Last Contact is a free 3D point-and-click game built in the Mibo game engine. It's targeted toward scientists and researchers, and the message of the game is likely intended to resonate most with them.
Format
Style of Play:
Who is it For?
- Science Learners
- Researchers who have published scientific work
Required Equipment: Computer with internet connection, mouse, headphones
Recommended Team Size: 2-4
Play Time: 30-35 minutes
Price: Free
Booking: play at your leisure
Description
Our team of "consultants" remotely controlled individual avatars on a distant space station. We navigated our avatars throughout the 3D world, following instructions from the station's computer. Interactive objects glowed a different color when we directed our focus toward them, allowing us to click to interact.
Throughout the game, we were made aware of a multitude of flaws in the scientific process: removal of outliers to skew data, unrepresentative study populations, missing methods in published papers making it impossible to replicate study protocols, and paywalls for relevant scientific papers. Last Contact served as a public service announcement on the importance of open-access research and thorough peer review processes.
Technical Requirements
The website lists various system requirements of your computer here. One reviewer's laptop failed on "Graphics power," but their experience was still pretty smooth.
Another intended reviewer found that after completing the training, the actual game would not load. They tried numerous times, and the information page said that their internet connection might not be fast enough to play the game. In the end, they weren't able to write a review.
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