Game Master Interface
This document describes the game master dashboards, the Eternal Ice user interface for trainers and provides technical information on its use.
This video gives an overview of the user interface of the serious game ‚Eternal Ice‘.
Workshop Guide
This document contains a one-pager on the use of Eternal Ice in workshops. It also shows possible questions for observation and tips for debriefing.
Eternal Ice Workshop Konzept
Eternal Ice Stories
These stories can currently be used in workshops. The workshop duration exceeds the pure playing time (given here), as additional time is required for reflection. It is recommended that the reflection phase should last at least as long as the play phase.
Taste the Cold is a 1-hour interactive story designed to promote team collaboration and communication. Participants take on the role of coordinators of the Weyprecht Station II for 4 in-game days, facing challenges that aim to enhance team creativity (ballpen challenge) and information sharing (circuit board challenge) and other obstacles (fire).
Access in-game messages for participants: Messages PDF
Antarctic World is a 2 x 1-hour interactive story designed to promote team collaboration and communication. Participants take on the role of coordinators of the Weyprecht Station II for 8 in-game days, facing challenges that aim to enhance team creativity (ballpen challenge), information sharing (circuit board challenge), and group decision-making and interaction (evacuation challenge) and other obstacles (fire).
Access in-game messages for participants: Messages PDF
Polar Legacy is a 4 x 1-hour interactive story designed to promote team collaboration and communication. Participants take on the role of coordinators of the Weyprecht Station II for 8 in-game days, facing challenges that aim to enhance team creativity (ballpen challenge), collaborative work (zin challenge), information sharing (circuit board challenge), and group decision-making and interaction (evacuation challenge) and other obstacles (fire & sick crew member).
Access in-game messages for participants: Messages PDF
Endurance is a 4 x 45 minutes interactive story designed to promote team collaboration and communication. Participants take on the role of coordinators of the Weyprecht Station II for 8 in-game days, facing challenges that aim to enhance team creativity (ballpen challenge), collaborative work (zin challenge), information sharing (circuit board challenge), and group decision-making and interaction (evacuation challenge) and other obstacles (fire & sick crew member).
Access in-game messages for participants: Messages PDF
Demo-Stories
These stories were not developed with didactic objectives in mind. Their purpose is to briefly demonstrate all functionalities without pursuing specific learning objectives.
Icy Action is a 30 minutes interactive story designed to showcase Eternal Ice. Participants take on the role of coordinators of the Weyprecht Station II for 2 in-game days, facing a challenge that aims to enhance team creativity (ballpen challenge), other obstacles (sick crew member). The story ends with a cliffhanger (fire).
Access in-game messages for participants: Messages PDF
Antarctic Assessment is a 2 x 15 minutes interactive story designed to get to know Eternal Ice. Participants take on the role of coordinators of the Weyprecht Station II for 2 in-game days, facing a challenge that aims to enhance team creativity (ballpen challenge), other obstacles (sick crew member). The story ends with a cliffhanger (fire).
Access in-game messages for participants: Messages PDF
Eternal Ice Challenges
Beyond the core simulation, Eternal Ice integrates additional challenges designed to deepen the learning experience. Here you will find detailed descriptions, didactical backgrounds, and questions for reflection to help you maximize the benefits of these challenges.
The challenge promotes creativity and out-of-the-box thinking while testing team organization, resource management, and effective communication and collaboration to achieve the objective.
More details: Challenge PDF
The challenge involves navigating unfamiliar tasks and environments, necessitating effective information sharing, precise problem-solving, efficient resource management, and keen situational awareness to succeed under pressure.
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The challenge requires participants to navigate unfamiliar symbols and foreign terms, reflecting intercultural encounters; it demands problem-solving skills for complex tasks, effective information sharing and interaction, and efficient resource management and prioritization to succeed.
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The challenge involves making critical joint decisions as a team, requiring effective discussion, communication, and negotiation skills to resolve conflicts, integrate diverse opinions, and manage unfamiliar and complex tasks under uncertainty and stress.
More details: Challenge PDF