Dino Quest
'05-'07
Discovery Science Center - Santa Ana, CA
Dino Quest Physical Site @ DSC
- Physically embodied interactive museum installation
- Teaches life sciences via paleontology
- Meets California's K-6 science education standards
Infra-red Wand
- Gesture-based infra-red emitter and embedded sensor network for tracking player’s progress
Quest Givers
- Narrative-based scientific quest environment
- Ethnically diverse role models as international quest givers
- Live action video actors in synthetic laboratory backgrounds
On-site Quest Zones
- Multiple on-site quest zones
- Earn "Research Points" for each item found
- Fabricated dig-pits, creatures, caves, and quest update/completion stations
Creature DNA
- GOAL: Recover DNA samples from two dinosaur remains
- Uplink data collected to collaboratories
- Go to Dino Quest Online to bring a dinosaur back to life
Dino Quest Online Site
- Browser-based game modules extending on-site game
- Four Science Learning "collaboratories"
- MyLab: physical and online rewards archive
- Dinosphere: Dinosaur DNA assembly and multiplayer access
CO-LAB 1 - 3 Modules + Challenge
- Dig-Pit, Transport, and Reconstruction game modules with additional challenge levels
Dig-Pit
Transport
- Tagging and identification
Reconstruction
- Part selection and skeletal building
CO-LAB 2 - 5 Mini-Games
- Fast-paced, minimal instruction games that must be solved in quick succession
Balance
- Keep relative proportion between head and tail so creature can walk across stage
Feed
- Select the appropriate creature (herbivore or carnivore) to eat the food moving down conveyor belt
Flight
- Adjust the wingspan to allow creature to successfully soar to nest on opposite cliff
Fight
- Engage in aggressive or defensive combat with predator
Pace
- Adjust leg and body size to keep pace with competitor
CO-LAB 3 - 2 Modules + Challenge
- Digestive and Circulatory modules with challenge levels
Digestion
- Create a working digestive system by linking internal organs in the proper order
Circulation
- Keep the baby T-Rex healthy by sending blood cells to the proper organs
CO-LAB 4 - 1 Module + Challenge
- Food Chain module with challenge level
FOOD CHAIN
- Strike a balance between soil, plant and animal
MY-LAB - Rewards Archive
- Personal research space where all rewards from on-site and online games are displayed
DINOSPHERE - Simulation Environment
- Final module unlocked after all quests (at the DSC physical site as well as online) are completed
Create
- Enter the remote field station to create a dinosaur from DNA samples found at physical site
Release
- Release creature into the controlled multiplayer environment
Mission
- Complete missions to help creature survive in the wild
Meters
- Find and communicate with other's creatures others have created
- Make friends, fight, control a territory
- Travel solo or partner up in groups