Environment
Walden, a game
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Play as philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau in his experiment in self-reliant living at Walden Pond. Live off the land, seek out the small wonders and beauties of the woods, and find balance between your need to survive and your desire to find inspiration...The game takes place in a real-time 3D environment which replicates the geography of Walden Pond and the woods in which Thoreau made his home. Beyond the replication of a virtual environment, however, the game play itself embodies the experiment that Thoreau set for himself, reinforcing the basic messages of his work...Walden is a six hour, exploratory narrative that begins in the summer of 1845 when Thoreau moved to the Pond and built his cabin there.
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iBiome-Wetland
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You can explore three different wetland habitats, or biodomes, including fresh water marsh, salt water marsh, and mangrove swamp, and all the amazing species in them with iBiome Wetland. The game shows you how to create a virtual wetland environment that is teeming with many different forms of life. You can learn the step-by-step development of a biome and also be a part of the process of trying to create one that is balanced. As you explore a biodome, you are given tasks to perform, such as identifying consumers, producers, and environmental factors for that biodome.
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Who's the Pest?
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‘Who’s the Pest?’ explores the entwined and co-dependent love/hate story between humans and insects. As a human in 'Who's the Pest?', you must defend your prized cabbages from voracious ants who have placed aphids on the leaves to farm for honeydew. Using, rocks, apples, logs and twigs, you direct the marching ant colony away from your valuable crops and into the waiting jaws of insect predators. Playing for the ant team, you have only pheromones to guide you. You must make your way to the cabbages and back while avoiding the almighty praying mantis, the snacking huntsman spider, the easily distracted devil's coach horse beetle and the fearsome bombardier beetle - a creature whose violent internal chemistry emits a fatal acid spray.
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Catchment Detox
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Play Catchment Detox to see if you successfully manage a river catchment and create a sustainable and thriving economy. It's an online game where you're in charge of the whole catchment. You get to decide what activities you undertake - whether to plant crops, log forests, build factories or set up national parks. The aim is to avoid environmental problems and provide food and wealth for the population.
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Mission Migration
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In the spring and the fall, many birds fly long distances in search of food, water, shelter and space: the same basic things that you need to survive. Along these routes, they encounter many different types of habitats, from country and forest to neighborhoods and big cities, and at times, encounter dangers from both natural and human-made hazards. In this game you will try to help your flock migrate safely by learning how choices you make each and every day around your home, school, and neighborhood can affect the fate of these migrating birds - in both positive and negative ways.
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