Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria.
Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria.
Microb Biotechnol. 2024 Aug;17(8):e14544. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.14544.
In the last two decades, new discoveries from microbiome research have changed our understanding of human health. It became evident that daily habits and lifestyle choices shape the human microbiome and ultimately determine health or disease. Therefore, we developed 'Tiny Biome Tales' (https://microbiome.gamelabgraz.at/), a science pedagogy video game designed like a scientific review based exclusively on peer-reviewed articles, to teach about the influence of lifestyle choices on the human microbiome during pregnancy, early and adult life, and related health consequences. Despite the scientific character, it can be played by a broad audience. Here, we also present a scientific assessment and showed that playing the game significantly contributed to knowledge gain. The innovative style of the 'gamified review' represents an ideal platform to disseminate future findings from microbiome research by updating existing and adding new scenes to the game.
在过去的二十年中，微生物组研究的新发现改变了我们对人类健康的理解。很明显，日常习惯和生活方式的选择塑造了人类微生物组，并最终决定了健康或疾病。因此，我们开发了“微小微生物组故事”（https://microbiome.gamelabgraz.at/），这是一款科学教育学视频游戏，设计风格类似于基于同行评审文章的科学评论，旨在教授关于生活方式选择对人类微生物组的影响在怀孕期间、早期和成年期，以及相关的健康后果。尽管具有科学性，但它可以被广泛的受众所玩。在这里，我们还进行了科学评估，并表明玩游戏显著有助于知识的获取。“游戏化评论”的创新风格代表了一个理想的平台，可以通过更新现有场景和向游戏中添加新场景来传播微生物组研究的未来发现。
