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Ludwig
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Casual, Simulation, Puzzle
Category: Education
Platforms: PC
Languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese
Players: Single-player
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Sep 5, 2012 @ 7:29am
Feb 14, 2013 @ 5:31am

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Chinese Version
February 14th, 2013 - GromitJK



We´re happy to announce that we´re currently working on the chinese version of Ludwig! Ludwig is really excited about meeting new friends in China! Stay tuned - the chinese language version of the game will be released soon!

Visit the chinese website now!

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We´re on Greenlit Gaming!
December 6th, 2012 - GromitJK



We are happy and proud to be selected on Greenlit Gaming! Read the review here.

We also talked with Stephen from Greenlit Gaming about how we did Ludwig and some of our future plans. Check out the interview here.

About Greenlit Gaming
(taken directly from the website)

Valve has revolutionized the way in which independent developers can promote and distribute their games. Using Valve’s very own STEAM service, STEAM Greenlight connects PC gamers and independent developers together to provide developers with the opportunity to showcase the games that they are creating, while also allowing the STEAM community to vote and select which of these games they want to see released on STEAM. This collaborative system is mutually beneficial, as it is providing an avenue for developers to get their games out into the marketplace while providing PC gamers with the opportunity to have their voices heard regarding what games they want to play.

Greenlit Gaming is dedicated to covering the news surrounding STEAM Greenlight, and will strive to provide accurate and honest reviews of games that are released through Greenlight, while at the same time sharing with the community hidden gems that we believe deserve your votes and recognition. We are striving to promote STEAM Greenlight, it’s developers, and their games, so that we as PC gamers can enjoy these fantastic games that we may have otherwise never had a chance to play. Together, we can support those making the games we want to play.

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Description
Release date: already available for PC (yet not on Steam)
Ludwig is a physics adventure on renewable energy for adventurers aged 11+.
FREE DEMOVERSION on www.playludwig.com

selected on GREENLIT GAMING!
http://greenlitgaming.com/ludwig-preview

OVERVIEW
2098. Mankind has left the Earth and is now living in space colonies. Ludwig, a research robot from a faraway civilisation and his spaceship are looking for forms of new energy. Unfortunately, mankind´s new space colonies are not listed on his interstellar maps, which results in a fatefull crash with the physis, the biggest station with a billion inhabitants. The crash does not only tear a huge hole into the physis´ protective cover, but also damages Ludwig´s spaceship badly enough for him to lose control of it and crashland on planet Earth. Now it´s a race against time.

Will Ludwig succeed and get his spaceship going in time to save the physis?

FEATURES
  • Explore the area where the spaceship crashed or an enormous dam, travel by balloon through the snow and ice or cross an almost endless desert. There’s so much to discover!
  • Find the weirdest components and construction plans. Use them to develop practical new gadgets to supply Ludwig with energy!
  • Discover physical phenomenons and analyse them in order to reveal the laws of physics and solve the tricky puzzles in the game.
  • thrilling storyline arching over 4 unique environments
  • more than 8 hours of gameplay
  • developed with physics-teachers, pupils and educators - 100% curiculum based
  • comes along with didactic materials for school useage

