Pandemic by Prisms
Learn By Solving Real-World Problems
Have you ever wondered how scientists developed strategies to limit the impact of the 2020 pandemic on human lives and health systems?
Pandemic by Prisms is an immersive algebra learning game that builds lasting fluency with exponential functions and allows you to apply algebraic thinking to one of the most important problems today - the global pandemic. While it does not deal with the science behind pandemics, it is designed to equip you with foundational algebra skills to understand how to make informed decisions about a critical public health issue.
Collaborate With Us!
We’re launching our beta module to collaborate with users (like you!) to gather feedback so that we can continue to iterate and make this module fun, engaging, and meaningful for all users!
Please leave us a review, provide feedback, or ask us any questions on our Discord. We will be refining and finalizing our module based on reviews and user feedback from this beta launch - we can’t wait to hear from you! We will be releasing an update to this application later in 2021.
A Mathematical Approach from the Comfort of Your Room
Experience how a virus spreads through everyday activities and join a task force!
Explore virus containment strategies hands-on (literally!) and discover how math modeling can inform public policies
Feel, touch, & move to develop mathematical intuition and discover the underlying structure of exponentials
Get fluent with graphing and equations and determine when a virus overwhelms our city’s hospitals and save the city!
This module was developed with support from the National Science Foundation.
Math Is Not Boring Anymore
Prisms’ built-in math tools enable players to experiment, iterate, and gain fluency faster. Whether you use exponential functions every day or don’t remember what the word means, Prisms guarantees fun and intuitive learning for:
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High school students, to easily understand core math concepts
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Middle school students eager to learn advanced topics in math
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Parents, to refresh their algebra skills
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Teachers, to stay sharp and informed on new pedagogical approaches
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VR enthusiasts interested in educational applications
Stellar Team For Stellar Results
Prisms is an educational company based in New York. We are an award-winning team of educators, designers, curriculum developers who are passionate about education. Backed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and partnered with diverse schools across NY, MA, and CA, our mission is to create a new paradigm for STEM learning.
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Lucifer Within Us
Normally I operate a £1/hr to determine if a game is worth playing, and I’ll admit that I was worried about “Lucifer Within Us” when many were seeing short play times in the demo. However, I had enjoyed the demo so much that I gave it a chance knowing that it was very doubtful the game would be very long.
Having completely finished the game with all achievements, I feel the game was worth it.
The story is very well written and pulls you in with the voice acting adding that touch of atmosphere to convey the character emotions perfectly, particularly during confessions. My personal favourite was the second investigation where, despite having worked out what was going on, I was still shocked by the outcome and confession. The little touches with the voice acting delivery and graphic choices were key to creating that atmosphere. Well done!
– Real player with 5.5 hrs in game
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I’ll start with the good things. This game has an interesting style and setting. The color pallet doesn’t hurt the eye and the graphics are passable if you don’t scroll too close. A strange mix of high-tech and theology would make an interesting setting for a bigger game. The mysteries themselves are pretty good and may take some time to solve on the first playthrough.
But the problem is, you will only play it once. Now, to the bad stuff.
1. The game doesn’t allow you to lose. You can’t accuse the wrong person, you can’t frustrate the suspects to the point of angry unresponsiveness. In fact, you are encouraged to do so, based on achievements. The absence of failure allows you to just play dumb and spam every possible combination of clues and statements until it clicks, making the whole detective part meaningless. Even when performing the exorcism, you are safe. Wrong daemon name? Well, just try another one!
– Real player with 5.4 hrs in game
The Beast Awoke To Eat Your Darlings
Nightmares are haunting you. Set in a variety of different places, they play out in a similar way: there’s a Beast keeping cats in cages. As the Beast gets hungry, they eat a cat. And then another. And so on. The Beast doesn’t like you: if they see you, they start chasing you, and better they don’t catch you – feeling your head being chopped off is quite unpleasant. Luckily there’s always a way out, usually on top of something. Maybe it’s a hot air balloon on top of a skyscraper, or a mysterious door sitting on a cloud… who knows what else. Get there to escape your nightmare. It’s fine to get out by yourself. Best though if you manage to also save all those pets. They feel extremely dear to you. You’ll discover why (as well as discovering what’s actually behind all of these absurdities) if you succeed in beating your nightmare. So go ahead, find a key to open those cages; do also find bracelets to buy catnip (there’s always this weirdo around, he sells you things in exchange for bracelets), so that cats will follow you… up to that door on that cloud.
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Hand crafted nightmares (“levels”) tailored to offer a variety of creative ways to reach your goals;
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AI that’s easy to understand, yet never fully predictable;
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A variety of items to help you in your quest: insta-growing Vines to let you climb walls, Wonderglass to make you invisible, Bubbletrap to trap the Beast, and more;
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Why the cats? Why the Beast? Discover how each element in your nightmares is actually connected to a past you’ve long forgotten;
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Granular scoring system and leaderboards provide a never ending challenge;
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Personalize your experience through “interviews with your therapist” that affect the way the game looks and feel
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Exogate Initiative
Exogate Initiative is a management/base-building game that puts you in charge of mankind’s first worlds exploration program. In the near future, a new technology will allow us to travel instantly anywhere in the universe, via portals known as Exogates. An international initiative is created to develop this technology and start the first exploration program.
