BiochemCity

Tech-O-Bio

About this app

BiochemCity is a language-independent mobile application that breaks the past practice and tries to provide a new concept to teach biochemical core material (biochemical reactions and network). BiochemCity guides the user through a labyrinthine network of metabolic pathways in a revolutionary edutainment environment, providing a successful alternative learning strategy. The concept is based on the fact that metabolic pathways can be conceived as a real road network, plastically illustrating the metabolic connection points, the junctions, the real connections between the parts that are far apart in the curriculum or the textbooks. We are building a 3D city on this map, which creates the background of the application. In this cosy night city, the user has to find his/her way with street lamps built-in mini-games (150+), each of which hides a biochemical reaction. Successfully solving and practising the reactions on that graphical interface (turning on the street lamps) leads to the discovery of the whole city, that is, to master the matter (more light, more knowledge).
Since the curriculum is only displayed on the graphical level/interface, (language interface is not required to use it), it can be used in any language environment.

Take Home Messages

- BiochemCity is a language-independent mobile application.
- The concept is based on the fact that metabolic pathways can be conceived as a real road network.
- In the 3D BiochemCity the user has to find his/her way with street lamps 'built-in' mini-games (150+), each of which hides a biochemical reaction.
- More light, more knowledge.

Ratings and reviews

So far I finished glycogen metabolism and glycolysis, and the game is very fun so far. It's really well made. I'm surprised it doesn't have more downloads. If I had to critique something it would be being perhaps too strict on some of the levels where you play with structural formulas, for example; I think that OH and HO are the exact same groups, but the game doesn't allow you to use them interchangeably.

Hard game as instructions might not be intuitive at first glance. However, understanding reactions are required for the game. Note that different pathways may show different reactions. 3D might be confusing when opening the metsbolic map overview, but reactions are 2D.

After pressing the play button, the app crashes and I can't seem to access it no matter how many times I try it and even after reinstalling it it doesn't work

What's new

Updated API level requirements to provide users with a safe and secure experience.