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Logical Journey of the Zoombinis (also known as Zoombinis Logical Journey in the remake) is an educationalpuzzle video game developed and published by Broderbund for the original and The Learning Company for the remake. It is the first game in the Zoombinis video game series.

Gameplay[edit]

The Zoombinis are a race of small blue creatures depicted with varying facial features, initially living in prosperous peace on a small island called Zoombini Isle. However, they are tricked and enslaved by their neighbors, the Bloats. The game depicts the Zoombinis' search for a new home, featuring a variety of logical puzzles which the player must solve to get the Zoombinis to their new home. Most of the puzzles involve the physical features of the Zoombinis as part of the solution. For example, in the puzzle 'Allergic Cliffs', the player is given a choice of 2 bridges, each of which will allow Zoombinis to pass only if they have certain combinations of features. In total, there are 625 unique combinations, of which the game allows to make up to two Zoombinis (twins) with each combination, making 1,250 possible Zoombinis in total. Of these, 625 must be saved in order to win the game.

The Zoombinis travel in groups of a maximum of 16 per group across a series of puzzles. There are 12 puzzles in total, split into four sections of 3 puzzles each, and the Zoombinis must complete a path of 9 puzzles to establish their new home at 'Zoombiniton' ('Zoombiniville' in US version). The first and last 'legs' are compulsory and must be completed by all Zoombinis; for the second leg, the player is given a choice to take either the north or the south path. Between each 'leg' is a campsite where the Zoombinis can be stored for later retrieval.

If the player successfully brings an entire party of 16 Zoombinis through a leg, the leg will increase in difficulty and a building will be constructed at Zoombiniton/Zoombiniville to celebrate this achievement. The four difficulty levels are 'Not So Easy', 'Oh So Hard', 'Very Hard', and 'Very Very Hard', and each difficulty level is color-coded. Once a leg has increased in difficulty, there is no way to reverse the change. If a group of 16 Zoombinis complete a leg while the difficulty is Very Very Hard, the difficulty does not increase; whereas completing a leg under the Very Very Hard difficulty level will only reward the player with a new building once, since there is only one building per leg at each difficulty level.

Development[edit]

The game was created in 1995, and released in 1996.^[1] The original version of the game by Broderbund Europe in March 1996 came in three languages: English, French, and German. The US division of Broderbund made some minor changes and released a US version in December 1996. As part of the US release they changed the names of several areas of the game. The US version of the game was expanded and republished as 'Zoombinis Logical Journey v2.0' by The Learning Company in September 2001.

Remake[edit]

In February 2015, TERC, the original creator of Zoombinis launched a Kickstarter Campaign to release an updated version of the game for modern tablets and computers. On 25 March 2015, the crowdfunding campaign was funded successfully, with the total pledged double the original target of $50,000.^[2] This updated version was scheduled to be released in Summer 2015.

In 2015, Logical Journey was remade for modern systems, under the name Zoombinis.^[3][4] The main improvements of the remake are updated graphics and that the game is designed to run on modern operating systems (iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, and others). Zoombinis was officially released on 6 August 2015 for iOS and Android and was released for Windows and Mac, as well as Kindle Fire,^[5] on 28 October 2015.^[6]

In 2014, TERC, the original creator of Zoombinis, began an internally funded redevelopment of the game. In March 2015, they launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund additional enhancements and releases, including PC and Kindle versions. It was successfully funded.^[7] Also in 2015, the National Science Foundation awarded TERC nearly $2 million to study how much 'computational thinking' kids do while playing Zoombinis, both at home and in the classroom, and whether teachers can extend the lessons outside the game.^[8][9]

Reception[edit]

The Washington Post's Rob Pegoraro wrote that the game's pattern and deductive logic puzzles teach 'how to think' rather than a specific skill.^[10] Karney said the game was fun and praised its audio cues for children with little reading skills. In 1997, the game won 'Best Home Education for Pre-Teens' at the 12th Codie awards.^[11] The editors of PC Gamer US named Zoombinis 1996's 'Best Educational Game', and wrote that it 'has the same appeal and value for your brain as a favorite sport does for your body.'^[12] It was also a finalist for the Computer Game Developers Conference's 1996 'Best Educational Game' Spotlight Award,^[13] but lost the prize to Freddi Fish 2.^[14] It received 4 out of 5 stars from Macworld,^[15] and 4 out of 5 from MacUser, whose editors declared it one of 1996's top 50 CD-ROMs.^[16]

References[edit]

