Story of Answerables

In the world of Answerables little aliens have found a new planet to inhabit, but know nothing about it. To properly settle on this new planet, these aliens need to learn about this new land and its people. The first of the new settlers meet the "Higher Beings" - beings that have long inhabited this planet and hold the secrets and knowledge of this new land. The Higher Beings and aliens quickly form an alliance where the Higher Beings pass on their knowledge of the land and its people. Allowing the aliens to interact and settle on this new world.

Summary

Answerables was a game that takes the MMORPG concept and superimposes it into the education ecosphere. Answerables looked to bridge the gap between gaming and learning and allow teachers and students the ability to interact in a new and innovative way. We wanted to make learning fun for both students and teachers.

Game Loop - Teachers

Teachers, given the title of the "Higher Being" would be able to take their teaching curriculumn and adapt it into quests and sub quests. These quests could be locked in progression by teachers, ensuring that new quests could only be picked up by students who have completed the previous assignments. Sub quests and Quests could be added and updated as needed by teachers.

Quests

Quests are modules created by teachers that can be either assigned or posted in classrooms within the world of Answerables.
The modules can be sheets, videos or websites that students can see within Answerables.
Completing quests provide students with rewards, these rewards can be any combination of tokens, cosmetics or items that students can use within the game.

Game Loop - Students

Students select assignments created by their teachers and complete modules to receive rewards and cosmetics as they do so.

Platform

Answerables was completely playable on PC as well as on Tablets.

Controls

Tablet Controls:

Players have an onscreen joystick to move avatar forward, backward and strafe left and right.
Players can drag the screen to move camera view around.
Tapping on objects lets players interact with them.

Keyboard and Mouse Controls:

Players can use WASD or the arrow keys to move their avatar around.
Mouse controls avatar movement by default.
Pressing the E key allows players to interact with objects.

Trailer

This is a trailer for a prebuilt module based on the Grade 5 Social Studies curriculumn where students learned about Egypt.

In this module, students use the museum to travel back in time to Ancient Egypt where they learn how the villagers built their homes, pass their time and worshipped their pharoahs. Students learn about the Nile, Pyramids and Sphinx. As they complete the villagers request, they get access to more of the map and eventually party with the villagers.

Production

Unfortunately, Answerables was not able to hit shelves officially. Here are a collection of images of Answerables and what it could've been. You click and drag (or drag if you're on mobile) to go through the screenshotsm in the carousel.