EpiDetective · cancer awareness game
The Lung Detective
An investigation in three cases, filed by IARC’s groups.
Three places. Twelve clues. Some cause lung cancer, some probably do, one possibly does, and for one the evidence is too thin to say. Your job: find each one, file it the way scientists at IARC do, and fix what can be fixed.
- 1The flat
- 2The street
- 3The building yard
Ages 10 to 16 · about 10 minutes · keyboard, mouse or touch. Sources are shown with every clue.
For adults: the evidence behind this game → Reading the evidence
Search the picture: a ring appears when your pointer passes over a clue. Click or tap it to open its file.
How to play
- Each scene hides four clues. Search the picture: a ring appears when your pointer passes over one. On a phone, tap anything that looks suspicious; a miss tells you whether you are warm or cold. The hint button shows one clue if you are stuck.
- Open a clue and decide how to file it, by IARC’s groups: a known cause of lung cancer (Group 1), a probable cause (Group 2A), a possible cause (Group 2B) or not classifiable (Group 3: the evidence is too limited to say). A wrong choice costs nothing: you get a nudge and try again.
- Beyond the twelve clues, the street has one myth to check. Open it, read what the evidence says and press Noted.
- Real hazards can be fixed. Each fix raises the clean-air score, and you can watch the smoke or dust clear from the picture.
- Somebody in each scene wants to talk. Pick the reply the evidence supports.
- When all the clues are filed, the case closes and the next one opens. After the third comes the line-up: six clues to file again from memory. Then your report, and your detective rank.
The game shows whether something can cause lung cancer in people in general. It cannot tell anyone what caused their own illness, and most people with these exposures never develop lung cancer.
Settings
Settings are kept on this device only.