Dr. Sara: Disease Detective

Spencer Striker, PhD

About this game

Dr. Sara: Disease Detective is a visual novel mobile game in which students take on the role of the World's Greatest Epidemiologist. In a character-driven simulation of Epidemic Intelligence Officer detective work, students get to investigate and solve outbreaks around the globe.

Dr. Sara is a brave, brilliant disease detective taking on severe outbreaks in hotspots around the world—searching for the index case, connecting seemingly disparate dots—confronting fear, both personal and societal—all the while racing against time to find clues to a cure. Like a cross between Lara Croft and Dr. House, M.D.: Dr. Sara is equally

Dr. Sara: Disease Detective features high stakes time pressure, compelling character and narrative, perplexing puzzles, and the natural gameplay dynamics that emerge from network science and contact tracing.

We hope this new visual novel mobile game game will inspire students to develop an interest in science, medicine, technology, and public health!

Fun, immersive gameplay features include:

Visual novel style interactive dialogue
Innovative character design
MiniGames about social distancing
Hidden object investigation
Eureka style logic puzzles
Collectible scientific vocabulary
Cinematics, visual fx, and original sound design!

Dr. Sara: Disease Detective is supported by funding from the HBKU Innovation Center in Education City in Doha, Qatar.