Virtual epidemic is a smartphone game about fighting a deadly viral outbreak. Players take on the role of responding to the global spread of an unknown virus through multiple choice questions about viruses. The game is intended for high school students and laypeople to learn more about viruses. Players earn points for correct answers but can lose lives for incorrect answers, with the goal of surviving long enough to protect the world and be ranked among the top 10 players.
1. Vir(tu)al epidemic
a game about viruses for Smartphones
Virtual epidemic
A mortal virus of unknown origin has spread throughout the World.
Only you are able to fight it with your knowledge...but
Will you be able to survive enough time?
Let’s start the game
Write your name
2. TEAM
LAURA BENÍTEZ
Mª DEL MAR BLANCO
Mª TERESA CUTULI
ANA Mª DOMÉNECH
ESPERANZA GÓMEZ-LUCÍA
RICARDO FLORES
JAVIER ROMERO
JOSEP QUER
INTERBIONET
3. CONCEPT
• Intended for high school students and lay
persons who want to know more about
viruses.
• The aim of the game is to protect the World
from the spread of a deadly viral infection .
8. POINTS AND RANKING
The player has to answer 20 questions on viruses.
Each question has a value.
In addition, lives can be lost or acquired, depending on whether the questions
are answered correctly or incorrectly.
The 10 best players are shown in a public ranking
Hinweis der Redaktion
In this computer game, inspired in the well-known Monopoly, the player/s must protect a Community (“Viropolis”) of viral infections. Players have to develop hospitals, laboratories, pharmaceutical companies and organizations to control and prevent viral diseases that affect humans, animals and plants. This computer game has been developed by a team of university professors, researchers and medical doctors in hospitals. The overall objective is for students to learn and test themselves about viruses and the diseases they produce, their treatment, diagnosis and prevention, and to enjoy learning about them.
The team is formed by 10 developers:
Five teachers of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)
One teacher from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM)
Two researchers from two research centers in Spain (INA and IBMCP)
Two researchers from two medical hospitals in Spain (Hospital Vall d’Hebron and Sergas)
The program was designed by Interbionet.
