June 14, 2013, Portland, OR
Elbowfish, a Portland game studio led by father-daughter team David Galiel and Leana Galiel, has just launched a Kickstarter campaign for Antimatter Matters: A Quantum Physics Board Game (Really!) http://elbowfish.com/kickstarter. The game is based on a concept created by Portland physics educator Scott Isler and features Portland artist Thomas Conrad Rigby.
Antimatter Matters is a science-based, futuristic, set-collection & pattern-building game for 2-6 players age 13+. It balances deliberate strategic choices, surprising interactions with other players and the unpredictable nature of the universe. The game includes competitive, team, cooperative and mixed-play modes. Play time averages 45-60 minutes.
Crafted exclusively from high-quality components, Antimatter Matters will be manufactured by PandaGM, noted for the production quality of award-winning games such as Pandemic, Alien Frontiers, Eclipse and BioShock Infinite: The Siege of Columbia.
About The Game
The goal of Antimatter Matters is to collect the right elementary particles to assemble an atom. As lead scientists for Project SQEAC (the Space-based, Quark & Electron, Antimatter-powered Combiner—pronounced “Squeak”), players must avoid hazards like quantum entanglement, antimatter collisions, cosmic radiation and solar flares messing up their instruments—not to mention the actions of other player-scientists pursuing the same goal.
Along the way, players learn something about the strange and wonderful world of quantum physics: how a handful of elementary particles interact in various ways to form the nuclei and atoms that make up ourselves and everything we experience in the world around us.
Accessibility
In keeping with Elbowfish’s commitment to accessibility, Antimatter Matters has been carefully designed to be playable by gamers with any form of color-blindness, as well as to those with limited vision or fine-motor skills. In addition to a Visual Rulebook, included in the box, the rules will be available as a downloadable audio file.
“We have been laboring for the past 9 months on Antimatter Matters, and now we are ready to introduce it to the world,” said Elbowfish CEO & Producer David Galiel. “Early response has been fantastic. We reached 10% of our Kickstarter goal within the first 10 hours. Our fans, as well as the hobbyist board game and crowdfunding communities, have been incredibly supportive. We are well on our way to funding the manufacturing, shipping and fulfillment of Antimatter Matters in time for the 2013 holiday season.”
About Elbowfish
Elbowfish is a Portland game studio that designs, develops and publishes Meaningful Games™: fun games that make you think. Each game features a different local artist.
Co-founded by father-daughter team David Galiel (CEO & Producer) and Leana Galiel (Creative Director & Game Designer), Elbowfish uses high production-value, interactive popular entertainment to promote critical thinking, civics & social responsibility without sacrificing fun, and to link people everywhere to their local communities, economies & histories through play. Elbowfish is committed to helping nurture, support and anchor a thriving Portland-area game industry & related ecosystem. Studies show that every game-industry job generates four additional local jobs in related goods and services.
The Kickstarter campaign for Antimatter Matters: A Quantum Physics Board Game (Really!)™ runs through July 13, 2013.
Kickstarter: http://elbowfish.com/kickstarter
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For more information, contact: info@elbowfish.com
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