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Wolfquest Survival of the Pack Deluxe

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Name of producer:

Minnesota Zoo & Eduweb

Date of production:

2007

Name of Distributor:

Minnesota Zoo & Eduweb

Technical Requirements:

MAC OSX 10.3.9 or higher; Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher, Internetconnection

Type of videogame:

Educational
Simulation

Genre of videogame:

Wildlife

Type of game visual:

Third person

DESCRIPTION OF VIDEOGAME
Player:

Single player
Multiplayer online

Help:

Presence of textual tutoring during the game

Interaction:
Dialogue with other characters:

Poor0123456Excellent

Driving Vehicles:

Poor0123456Excellent

Explorability of environment:

Poor0123456Excellent

Memory of events:

Poor0123456Excellent

Complexity of logic succession of events:

Poor0123456Excellent

Number of alternative game paths for solution of events:

Poor0123456Excellent

Game interface:

Presence of floating elements: Archiving of objects
Accessibility to virtual machines
Presence of maps

Technology foreseen:

3D
Immersive

External hardware:

Keyboard

THE EDITOR
Level of editing:

Where to find it:

http://www.wolfquest.org

EVALUATION
Usability potential of this game in an educational context:

Poor0123456Excellent

Explain how the videogame can be used in an educational context:

The player learns something about wolf ecology by living the life of a wild wolf in Yellowstone National Park.

Evaluator:

Name of Evaluator:

Eva Goldgruber

Role of Evaluator:

Researcher

Country:

Austria

Date of Evaluation:

25/07/2012

Blackboard:

teacher

Very good product - A.P. (Italy)