ChemCaper: Act 1 – Petticles in Peril, the world’s first Chemistry RPG from ACE EdVenture Studio, will be launched for iOS and Android at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco on 16th March 2016.
ChemCaper is a Chemistry role-playing game based on the IGCSE year 7 Chemistry syllabus. Worldwide, it’s a common problem for students taking Chemistry as it is one of the subjects that’s hard to wrap their minds around.ChemCaper aims to help students understand the subject through play and grasp it from a young age.
Being in the education industry for 28 years, Anne Tham, the founder of ACE EdVenture Studio and two international schools brings a world of knowledge that has helped create an educational role-playing game of this magnitude. The game is developed by ACE EdVenture Studio in collaboration with Artoncode, a leading Indonesian game developer with more than two decades of experience in the game industry.
ChemCaper also features the soundtrack of Norihiko Hibino, an accomplished musician who contributed song compositions for many award -winning games such as the Metal Gear Solid and Bayonetta series.
Since the soft launch of ChemCaper at GDC 2015, the game has been featured at Google I/O and numerous write ups in international media including Gamasutra, IndieGames.com, Tech in Asia and many more.
“The launch of ChemCaper: Act I – Petticles in Peril at GDC 2016 is the culmination of a three-year journey for us – from the idea of reinventing education for our own students in the area of science subjects, to finally being able to showcase an actual game for students to play and experience on their tablets and mobile devices,” said Anne Tham, founder and Group CEO of ACE EdVenture Studio.
“We would like to express our deepest gratitude to our futurist, Sheikh Faleigh of The Futurist Foundation for being a great mentor in this journey and also to Tim W of GCM Consultants for his guidance and efforts in turning this project into one that is globally acknowledged.”
ChemCaper Act 1: Petticles in Peril will be available for download on the App Store and Google Play on the 14th March of 2016. The enhanced PC version is scheduled for release on Steam in 2017.
