Wolf Quest: Edugaming With Blood
Ever wanted to know what it would be like to be Hungry Like A Wolf? A game has come out that does just that, teaching ecological principles and the ins and outs of wolf behaviour.
Developed by the Minnesota Zoo and Eduweb, Wolf Quest even incorporates an online multiplayer version of the game, so that you can team up with friends to form a pack together and learn something about these majestic and highly misunderstood animals. The developer’s have actually grasped the unique opportunities and quirks of the online gaming scene, and grabbed on the idea of episodic content to keep their game fresh and entertaining. In future games, they plan on offering the following:
Explore new areas of Yellowstone National Park, including the Lamar Valley in wintertime and denning grounds during springtime.
- Earn enough experience points and, with your mate, try to take down a bull elk without suffering a killing blow from its hooves.
- Establish a territory for your family pack through raised-leg urination marking, then defend it from other wolf packs through social challenges.
- Fight grizzly bears for control of elk carcasses.
- Find a safe den site and produce a litter of pups.
- Keep your pups healthy and well-fed until they can hunt for themselves.
- Venture away from your territory on risky missions to kill sheep on nearby ranchland.
- Once your pups are old enough, hunt as a pack!
The best part? It’s free, and available for both PC and Mac users. Head over to the official Wolf Quest site to download. Now I did download the Mac version and it was awful. The camera wouldn’t track my wolf, so if I ran offscreen I never found her again, I couldn’t zoom in or out, nor could I go right or left. The only time that I spawned with an elk carcass on my screen, I ran into it and got stuck. Apparently other iMac users have had this problem. If someone else has tried it and gotten it to work properly, please let me know, because this game rocks as a concept, but was horribly disappointing when I got it running.
I bet that Jack Thompson can find a military conspiracy in a game that teaches kids how to hunt, stalk, and kill large game and find a suitable mating partner for the continuation of their genetic line.
Via | Kotaku
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7 opinions for Wolf Quest: Edugaming With Blood
Stuart
Jan 13, 2008 at 12:07 pm
I downloaded it for the PC and found the same problems. The controls and camera were horrible. It is not a finished game by any state and is closer to a Alpha version than anything.
I do however like the idea of the game and believe if it is polished more then it will be a good educational game.
sara
Feb 23, 2008 at 10:25 pm
why can t you put an online game play to try the game before you buy it i m sick sick of it and why some games you have to pay for all eternaty why not just sell it and its final DO YOU UNDERSTAND make a change i can t take it any more !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please let one of the 2 things to change because!!!!!!!!!!!!!I M SICK OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
annonamous
Mar 18, 2008 at 2:21 pm
I have the first quest only. How do you get the second one?!?!?!?!
Irine
Apr 21, 2008 at 6:09 am
ok i found a mate so wat do i do now?
anyone**
Apr 26, 2008 at 5:47 am
When does the expansion come out?And how do you get it?
anyone**
Apr 26, 2008 at 5:50 am
hey annonamous,i think you have to save right after you finish the first quest then just wait until the second quest comes up or just Quit the Game by going to the Esc key and click Ouit Game and just get back on.And just finish that quest with your mate.
irene tarshi
Apr 27, 2008 at 9:40 am
hi channtel my name is Luna in wolf quest thanks for the name…………………………………………………………… wah ha ha ha ha…… he he CHANTEL ONTAVARO
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