1. ^'Logical Journey of the Zoombinis.(Broderbund)(The Learning Arcade) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)'. Computer Shopper (subscription required). Archived from the original on 2014-06-29 – via HighBeam Research.
2. ^'Zoombinis'. TERC. Kickstarter. February 17, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
3. ^'Zoombinis on the App Store'. iTunes App Store. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
4. ^'Zoombinis on Google Play'. Google Play. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
5. ^'Zoombinis app page'. Amazon app store. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
6. ^'Zoombinis Steam Page'. Steam. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
7. ^'Zoombinis'. TERC. Kickstarter. February 17, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
8. ^Toppo, Greg (2015-08-06). 'How a beloved video game came back from the dead 20 years after its improbable birth'. Usatoday.com. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
9. ^'NSF Award Search: Award#1502882 - Zoombinis: The Full Development Implementation Research Study of a Computational Thinking Game for Upper Elementary and Middle School Learners'. Nsf.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
10. ^Pegoraro, Rob (April 7, 1996). 'The Learning Game'. The Washington Post – via HighBeam Research(subscription required). Archived from the original on June 29, 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
11. ^'1997 Codies awarded for best software'. Tape-Disc Business – via HighBeam Research(subscription required). April 1, 1997. Archived from the original on June 29, 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
12. ^'PC Gamer Reveals Its 1997 Award Winners'. Business Wire (Press release). Brisbane, California. February 6, 1997.
13. ^Staff (April 15, 1997). 'And the Nominees Are...'Next Generation. Archived from the original on June 5, 1997. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
14. ^'Spotlight Awards Winners Announced for Best Computer Games of 1996' (Press release). Santa Clara, California: Game Developers Conference. April 28, 1997. Archived from the original on July 3, 2011.
15. ^Beekman, Ben; Beekman, George (July 1996). 'Logical Journey of the Zoombinis'. Macworld. Archived from the original on February 6, 1997.
16. ^The Editors of MacUser (December 1996). 'MacUser's 1996 Top 50 CD-ROMs'. Kid's Stuff. Archived from the original on June 5, 2000. Retrieved March 17, 2020.

Zoombinis is a series of educationalpuzzle computer games that were originally developed by TERC and published by Broderbund until The Learning Company bought Broderbund in 1998 and took over developing and publishing the series in 2001. The series consists of three games: Logical Journey of the Zoombinis (1996), Zoombinis: Mountain Rescue (2001), and Zoombinis: Island Odyssey (2002). On August 6, 2015, Logical Journey was updated and re-released (as Zoombinis) for tablets and modern operating systems by TERC, FableVision, and Learning Games Network.^[1][2] The series focuses on the Zoombinis, small blue creatures each with different appearances and personalities, which the player must guide through strange puzzle-filled lands.

Logical Journey of the Zoombinis (1996)[edit]

Zoombini Isle, the Zoombinis' homeland, has been taken over by the evil Bloats. The Zoombinis flee but end up in a mysterious and treacherous land. Players must guide the Zoombinis through this land to reach the safety of Zoombiniville, a land of hope and prosperity for the Zoombinis. The game was made in 1995, and released in 1996.^[3]

Gameplay[edit]

The player starts at Zoombini Isle, where they assemble a team of 16 Zoombinis, picking from 5 different options each in hair, eyes, nose color, and footwear, for a total of 625 possible combinations. Each combination can be used twice in the game. The player then has to do a series of minigames, helping the Zoombinis traverse through dangerous places until they reach the next location on the island. By the end of a minigame, a number of Zoombinis may be left behind. At the end of a section, the Zoombinis can rest at a campsite and be stored to join another group of Zoombinis if there are fewer than 16 Zoombinis left. From the first campsite are two branching roads that take the Zoombinis to two different areas of the island and eventually join up at the second campsite before traversing to the final section of the island. At the end of the final section lies the target destination Zoombiniville. For each group of Zoombinis that make it through a section with all 16 in their group a monument is added to Zoombiniville. The game is won when 625 Zoombinis make it to Zoombiniville.

Zoombinis Mountain Rescue (2001)[edit]

After the foundation of Zoombiniville, the Zoombinis find peace once more, until a small group of them get trapped inside a cave seeking shelter from a storm. They meet up with strange creatures called Boolies who occupy a city known as Booliewood. As a result of the storm, the Boolies have been scattered across the land, and their mayor, the Grand Boolie Boolie, has disappeared. The goal of the game is to rescue a total of 400 Boolies and bring them to Booliewood to return the Grand Boolie Boolie.

Gameplay[edit]

The player begins in Zoombiniville, where they assemble a team of 16 Zoombinis. Like the previous game, the player has to get as many of the 16 Zoombinis through the minigames as possible, by making use of the Zoombinis' different characteristics in accordance to the patterns and principles of the minigames. Some of the minigames however require only the player's logic, regardless of the Zoombinis' characteristics. After all minigames are completed on a part of the land, the player progresses to play more minigames on the next part of the land. The gameplay takes more of an adventure game approach, as the number of Zoombinis on a part of the journey differ throughout different parts of the game after each checkpoint between Zoombiniville and Booliewood. The checkpoints are where Zoombinis that do not make it through minigames return to. The player also has the option to send the Zoombinis on different routes from checkpoints across the land to complete different minigames.

