Rocking Hard

by admin
in Blog, Construct 3, Game Design, Gaming News, Videojuegos de Pixel Perfect Studio
on 23 March, 2024

An enhanced version of our game "The Stones" aiming to improve players engagement.

Help Marble on his adventure to form a rock band by unearthing the most amazing trapped musicians, all while learning the steps of the rock cycle. This game is filled with mini-games that encourage students to win, allowing them to upgrade Marble's band's prestige and purchase items for his venue, called The Cave. The game features a story mode with a comprehensive lecture and puzzles to help players understand the steps for each rock type in the rock cycle. Your objective is to set free all the trapped musicians and defeat the evil being that holds them captive.

Additionally, the game offers a practice mode with numerous mini-activities and games to assess knowledge, enabling players to earn more gold to upgrade their band and buy items for the cave. Discover hidden rocks buried within the game and unlock achievements and prizes.

Video

Game ETA

25-35 min

Learning Objective Standards (US)

The game covers the following topics, aligned with the US educational standards.

Id	Topic	Covered
mc_ESS_10401	Change of state is a physical change that can occur due to geologic processes.	✓
mc_ESS_10410	Crystallization of magma is a very slow geologic process.	✓
mc_ESS_10439	Folding, faulting, and breaking are geologic processes due to tectonic plate movement that cause physical changes in rocks	✓
mc_ESS_10443	Geologic processes, such as the rock and water cycles, involve the cycling of energy and matter from one form to another.	✓
mc_ESS_10463	Igneous rocks form from cooled magma or lava.	✓
mc_ESS_10481	Metamorphic rocks form from other rocks that have been changed by heat or pressure.	✓
mc_ESS_10486	Mineral crystallization is a geologic process that occurs on a microscopic scale.	✓
mc_ESS_10513	Regional metamorphism of rock is a very slow geologic process.	X
mc_ESS_10517	Rock strata are layers of sedimentary and volcanic rock that have been deposited on top of each other on Earth's surface.	X
mc_ESS_10519	Rocks are made of minerals.	X
mc_ESS_10527	Sedimentary rocks form when sediments, such as sand, gravel, clay, or silt, are compressed and cemented together.	✓
mc_ESS_10530	Soil is produced from weathered rocks and decomposed organic material.	X
mc_ESS_10555	The combination of minerals and the way in which they combine determines the properties of a rock.	X
mc_ESS_10596	The processes of the rock cycle involve uplift, weathering, erosion, deposition, melting, crystallization, and metamorphism.	✓
mc_ESS_10597	The rock cycle is dependent upon the flow of energy from Earth's interior.	✓
mc_PS_10344	Earth's crust is primarily composed of oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, and calcium.	✓

Instructions

The game provides a simplified user interface and clear instructions to guide your kids through each of the mini-games. It is based on a card set illustrating main concepts such as rock types, rock cycle steps, geologic processes, and examples of rocks with scientific facts. The games encompass matching pair games, digging games, Q&A sessions, recreation of the rock cycle steps, and analogies to identify and build the rock cycle steps based on the rock type.