Dino Quest
'05-'07

Discovery Science Center - Santa Ana, CA

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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

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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

• Fossil discovery

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