Limited to public schools, an indie game company that released the game for free

Indie game company Zachtronics is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA. It is well known as a puzzle game. By the way, the game company launched Zachademics, a program that provides its own games for education, and released five games for public schools for free.

There are five games offered by Zacademics. A puzzle game with both programming and robot themes. Since it is not a game developed as a textbook, it is only a regular game, so it often comes with bad words, violence, sexual expressions, alcohol or drugs. However, all five have been designated by the ESRB to target age 13 or older, so there is no need to worry about radical content.

Opus Magnum is an engineering puzzle game in which an alchemist combines reagents into machines. There are cautions that there are indirect references such as violent or sexual expressions or alcohol. The difficulty is about 2 out of 5 levels.

Infinifactory is another first-person perspective 3D game that engages in the production of various industrial products in an alien factory. A school version was also prepared that excludes aggressive elements. The difficulty level is 2.

EXAPUNKS contains the content that a hacker suffering from a disease that requires high medical expenses is creating a program with tips on underground hacking information. The difficulty level is 3.

Shenzhen I/O (SHENZHEN I/O) is a puzzle game written by an engineer working in a Shenzhen electronics factory. There are references to drugs and alcohol. There is a guide that it may promote the sense of raincoat modern capitalism that students play as a game set in China, which is called a socialist market economy. The difficulty level is 4.

TIS-100 contains the contents of writing and repairing an antique PC left by a deceased uncle in assembly code. It is a programming game, and the difficulty is 4.

These games are not open to anyone for free. When the educational institution contacts, the company gives a license to use it, and the game can be installed on the educational PC. The desired educational institution must provide the name and position of the person in charge, the name and location of the institution, the taxpayer number, the desired game, the number of PCs installed, the number of students to play the game, and how to use the game.

Target educational institutions are limited to public schools and equivalent educational institutions. Private schools or for-profit educational institutions are excluded. Related information can be found here .