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Questionaut
Developer(s)Amanita Design
Publisher(s)Amanita Design
Designer(s)Jakub Dvorsky
Programmer(s)Václav Blín
Composer(s)Tomáš Dvořák
EngineAdobe Flash
Platform(s)Browser game
Release2008
Genre(s)Point-and-click adventure game
Mode(s)Single-player

Questionaut is a short educational video game developed by Amanita Design for the BBC. It's a Point-and-click adventure game meant for English speaking children of school age. It is supposed to exercise their knowledge in English, Mathematics and Natural science.[1][2]

Gameplay

Player controls an aeronaut who tries to get with his balloon as high as possible to get a hat which belongs to his friend Vodník. But the balloon loses its air and the aeronaut has to land on levitating planets. There are creatures on these planets who are specialized in some way (English language, Mathematics, Chemistry etc.). Player has to solve a simple problem and then answer questions from the subject in which is the creature living on the planet specialized. Each of questions has 3 possibilities. When player chooses the right answer, balloon gets some air but if he chooses wrong the balloon loses its air. When the player gets enough air the balloon gets him on higher planet.

Creators

  • Jakub Dvorsky (Gamedesign)
  • Václav Blín (Animations)
  • Tomáš "Floex" Dvořák (Music)
  • David Oliva (Programming)

References