Flight of the Kelvins

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Release Date: 2010-03-01

Engaging hostile foreign objects inside of the cell.

Approaching the Nucleus of a cell, with visible Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum.

Flying through the Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum.

Approaching the Nucleus with a foreign object ahead.

Demonstration of the scanning functionality to teach user about particular objects.

The scanning process requires a set amount of time.

Flying towards the Centrioles (cell division state).

Approaching a tri-cuspid valve entering the heart.

The original design painting of the mothership, Big Bird. At the time the mothership was to play a larger role in the game; however this role diminished as the story was changed.

A view into how the cell would be infected by the foreign object.

The original design painting of the fighter ship, Hummingbird.

A possible depiction of what the gameplay inside of a cell might look like.

A rough painting of a scene from the games intro sequence.

An early prototype of the final game, notice at the time we did not have the electron microscope look and feel.

In Flight of the Kelvins, the player utilizes powerful Nanotechnology weaponry to battle an unknown organism which threatens the human like host. Challenged to utilize the most effective weapons for each situation, the player must race against time to learn about the obstacles they face in order to reach their final goal.

Flight of the Kelvins requires critical thinking while providing various educational opportunities for children ages 6-12.

Originally developed for play inside of the browser, Flight of the Kelvins has also found its way onto other platforms, including an arcade version. This unique third installment in the Kelvin Adventure series introduced a whole new level of graphical fidelity to the player.

This game was funded by the Science Alberta Foundation and the Alberta Ingenuity Fund.

This game has since been rebranded by the Science Alberta Foundation to “Kelvin Adventures: Flight Into The Body” and a third party contractor was used to ensure the game would run utilizing an arcade control setup.

Platform(s)

Browser, PC, Mac

Minimum Requirements

A 1.5-gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 chip or AMD Athlon 1500
384 megabytes of memory
An nVidia Geforce 5 (FX) series graphics card or better; or an ATI Radeon 9500 or better

Recommended Specifications

2 Ghz CPU or AMD 2500+
512 megabytes of memory
An nVidia Geforce 9 series graphics card or better; or an ATI Radeon 9800 or better