Walking With Dinosaurs

This is an educational game about dinosaurs, and what they need to survive. The game required you to maintain a certain status (energy, weight an fitness) in order to survive run-ins with other animals.

This is a more complex game that requires some explanations as to what the players need to do in order t succeed. I thought it made the game-play much easier when my goals, and what sort of things I needed to accumulated, was clearly presented. The placement was also very helpful, so I didn't have to search the screen to find where my status was, etc.

Because the game was more complex than some other we have played, they were able integrate a status which the player needs to maintain. Having to maintain this status presents the player with small goals they need to reach throughout the game. This keeps the player attentive.
One thing we should examine is what type of in-game feedback works best, and what their effects are (scores, secret clues, bonus, etc.)

Faults:
There was not much storyline to this game, so it was not as appealing as it could have been. The introduction could have been elaborated to immerse the player in the game.
For most of the educational information, it did not appear in the window of the game, but opened up a new window to a different website. I found this somewhat frustrating (especially because the information was unavailable), because it distracted the player from the game.