During the lockdown era of the COVID-19 pandemic, young learners shifted to remote learning. Parents and educators faced challenges of fighting student burnout with distractions just a click away. Merck/MSD tasked us with making learning science through a screen effective, inspiring, and fun for kids. 

We built Periodic Odyssey, a new world in Minecraft which is a chemistry lesson in video game form. Periodic Odyssey builds on Minecraft’s existing game mechanics of mining and collecting, and introduces over 100 new minerals and elements for players to discover and learn about as they play.