Immune Defense by MelanieAnns

NEW: We are woking on “Immune Defense 2024” you can read more and support us at Patreon.com/molecularjig.Immune Defense is a strategy game about molecular immunology for big kids and grown ups (ages 10+).  Players use white blood cells to fight off real pathogens, using real surface proteins and signaling molecules. The immune cells are accurate in size and behavior; they look like they would under a light microscope. However, through video game magic, you can also see and use proteins! Immune Defense is what scientists dream about! 
Get the walk through for Level 4: You need it.  After level 4, the game opens up and you can see the potential awesomeness of the strategy game. The player can zoom in and out, looking in deeper, as if with a microscope, to see the details of the interactions between the white blood cells and the bacteria. 
Credits.Credits.Credits.Credits.Credits.Credits.Credits.Credits.  Alec Slayden was the programmer that developed this version of Immune Defense.  His patience, willingness to iterate and his imagination really brought Immune Defense to life. Cosmocyte provided the art, although the splash screens are mine. Other game design help came from Jacob Clayman, Eric Martin and Jerold Council. 
This version of Immune Defense was funded by a competitive research grant from the US National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID).  
After 2014, work and grant writing continued. John Biddle contributed vital clean up code. Mike Halbrock, the most patient, talented, versatile game designer and C# wizard ever, was invaluable in creating this version of Immune Defense. Mike and I responded to the many, many, many rounds of play testers’ comments which really improved the player’s experience a lot.  Finally, thank you to all my DC and Seattle play testers and friends. This version of the game was accepted into several competitive indie video game expos, including MAGFest, Gamescape and the Seattle Indie Expo (2015).
Please play it, express your support in comments and tweets, tell your friends!  All this helps me make more real, nitty gritty science games like Immune Defense!  
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