eBug Senior Game

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e-Bug Senior Game
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Senior Game

• Game Style
• Game Process
• Demo
• Game Puzzles and Learning Outcomes
• Feedback to date and evaluation plans

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Game Style

• Game is a detective game where the player
  investigates microbial problems.
• Player is presented with many ideas or theories
  which are confirmed or contradicted by evidence.
• Story and puzzle based game
• Has microbe vision which allows player to see
  bugs
• Can perform 3 mini-game tests which can be used
  to identify microbes

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Game Process

• Player is given missions by Big C who is the
  boss.
• The player and Alyx (scientist) fly to locations
• They interview people and look for physical clues
• By finding clues, the story moves on.
• At the end of the mission, the player is asked a
  series of questions by Big C that can be used to
  confirm knowledge gain

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Game Back Story

• A call has come in to e-Bug HQ.
• A famous actor has fallen very ill and his
  security people suspect a deliberate act of
  poison
• Big C dispatches the player and Alyx to
  investigate.

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Characters Big C

• Big C (boss of e-Bug)

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Characters Alyx

• Alyx (scientist coworker)
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Character Heracles Samson

• Heracles (bodyguard to actors)

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Characters Hugh Gaego

• Hugh Gaego (actor)

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Jamie Grimesworth

• Jamie Grimesworth (chef)
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Example Mockup

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• Showing Learning Outcomes
• Microbes are found everywhere even though you
  cant see them
• There are three types of microbe (B, V and F)
• Sometimes bad microbes can make us sick
• Dont spread your bad microbes to others
• Also covers some food hygiene outcomes not in the
  pack
• Microbes can be found on our food and can
  transfer to humans
• Cooking food properly can kill harmful microbes

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Mission 1

• Mission 1 was basis of the demo.
• Set around a barbeque and covers
• Hygiene
• Spread of infection
• Introduction to microbes

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Mechanics

• Hand, Respiratory and Food Hygiene
• Infection can be spread through unclean hands
• Hand washing can prevent the spread of infection
• Infection can be spread through sneezing and
  coughing
• Sneezing or coughing in your hand can still
  spread infection
• Microbes can be found on our food and can
  transfer to humans
• Cooking food properly can kill harmful microbes

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Mission 2
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Mission 2

• Mission 2 introduces a superbug
• Aim is for the player to identify that in places
  where there is high antibiotic misuse, resistant
  bugs are present
• Story starts off in an airport where one person
  (Allison) was on a flight with someone sick with
  the bug.
• The player visits a site of good practice and a
  site of bad practice and finds clues that show
  why the bad practice is bad
• Later, the player performs a mini game that
  shows that the superbug is different because it
  isnt killed by the normal antibiotics

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Mission 2 Characters

• Allison (sporty girl)
• Emerges later on that shes infected with the
  superbug

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Mission 2 Characters

• Dr Pia Diallo ( French Doctor)
• Town suffering from superbug
• Evidence in her office of inappropriate
  antibiotic use

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Mission 2 Characters

• Dr Emmet Brun (Danish Doctor)
• Example of good behavior with antibiotics

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Mission 3

• Mission 3 connects poor antibiotic use to real
  world behavior.
• The story involves
• Sports team fallen ill
• Sabotage suspected but not the case
• Allison (from last mission) stopped taking
  antibiotics, causing her illness to come back.
• She gave water to sports team, spreading bug
• Her coach took her antibiotics for a virus and
  now has bad diarrhea