Interactive
2019
Unity© game engine
GO2! was an exercise in being the sole creator of an educational interactive.
This game was made for a college-level audience to teach the functions of red blood cells and hemoglobin. Text at the beginning explains how to beat the game, while giving factual information on the process of gas exchange. These lessons are then reinforced by the game play.
The red blood cell has several layers of triggers, with larger ones activating as carbon dioxide is hit.
Larger triggers make avoiding carbon dioxide more difficult, reflecting how binding to carbon dioxide gives hemeglobin a higher affinity for binding to more carbon dioxide.
When inside the red blood cell’s trigger, carbon dioxide molecules are drawn to the player, who can either move fast enough to leave their range, or press F to avoid them.
Raycasting can trigger events when certain objects are within line of sight, shown here turning the line from white to blue. This, along with checkpoint bools, can be used to indicate that a player is moving in the wrong direction
