Development and marketing of protein docking games for the educational sector

由BBSRC资助的伦敦帝国理工学院和伦敦大学金匠学院的研究人员合作开发了两款相关的基于科学的计算机游戏BioBlox2D和BioBlox3D，灵感来自于解决生物科学中最难解决的问题之一--分子如何组装。这两款游戏都有潜力，既好玩，又能教学生化学和生物知识。这个后续基金应用程序的目的是开发教育材料嵌入到游戏中，并进一步开发用户界面的功能和视觉吸引力。我们设想了一种免费增值模式来开发该产品。将免费提供一个轻量级版本，这将引起人们对商业产品的兴趣，并由教育供应商以商业方式销售额外的教育材料。

A collaboration between researchers at Imperial College London and Goldsmiths, University of London funded by the BBSRC has developed two related scientific-based computer games, BioBlox2D and BioBlox3D, inspired by tackling one of the hardest problems in biological science - how molecules fit together. Both games have the potential be both fun-to-play and to teach students about chemistry and biology. The aim of this Follow on Fund application is to develop educational material to embed in the games and to further develop the functionality and visual appeal of the user interface. We envisage a freemium model to exploit the product. A light version will be freely available which will generate interest in commercial products with additional educational material marketed commercially by educational suppliers.