You will lead mankind into the vast unknown, where we never before dreamt to tread.
In the depth of a mountain plan, excavate and build your base using a variety of specialized rooms and equipment.
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Complete freedom to dig anywhere on the map.
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Plan and build specialized rooms, explorers will need barracks to rest, a training field to prepare for their missions or a laboratory to study samples they brought back from other worlds.
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Place equipment in these rooms, each one of them will have a dedicated purpose.
Recruit, train and manage specialists from all around the world.
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You will unlock 6 different classes of explorers, the scientist will study flora and fauna on other worlds, the scholar will decipher alien culture and languages and the soldier will ensure everyone is safe.
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Explorers are called gaters, they are completely autonomous.
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Each gater is unique. They come from different countries, have different ages, look different.
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Take care of their needs and ensure their well-being, both physical and psychological, as they are constantly facing the unknown.
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They will develop relationships between each other, and losing a friend on a mission will not have the same impact as losing someone you hate.
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Provide them with the tools and suits needed for their journey
Assemble teams and send them exploring new worlds through the Exogate.
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Gaters will perform missions on their own but will request your help from time to time.
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These contacts are micro interactive stories that will constantly try to surprise you, and where you will sometimes have to make difficult decisions.
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They may discover new flora, fauna or even intelligent beings. There are more than 10 different kinds of encounters
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After each mission, teams will return with more experience and interesting things to study. This will allow you to unlock new technologies and earn money to keep the initiative running.
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The Loneliest Summer
Story
Max and Ziggy combat their summer blues by embarking on an adventure that tests their friendship and leaves nothing the same … Venture out to explore the unknown. Bike, dig, camp and collect to uncover hidden secrets.
Game Features
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Bike to explore the woods and discover hidden areas
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Dig for geodes and buried treasure
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Play music around a campfire
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Complete photography quests with your vintage instant camera
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Unlock super secret journal entries as time passes
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Enjoy a beautiful soundtrack
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Watch the cinematic story unfold
Freddy Spaghetti
Love this story, honestly.. It’s just nice.. It’s good.. You play as Freddy and the Narrator is his creator and you follow through all the trials and tribulations of life.. A lot of easy(ish) levels.. A lot of hard and super frustrating levels.. I’m pretty sure I said one level was more difficult than playing Dark Souls.. I’ve seen a lot of people talk about frame drops and being bored - I wasn’t and had absolutely no issues whatsoever.. I loved the humour.. For the price I would definitely recommend, it’s cute, exciting, and you get caught up in the story which I love! Thanks Dr Pasta for the opportunity to play this game :)
– Real player with 3.2 hrs in game
Its a great little indie game, the narrator does a good job, unique mechanics, short and sweet, in all seriousness tho: WHAT IS SPAGHETTI ?
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
SPACE TOW TRUCK - ISAAC NEWTON’s Favorite Puzzle Game
I had a lot of fun learning physics. I’d pay for Space Tow Truck 2 any day.
– Real player with 30.4 hrs in game
“I’ve come away from my great time with Space Tow Truck a little smarter…”
“…educational, entertaining, and stimulating…”
8/10
Full review at https://darkzero.co.uk/game-reviews/space-tow-truck-pc-review/
– Real player with 13.7 hrs in game
Fun Forbidden
Fun Forbidden is a VR steampunk-themed sandbox filled with element combinations, collectibles, and adventures. Let your mind run wild in this fantasy world and become the master inventor!
Incarnata: Dormant Stories
Incarnata is a text-based game where everything is procedurally generated: offering an incredible depth, within an infinite world.
Dive into this adventure simulation and become everything you decide to be. The game adapts and builds challenges, creates unique characters, places, and goals for you to weave your own story.
Gameplay depth
Will you aim for your enemy’s throat or maybe their left eye? Will the memory of this fight stop your character from sleeping tonight? Are you wearing enough layers of clothes to protect you from the cold? Create your own story by playing with an unprecedented level of depth.
Procedural everything
Everything in Incarnata is generated by a complex algorithm. The world, the items you find, but also the story you are going to live through. Love, Betrayal, Twists, and Challenges are all handled by an algorithm meant to always keep you on your toes.
Extremely moddable
About everything in the game can be changed. Play as a human in a medieval fantasy world, a cyber human in a dystopian future, a wild animal with godly powers. Anything you can think of, the game can be made to play.
As a modder, you are able to change the world the players will explore but also the very actions that are at their disposal. Incarnata works as the platform where your dream world will come to life.
Your custom-made content is incorporated within the procedural generation algorithm, allowing creators to be players in their own world.
LEO: The Unexpected Journey
Leo, a faithfull guard dog, was born and raised in a charming farm. He spent the days protecting domestic animals, roaming around farm, chasing birds. One night towards the end of summer, owner of the farm was shot by stranger. After this tragic incident, Leo rallies a team and hit the road to bring help.
As a group of animals who have spent all their life in a isolated farm environment end up in the unknown nature, they’ll explore wild beauty of unknown nature and broaden their horizons. To accomplish their vital duty, they must struggle to overcome hassles on the road.When they face with problems, they’ll get to know each other by making choices that can build or destroy their relationships.