Web Courseworks Releases “Get Your Gear On!” to Casual Game Sites
Online game encouraging safe bicycle riding takes on a new twist
Madison, WI, October 29, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Web Courseworks, a Washington DC and Madison, WI eLearning company, announced the release of the educational game “Get Your Gear On!” to the online casual game market (http://www.webcourseworks.com/showcase/getyourgearon). The game was originally developed for the Children’s Health Education Center (CHEC) to raise awareness on bicycle safety.
Get Your Gear On! is a bike racing game that teaches children the consequences of wearing (or not wearing) a bike helmet. In the original game, the player drags a helmet onto his or her character to find out the consequences of not wearing a helmet. The object of the game is to steer through obstacles and arrive at school on time. In the new casual game, the character picks up money while riding around town (a federal stimulus truck has leaked the money all over town), then uses the money to purchase objects that help the character perform better in the game—including helmets. The object of the game is to win bike races in the park.
Get Your Gear On! was programmed in Adobe Flash by Joe Rheaume of Chronotron fame. His Chronotron casual game has surpassed 10 million Internet plays and has been nominated and received numerous awards.
“This game was another interesting opportunity to explore the difference between a casual game and an educational game,” said Rheaume. “You can still have the educational content, but you have to be much more subtle about how you present it.”
Get Your Gear On! is one part of a larger public safety education program, the BlueKids.org online initiative, which uses game-based learning to promote children’s health education in schools and throughout the community.
About Web Courseworks:
With offices in Washington, D.C. and Madison, WI, Web Courseworks has been transforming static lessons into engaging learning activities for over ten years. Web Courseworks' close-knit team designs and develops custom Flash-based learning games and simulations for corporate training, K-16 education, and non-profit outreach. The company entered the association LMS market with a hosted learning management solution called CourseStage™. Coursestage™ Learning Management System is an LMS based on the Moodle platform with Web Courseworks' extensions built for associations and non-profit clients.
Web Courseworks' mission is to provide their clients with an intuitive association eLearning platform to generate non-dues revenue and provide valuable content. Current clients range from the Credit Union National Association to the World Anti-Doping Agency to McDonald's Corporation.
Visit www.webcourseworks.com or www.coursestage.com for more information.
Contact: Jon Aleckson
Twitter: @jonaleckson or jonaleckson@webcourseworks.com
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Get Your Gear On! is a bike racing game that teaches children the consequences of wearing (or not wearing) a bike helmet. In the original game, the player drags a helmet onto his or her character to find out the consequences of not wearing a helmet. The object of the game is to steer through obstacles and arrive at school on time. In the new casual game, the character picks up money while riding around town (a federal stimulus truck has leaked the money all over town), then uses the money to purchase objects that help the character perform better in the game—including helmets. The object of the game is to win bike races in the park.
Get Your Gear On! was programmed in Adobe Flash by Joe Rheaume of Chronotron fame. His Chronotron casual game has surpassed 10 million Internet plays and has been nominated and received numerous awards.
“This game was another interesting opportunity to explore the difference between a casual game and an educational game,” said Rheaume. “You can still have the educational content, but you have to be much more subtle about how you present it.”
Get Your Gear On! is one part of a larger public safety education program, the BlueKids.org online initiative, which uses game-based learning to promote children’s health education in schools and throughout the community.
About Web Courseworks:
With offices in Washington, D.C. and Madison, WI, Web Courseworks has been transforming static lessons into engaging learning activities for over ten years. Web Courseworks' close-knit team designs and develops custom Flash-based learning games and simulations for corporate training, K-16 education, and non-profit outreach. The company entered the association LMS market with a hosted learning management solution called CourseStage™. Coursestage™ Learning Management System is an LMS based on the Moodle platform with Web Courseworks' extensions built for associations and non-profit clients.
Web Courseworks' mission is to provide their clients with an intuitive association eLearning platform to generate non-dues revenue and provide valuable content. Current clients range from the Credit Union National Association to the World Anti-Doping Agency to McDonald's Corporation.
Visit www.webcourseworks.com or www.coursestage.com for more information.
Contact: Jon Aleckson
Twitter: @jonaleckson or jonaleckson@webcourseworks.com
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