WHAT THE GAME IS ABOUT
  • The game tells the story of "Ludwig" - a small research robot who is on an important mission to find new forms of energy for the home planet of the Robotronics. After a long journey he finally reaches earth - just to find it abendoned. Humans exhausted nearly all energy sources and left the planet. They live in big space stations. Unfortunately Ludwig hits one of these spacestations with his spaceship and crashes down on earth. A damaged spaceship, a far away homeplanet in desperate need of energy know-how and 1 billion humans in a damaged spacestation - now it´s up to you as a player to clean up this mess!
  • While following the storyline Ludwig has to learn about the human technologies on earth. Starting with the most basic form of energy production - combustion - he has to advance through a techtree to find and learn about more sophisticated forms of renewable energy.
  • Ludwig doesn´t know anything about the laws of physics on earth (remember - he´s an alien from a far away robot civilization called the Robotronics...). So he uses his scanner to find and analyse physical phenomenons which appear in the gameworld. All the knowledge is stored in a dynamical conceptmap - the knowledgebase.
  • The knowledgebase is empty when you start the game. While playing, it fills step by step with new nodes. You will end up with a huge concept map of physical knowledge on renewable energies. (developed together with physics teachers and educators).
  • The game features 4 unique "themeworlds". These quests in these environments are based on a specific topic (combustion, water power, wind energy, solar energy). The themeworlds are connected by the storyline.
  • Every themeworld features a minigame - called laboratory. A laboratory illustrates the core knowledge of the themeworld (for example: How does a pumped storage power station work? or Where should i place my windmills to get the most efficient energy output?
  • All this educational gameplay is nicely embedded in the storyline. The game is NOT devided into playing- and learning- or assesment elements. You always KEEP PLAYING the game!
  • Ludwig is designed to be fun to play (please judge for yourself ;-) but it can also be played in schools. The game comes along with a set of didactical materials for teachers to support embedding Ludwig in classes.

WELL KEPT SECRET
Psst. It´s a physics learning game on renewable energy.
But does it look like one? Judge for yourself.
Still interested? Watch the TEDx talk to see why we spent all our passion in creating a serious game which is fun to play. Thank you for voting!
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Jan 3, 2013 @ 8:41am
Serious Games on Steam?
GromitJK
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Cougar 31 minutes ago 
Nice!
BC | вΞяĢzò.Óя May 18, 2013 @ 2:51pm 
GOOD**
Capitan Pikachu May 18, 2013 @ 8:16am 
looks very good :)
Lolzarra May 10, 2013 @ 6:44pm 
Love your mission! Happy to support.
simtaur Apr 9, 2013 @ 3:14am 
This looks very well done. It's not a game that I would buy since I'm not between 11 - 14 years old, but I really like and support what you are trying to accomplish with this game and based off of what you have shown, it looks like it may live up to what it's trying to accomplish. Good luck
{GFA}SkyRanger | GER Mar 27, 2013 @ 12:35pm 
Als MMO mit vielen Quests, charakterlevels und gruppenquests, wo man schaltpläne finden und nachbauen muss und manches in einer bestimmten Zeit, und wo man gegenstände (baterien, kabel, steckverbinder etc.) farmen muss oder bestimmte berufszweige sie herstellen können, das wär ne sache.

z.b. elektroingenieurkann schaltpläne herstellen, oder nachbauen kann, oder einen metallbaumeister, der kabel, steckverbinder, schraubklemmen etc. herstellen kann oder nen
bergbaumeister, der silitium, edelmetalle wie Gold oder Silber abbauen kann und verarbeiten,....

ich hätt da sauviele Ideen, wie man das Spiel zu nem vollwertigen richtig geilen MMORPG machen könnte.

Das wär auch nicht nur für die Kleinen, sondern auch für Erwachsene, mit entsprechend schwerden und / oder komplexen Bauplänen z.B. für Krafterke, Wind- oder Solarkraftwerke oder dem Bau einer Kabelherstellungsfabrik.

Dass jede Gilde eine Fabrik bauen kann, um Produkte im Auktionshaus zu verkaufen....



Bloopgun Mar 10, 2013 @ 4:21pm 
this looks interesting. And thank god you didn't try and limp by with the "retro 8bit" route. upvote
Herd Of Midgets ツ Mar 8, 2013 @ 5:35pm 
Looks interesting and the enviroment looks quite nice to.
COLOBOC Mar 2, 2013 @ 5:08pm 
мне понравился робок и за него +
GromitJK  [author] Feb 21, 2013 @ 5:03am 
@Dravus Airwing: I´m sorry, that you encountered problems with buying the game. The service is up and running - could you please specify which problems exactly you had? We would be happy to assist you. Please go to http://www.playludwig.com/en/support/ and post your question! Thank you!
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