2009 Educational Games
This year, the AOIT Introduction to Programming class worked with a 5th grade class from Gordon J. Lau Elementary School (and their teacher) to find out what the younger students were learning. Using this knowledge, the high school students created video games that are both fun and educational. Both classes enjoyed visiting the school and classroom environment of the other. This project won the 2009 Rambus / KCI Innovation Award.
The games are described below in the students’ own words… click to try them out!
Red Team – Red vs Blue (full screen)
The year is 1775 and the colonists are revolting in 18th century America. Their growing anger in the tax on American goods is calling the British to battle and it is your job as a British soldier to put an end to this. Armed with only a musket, it’s one against many as you take on an army of wild colonists. Shoot through the enemy lines and find your way to victory, while learning about the American Revolution along the way.
Huge Oxly (full screen)
Out in the deep dark space, an army of highly intelligent life forms travel around hunting. It searches planet after planet for food, depleting its resources, and eventually blowing up the planet. You, the lieutenant general, are on a mission to blow up the United States. Use your intelligence and knowledge of the United States to complete your mission. What is your fate?
Venture – Endless Night (full screen)
Endless Night is an escape-the-house game, but with cool graphics and you have to kill monsters in rooms so dark that you wouldn’t even be able to see yourself. You have to explore the house with only a gun-like flash light to survive the nasty and deadly monsters, such as spiders and dragons. To escape you’ll have to kill all the monsters you encounter, and there’s no way to ignore them.
Hooked On Words (full screen)
Play our game and by the end learn to put basic words together. We have an easy and simple interface which makes the game incredibly easy to play and effective. It’s easy because all you have to do is click parts of root words and put them with the other part of the word. The concept of the game is to give the player a sense of what the word is. Also it is aesthetically pleasing because it is easy to understand and is user friendly.
Space Cadets (full screen)
Enjoy a game of cosmic proportions in space as you pilot a spacecraft in search of a UFO. You will be bombarded by aliens who attempt to slow you down with galactic questions that will test your brilliance. Do you have what it takes to pull off a return to earth in the last moment to find out who the secret occupants of the UFO are?
Soy Sauce (full screen)
Enter a world where the lack of words become glaringly visible. Travel through seven beautiful levels with the assistance of your handy robot and his mysterious word-moving power. Increase your vocabulary with these fifth and sixth grade words.
Headache – Mean, Median and Mode (full screen)
Mean, Median and Mode, pretty plain right? WRONG!!! Mean, Median, Mode Game this game will help you learn about the three M’s. Seek out the Mode, shoot the Mean, and find the Median!!! YAY!!! Play as Sam or Samantha, and help them seek out and destroy the three M’s while going through different worlds filled with, pink mountain ice-cream rainbows, volcanic explosions, poop, and more!!! But beware of monsters, she-aliens, evil cockroaches, and other enemies which will try to stop your learning experience. Do something about it by shooting your enemies down with your trusty sling shot!!! So what are you doing wasting your time reading this? GO PLAY MEAN, MEDIAN, MODE GAME NOW!!! YEAH!!!!
