Serious Game Classification
MushWhom?
Collin Lang of Knitwit Studios (U.S.A.), Jennifer Ann's Group (U.S.A.), 2023
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Video Game
Purpose
- Educative message broadcasting
- Informative message broadcasting
Market
- Entertainment
- Healthcare
- Education
Audience
- 8-11
- 12-16
- 17-25
- General Public
- Students
MushWhom? is an award winning critical thinking game. The game employs clever puzzles designed for players to test and apply their observation, deduction, and logic abilities. It won the 2023 Life. Love. Game Design Challenge and won Best Design from the 2023 Silv-E Awards at Dreamhack Atlanta.
The game offers a standards-aligned lesson plan and slide deck for classroom use. It also incorporates an in-game introduction and afterword that provides more context about critical thinking as well as tips about applying the lessons learned. The free educational resources are available to download as PDFs from within the game via QR codes.