Welten der Werkstoffe

Welten der Werkstoffe is a serious game designed for players with prior knowledge: A whimsical story about a professor traveling through parallel universes incorporates specific questions and tasks related to various areas of materials science. The game features a classic point-and-click interface with a humorous comic-book style. This project from the Cologne University of Applied Sciences aims to convey challenging engineering content in a lighthearted and interactive way. Skills acquired in traditional courses or through other means, along with virtual lab equipment, must be used to solve the puzzles. Students can even have their completion of the tasks recognized as part of their course grade. The COVID-19 pandemic in particular has shown that there is a great need for innovative digital teaching and learning concepts in K-12 and higher education, and Welten der Werkstoffe makes an interesting contribution to this field.

The DCP Jury 2021