Step into the shoes of a detective in Dead Herring VR, a free-to-play indie adventure where you tackle a murder investigation. Zoom into microscopic details with a special tool to analyze and combine clues, uncovering chemical insights along the way. This VR experience blends puzzle-solving with educational elements on chemistry.
Crafted by Animation and Chemistry students from the University of Kassel, the game delivers hands-on hint examination in an affective gaming style. Players engage through precise tool use to piece together evidence at a tiny scale. It suits students and educators exploring chemistry concepts in school or university settings.
Dead Herring is a VR-Experience in which you are a detective, solving a murder case. You can analyse and combine hints by zooming into the microscopic level using a special tool.
The game follows the idea of using an affective gaming approach as a possibility to develop new settings with chemical contents for learning chemistry at school or at university.
It was developed by students from the Animation department at the University of Art and Design in Kassel in cooperation with the Chemistry department of the University of Kassel.
Idea and supervision:
Dennis Stein-Schomburg, Mareike Frevert
Concept:
Dennis Stein-Schomburg, Mareike Frevert, Victoria Kudlek, Leon Böhm,
Áron Farkas, Stefan Kreller, Helena Hegele, Luna Hirt, Theresa Lucas,
Lara Hoffmeister, David Schütze, Sören Senkök, Paula Berger, Jan Reuter
Chemistry experts:
Victoria Kudlek, Leon Böhm, Mareike Frevert
Production:
Jan Reuter, Dennis Stein-Schomburg
Programming:
Stefan Kreller
Sounddesign:
Christian Wittmoser, David Schütze
3D-modelling:
Áron Farkas, Stefan Kreller, Helena Hegele, Luna Hirt, Theresa Lucas,
Lara Hoffmeister, David Schütze, Sören Senkök, Paula Berger, Jan Reuter
Animation:
Áron Farkas, Helena Hegele, Stefan Kreller
Interface-design and -animation:
Paula Berger
Interface-audio and text:
David Schütze, Leon Böhm
Actor "Benjamin Herring":
Niels Walter
Voice "ex-girlfriend":
Hannah Schrem
Voice "bad guy":
Silas Tranter
Actress:
Eva Keller
Supervision – videoshoot
Christoph Neugebauer, Christian Wittmoser
Characterdesign:
Jan Reuter
Script:
Jan Reuter, Helena Hegele
Casting:
Luna Hirt, Theresa Lucas
Make-Up:
Paula Berger
Director:
Jan Reuter
Camera:
Sören Senkök
Sound:
Luna Hirt, Theresa Lucas, Christian Wittmoser
Light:
Áron Farkas, Stefan Kreller
Teleprompter:
Paula Berger
Script /Continuity:
Stefan Kreller, Christoph Neugebauer
Post-production:
Paula Berger, Luna Hirt, Theresa Lucas, Sören Senkök, Stefan Kreller
