Game Classification

Maya the Bee: What a Thunderstorm The Web Production (Germany), Tivola Publishing (Germany), 2001  

Informations Analyses Serious Gaming
 

Classification

RETRO SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

Keywords

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Licensed title
  • Educative message broadcasting

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Ecology

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age : 12 to 16 years old / 17 to 25 years old / 8 to 11 years old / 3 to 7 years old
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:

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Maya the Bee: What a Thunderstorm Maya the bee composes a rain dance unleashing a storm that blows away Willy's cap. He has just received it as a present from Lady Cassandra, so you will need to get it back. During the quest, you have to help the other animals that have got in trouble because of the rain. All the familiar characters make an appearance: Maya, Willy, Ms. Cassandra, Grimelda, Flip the Grasshopper, the guards and many more.

The game is intended for children from three to six and consists of eight minigames linked by a plot. There are three difficulty levels and each game trains different aspects: memory, timing, hand-eye coordination, logic or ecology. The entire game is programmed in Macromedia Director and requires Quicktime for some animations. [source:mobygames]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : PC (Windows)

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