Zoombinis Island Odyssey (2002)[edit]

Long after the take over of Zoombini Isle at the hands of the Bloats, the island was completely stripped of its food and plant life, leaving the Zerbles and native moths hungry and forcing the Bloats to evacuate. A seagull informs the Zoombinis, who live in Zoombiniville. After an expedition of Zoombinis survey the damage on the island, they decide to bring caterpillars to restore balance to the island's chain of life.

Gameplay[edit]

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The player begins by creating a group of 12 Zoombinis, which can be customized. The player must then complete different puzzles, such as growing berries and breeding moths, to eventually restore the ecosystem of the island. This game incorporates science concepts as well as math concepts into the puzzles, including intersection of rates, cryptography, astronomical time, Venn diagrams, and Punnett squares, as well as some reincarnations of puzzles from Logical Journey. The graphics have again received an update. The Zoombinis are fully 3-D, but their features no longer affect gameplay. When the Zoombinis release 224 Zerbles into the wild, the game is won.

Educational effects[edit]

As a computer game, Zoombinis is an entertaining activity for students from elementary to middle school. However, as an educational tool, Zoombinis stands above many other mathematical, analytical, and logical educational methods. The game works with problem solving through mathematics, deduction, and hypothesis testing primarily by clearly stating the goal of the problem at hand, with the option to either deduce for one's self or learn from with gameplay strategies for success.^[4]

Mathematical aspects[edit]

The different games a player encounters when trying to get the Zoombinis from Zoombini Isle to Zoombiniville represent many mathematical characteristics. 'Pizza Pass', 'Allergic Cliffs', and 'Stone Cold Caves' exercise the sorting, grouping, and comparing of information. 'Captain Cajun's Ferryboat', 'Stone Rise', and 'Titanic Tattooed Toads' reinforce ordering, linking information, and problem solving. 'Fleens!', 'Mudball Wall', and 'Hotel Dimensia' emphasize graphing and mapping, while 'Lions' Lair', 'Mirror Machine', and 'Bubblewonder Abyss' train the player in sorting, organizing, and algebraic thinking.^[5]

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Deductive reasoning[edit]

Sub-games such as 'Allergic Cliffs' and 'Stone Cold Caves' require the player to find patterns and arrangements of the Zoombinis in order to pass the obstacle. Each game also has a select number of attempts which may be failures before a Zoombini is taken back to the beginning of the game at Zoombini Isle, giving an incentive for the player to think critically and not randomly guess answers. As a result, these games enable players' deductive skills while also enforcing strategic efficiency.^[5]

Hypothesis testing[edit]

Players also encounter critical thinking with testing and observing different logical outcomes in 'Pizza Pass' and 'Mudball Wall'. By examining the varying characteristics of toppings on a pizza and the number and color of dots on a wall, the player can experiment with the correct patterns to get the Zoombinis to the next level. Similarly, with the deductive reasoning sub-games, these exercises discourage random guessing by giving only a few options to fail before losing a Zoombini.^[5] However, with the games that involve more hypothesis testing, the incorrect guesses remain on the screen in a categorized pile so that the player might learn from previous attempts to come to the correct conclusion.

Game effectiveness with students[edit]

With the game's release in the Spring of 1996, through its continued use in the present, observations of the game have shown it to be efficient and useful for students and teachers alike. As a learning tool, the game is fun and interactive for children born into the continuously evolving technological era of 2016. The characters are generalized, but still have a cartoonish look to entice any young person who wants to learn, and the format of the game inspires group work. The communication created between two or more players talking about how to find the right kind of pizza or nose, eyes, and hair matching Zoombini is a simple and effective way that students have fun learning with the game.^[6]

Awards[edit]

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References[edit]

1. ^Takahashi, Dean (2015-02-17). 'Nonprofit brings back Zoombinis educational game and launches Kickstarter'. VentureBeat. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
2. ^Shao, Yiqing (2015-02-18). 'Zoombinis App to Be Released for Tablets and Desktop'. Boston magazine. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
3. ^'Logical Journey of the Zoombinis.(Broderbund)(The Learning Arcade) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)'. Computer Shopper (subscription required). Archived from the original on 2014-06-29 – via HighBeam Research.
4. ^MURRAY, MEGAN; MOKROS, JAN; RUBIN, ANDEE (1999-01-01). 'Mathematically Rich, Equitable Game Software'. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School. 5 (3): 180–186. JSTOR41180770.
5. ^ ^abcMoss, Thomas P. (2004-01-01). Playful thoughts: A study of the effects of 'Logical Journey of the Zoombinis' on elementary students' mathematical attitudes and reasoning skills (Ed.D. thesis). United States -- New York: Teachers College, Columbia University. ProQuest305209226.
6. ^Rubin, Andee et al. What Kind Of Educational Computer Games Would Girls Like?. 1st ed. Massachusetts: TERC, 1997. Web. 16 Nov. 2016.
7. ^'Mathematics - Zoombinis'(PDF). Sunburst. 2008: 30. Retrieved November 22, 2017.Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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External links[edit]

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