Zombies, Run!
Cost and Suitability: Free with in-app purchases, suitable for teens User Rating: 4.5/5 on Google Play Store What’s Needed: Smartphone and Headphones Summary: An immersive running game and audio adventure lets your runs turn into missions with you as the hero of a zombie adventure story. As you run you collect supplies to grow your home base and protect the people relying on you for safety. Walk, jog, or run outdoors or indoors on a treadmill. Either way, the zombies will be there. All you need is your smartphone and a pair of headphones. Paid version includes 300+ story missions, interval training, active chase, and airdrop mode. You can use your own playlists, get detailed stats for run and game progress, and share run maps and history using ZombieLink. In OE: Want to energize students to run as part of their education of wellbeing? Try this game in which they increase their cardiovascular health while protecting citizens from encroaching zombies. This game is amazing for being able to pace the user in the runs, with zombies and items to motivate you. It could be used to make physical exercise fun and to incentivize the development of healthy habits. The storyline and base building will hopefully encourage the user to take up running as a daily activity and build relationships with friends who also uses the app. Level of Autonomy: Medium - The game gives you a choice of which storyline you want to pursue, but the main method of progression is to run. After your runs however, you are able to collect resources and build your base the way you want to. Fitness RPG
Cost and Suitability: Free with in-app purchases, suitable for everyone User Rating: 4.2/5 on Google Play Store What’s Needed: Smartphone Summary: Combine the perks of a pedometer with a RPG in this fitness fantasy game. Train team of heroes as you exercise to lead the team to defeat the Dark Force that rules over Fitland. Convert steps to free energy and collect, train, and level up heroes, explore maps, upgrade weapons to make team stronger, and compete in the arena with other players to fight your way to the top. There is even the option to connect with 3rd party apps like Runkeeper, Nike, and Fitbit. In OE: Motivate students to engage in well-being and character education by letting them be their own hero. Increase fitness, while consider game strategy, weigh the strengths and weaknesses of each character, and save a virtual community. This is great for those who need a more gradual entry into a more active lifestyle. The pedometer allows for differentiated levels of movement as the steps taken determines the amount of energy, not the pace. The app also encourages taking proper water breaks as the energy bar fills to max after a certain distance. Level of Autonomy: High - Due to the RPG elements of this game, there are many ways to create your team and to make them strong! The choices you made, whether it be leveling up items or skills to finding new party members, can directly determine how successful you will be in the game! Walkr
Cost and Suitability: Free with in-app purchases, suitable for everyone User Rating: 4.3/5 on Google Play Store What’s Needed: Smartphone Summary: An inter-galactic adventure game combined with a pedometer to automatically record daily steps allows you to convert steps to energy to fuel your space ship and discover 50+ planets and encounter lost space creatures who need your help. Visit your friends’ galaxies, connect with friends to accumulate energy faster, and join a fleet to go on adventures together. In OE: Support student wellbeing and sense of community and place with WalkR. As they get in the steps, they log light years to travel, journey through their local community and a virtual intergalactic community. By allowing visits to friends' galaxies, WalkR also fosters better relationships virtually and in person. This is similar to Fitness RPG in the sense that it allows for differentiated levels of activity, but the game aspect of this app is lower, which means that it could be an point of engagement for users that still want a gradual entry into physical activity, but are not too into games. Level of Autonomy: Low - While you are still choosing to walk when you want, the app has a linear progression system that goes from planet to new planets with little variation. JURASSIC WORLD ALIVE
Cost and Suitability: Free with in-app purchases, suitable for everyone User Rating: 4.4/5 on Google Play Store What’s Needed: Smart phone with GPS and a connection to the internet. Summary: Jurassic part is a exciting app that allowed you to go around your community and discover dinosaur DNA. Then, you can use the resources that you collected to create hybrid creatures of mass destruction or just dinosaurs that you think look super sweet. You can also battle with friends or share your wonderful creations via social media! In OE: This app encourages student to walk around and discover their community in an unique way. The dinosaurs spawning algorithm is set to encourage interesting locations such as salmon hatcheries or pieces of aboriginal art. The social aspect also will get kids talking about these areas as they will all clamor to get the best and rarest dinosaurs. Level of Autonomy: High - There are lots to do and it's up to you to decide how you want to do it. The amount of DNA you collect is based on your decisions of where to do and the dinosaurs you create are controlled by what DNA you want to use. |