Immune Attack

Immune Attack

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title=Immune Attack


caption=
developer = Federation of American Scientists, Escape Hatch Entertainment
publisher = Federation of American Scientists
designer = University of Southern California, Brown University
engine =
released = May 23, 2008
genre = Educational, Scientific Fiction
modes = Single player
ratings =
platforms = PC
media = CD-ROM, Download
requirements = DirectX 9.0c
input = Keyboard and Mouse

Immune Attack is an educational video game created by the Federation of American Scientists and Brown University, in collaboration with the University of Southern California, under a grant from the National Science Foundation. The game is designed to teach immunology to high school students, although later versions will cater to college aged students as well.

The game was officially released in May of 2008, and is freely available for download.

Game summary

The protagonist of Immune Attack is a teenaged prodigy in the near-future with a unique immunodeficiency in which the immune system is "present, yet non-functional" - as if all the immune cells have forgotten what to do. The hero decides to take matters into his own hands, and creates a nanobot with the abilities to teach cells how to fight bacterial and viral infections.

With the help of the Professor, the protagonist's mentor, the player must learn about the different cells and environments in the human body in order to figure out how to train the immune system. Visual and audio clues in the game provide the information needed to accomplish this goal.

Each subsequent level of Immune Attack features a different infection, and a different cell type the player must train. Cells trained on previous levels are available for deployment as well, allowing the user to make use of a wide range of agents to accomplish their mission.Immune Attack is now available for free download.

In the News

*Cite web
last = Hoppock
first = Julia
title = Are Video Games the New Textbooks?
work = ABC News
accessdate = 2008-07-02
date = 2008-06-13
url = http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=5063661&page=1
*Cite web
last = Timothy
first = Lord
title = A Video Game To Teach AP Level Immunology
work = Slashdot.org
accessdate = 2008-07-02
date = 2008-06-29
url = http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/29/198238

External links

* [http://www.fas.org/immuneattack Official Immune Attack Website]


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