Educational Game : Virulent

One of the hottest areas in educational gaming at the moment is in the medical field, where players can be immersed in virtual biological environments. John Rice has been corresponding by e-mail with Nathan Patterson at the Morgridge Institute for Research, a nonprofit biomedical research institute. Nathan sent a note describing what his team has been working on lately:

We recently released our first independently developed game called ‘Virulent’. ‘Virulent’ is an action strategy game that was designed for the iPad but is also playable through the Unity Webplayer. It places the player in control of a group of virus particles that are trying to spread their infection by evading the immune system and infecting cells. The current version includes the first 7 of 15 designed levels.

The current version of Virulent is freely available for the iPad or the Unity WebPlayer. The team is seeking feedback as they continue building out the remaining eight levels. If you are interested in game design, would like to be part of a work in progress, and if you are willing to offer some insight and advice to the team, please take a moment to download the game and play through the levels.

For the iPad:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/virulent/id438485177?mt=8
For the Unity WebPlayer:
http://discovery.wisc.edu/media/MIR_images/erca/virulent_web/Virulent_2011_06.html

via Educational Games Research