Gran Sasso videogame: la fisica e il gioco nei laboratori sotterranei del Gran Sasso

Gran Sasso is a videogame set in Italy’s Gran Sasso National Laboratories, the largest underground laboratories in the world. The protagonist is Zot, an alien who is catapulted by mistake into the laboratories, and who can only return home after helping the scientists working there to restore four experiments. The game, featuring pixel art design, is accompanied by educational materials and in-depth reports that tell the story of physics frontiers: neutrino physics, dark matter and nuclear astrophysics. A preliminary version of the game has been tested by students and presented to teachers to obtain feedback for improvement. Presently, a new version is being completed with a view to conducting more extensive experimentation.