifelong Learning in Public Health (U.S.A.), 2013 Play it Now !

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Classification

SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

Purpose

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

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Healthcare
  • Scientific Research

Gameplay

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

Epidemic(1).png A mysterious disease is causing people to fall ill in your city.
Join the team to stop the epidemic before it spreads throughout the city and beyond!

Epidemic! educates users about the essential work performed by public health professionals through simulating actual tasks performed by a team of public health professionals during an epidemic.
Each player chooses a role and then works with other players to stop the spread of the disease while facing real-world decisions and challenges.
The game requires Internet access and can be played on desktop and laptop computers, as well as tablet devices.

Distribution : Internet
Platform(s) : Browser (Flash)

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