This short little VR game introduces players to polar research at Cape Royds, Antarctica by letting them embody an adorable adelie penguin.
Made in partnership with the National Science Foundation.
Named after the collective noun for a group of penguins on land, Wadde: A Penguin’s Tale introduces players to polar research at Cape Royds, Antarctica. We worked closely on this project with Jean Pennycook, a polar researcher and educator who has been studying Adelie penguins at the South Pole for more than twenty years. The game immerses players in a beautiful, distant world they wouldn’t otherwise be able to experience: the Antarctic ice. Take on the role of a penguin, play some adorable mini games, and learn how penguins build nests and defend their eggs against the predatory skua.
We created this game in collaboration with the National Science Foundation, The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, The Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, as well as Jean Pennycook, Adelie penguin researcher. The game was funded by a generous grant from the National Science Foundation.
Our team is based at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. We make learning games that bring contemporary research to the public, and we use the game data to understand how people learn.
Interested in making something together? email David Gagnon
for all other inquiries, please contact Reyna Groff
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