3D Puzzle Game with a Mysterious, Atmospheric Story
In the Machinika Museum, students will discover beautiful and mysterious machines of unknown origins through an atmospheric, galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Developed by Littlefield Studios, Machinika Museum takes students deep inside a dusty workshop, where they must examine and fix the technological discoveries coming from archaeological sites of the far reaches of the galaxy. But something is unusual: What are these machines? Who sent them? Why won’t anyone give them any answers? Students will have to use logic and observation to decipher the secretsand stories hiddenbehind these mechanisms. The app is available in English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian for iPad and Android devices. The game can also be downloaded on STEAM. Cost: App is a free-to-try demo that includes the first chapter; in-app purchases unlock all of the game’s content.
The idea behind Ready Maker is to get everyone into coding—young students and beginners alike—by using gaming as an entry point. Since playing games appeals to many students, building one is a fun way to learn coding without focusing on the nitty-gritty of the code itself.
Two nonprofits, Experience Camps and Connected Camps, and University of California, Irvine have joined forces to create a Minecraft server that connects and supports students who have experienced loss. Children who join ExperienceCraft can build, chat, play, and share with one another across a wide variety of in-game activities. But those who participate have all had one unfortunate experience that ties them together.
Students in grades 4 and above can go on a behind-the-scenes virtual tour from NASA’s Johnson Space Center and explore the Callisto technology experiment that is heading to the Moon during the Artemis mission.