Poo Racer
Queen Mary University of London
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Developed in partnership with Centre of the Cell and the National Centre for Bowel Research and Surgical Innovation (NCBRSI), this game aims to tackle the stigma associated with poo and bowel health.
Players are challenged to guide their poo vehicle through the bowel track in a healthy time while collecting bacteria points and avoiding obstacles. Using the collected bacteria points, players can buy food during the pitstops, to slow down or speed up their vehicle.
This game can be played as an interactive installation at Centre of the Cell, using a rotary interface to steer the poo racer.
The game is also available as an Android app from the Google Play store.
Type
- Science game
Role
- Design
- Programming
Technology
- Unity
- C#
Client
- Queen Mary University of London
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To start off with, players need to select either the “Sludge Racer” or “The Boulder”. By making clever pit stop choices these vehicles can later be upgraded to the “Superpoo”.
Then players can choose between a normal (healthy) bowel track or the more challenging collision course.
During the race players can pick up good bacteria points.
They can use the bacteria points to refuel at the pit stops. Depending on the selected “fuel”, the vehicle becomes faster or slower.
On the finishing straight, players need to get to the “sphincter gate” on time, avoiding the poo obstacles.
Poo Racer in the Centre of the Cell pod
Photo © Centre of the Cell
Photo © Centre of the Cell
Mobile app gameplay video
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