What is Mycrobexplorer?
- take on the role of an explorer of a kind of parallel world
- your guide: the good bacteria Lactobacilli („Lacto“)
- turn your home in a place full of adventures and alien like beings (=pathogens)
- absolve exciting (and educational!) mini games
- get to know „mycrobes“ in the microbe gallery
What is the target group?
- children from 8-14
- Boys and Girls
- kids who are interested in science, in adventurous/ futuristic games
- Pokemon-Fans
Content in Detail
- how to prevent pathogens (hygiene)
- differenciation of good and bad bacteria & viruses
- location of microbes
- how microbes transmit
My secret goal...
I want to convey a complex topic simplified and playful.
Make something important, what is absent and invisible, present and visible in our everyday lifes.
Mycrobexplorer in Process - Behind the scenes
Here I show the step-by-step development of my app using some selected screens of the prototypes. Under each series I have roughly summarized my next steps.
First Prototype - Feedback/ next steps
develop more child-friendly aesthetics
anthropologize microbes
model weapons with Blender
further develop screens
(…)
Second Prototype - Feedback/ next steps
reduce elements on screens & make it more playful
humanize microbes
model weapons in a more futuristic way
cut redundant functions of the app
(…)
Fourth Prototype - Feedback/ next steps
create more visual hierarchy (highlight microbes, reduce text presence)
create tension through movement, light and shadow effects, etc.
work with sound effects
(...)
Lactos Development
I modulated all microbes in Blender. Over the weeks, what started out as very microscopic, gritty renderings evolved into excitingly fleshed-out characters. In Procreate, I gave my microbes an individual touch by adding eyes, eyebrows, and mouths. Iin Photoshop I experimented with brightness, color, and contrast.
In the upper pictures you can see the development of Lacto, the main character.
Mycrobexplorer on stage - the final version
Here you can see an overview of all screens of the final version.
Screen Video of the final version
Final Presentation of Mycrobexplorer
