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Frog: Educational Game in Unity
Šebová, Kateřina ; Vlnas, Michal (referee) ; Milet, Tomáš (advisor)
The aim of this thesis is to design and develop a mobile game with educational elements about Czech republics flora and fauna near bodies of water. The game is split into main and minor parts, where the main 3D scene has the player moving and exploring freely around the map as a frog. The primary goal of the player is to fill out an album by discovering and hunting all available specimen of czech fauna and flora. Minor parts are made of various minigames, where the player excercises various skills like memory, logical thinking or reaction timing. These minigames are based on games like Flappy Bird, Frogger, Lights Out, Whack-A-Mole. Three last minigames are digital implementation of a card memory game, a labyrinth puzzle with a ball and a "remember&repeat" game. The final aplication is develop with the help of game development engine Unity.
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Kambo and its many faces
Civišová, Dagmar ; Kuřík, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Heřmanová, Marie (referee)
This dissertation applies anthropology analysis to study a specie of a tree frog, living in the northern Amazonia, called Kambo. The wax-like substance, which the frog releases upon irritation, is used for its healing potential around the world. A basic conceptual framework is used to analyse the frog from the perspective of modernity, globalisation, and diffusion of cultural dimensions. The dissertation anticipates their influences on multiple parties. The geographical scope of the dissertation is limited on Amazonia and the Czech Republic. Kambo is a host of numerous biochemical interactions; in addition, it is used in socio-material context; in rituals; for gaining, or circulation of experience; or it is part of various techniques of understanding oneself, as described in later works of Michel Foucault. Due to Kambo's alleged participation on creation of human's subjective thinking, the dissertation answers the question on the extent to which Kambo could be responsible, through ethnographic lens. The results show that for those respondents who were experienced Kambo users; using the substance as a potion for treating physiological and mental issues and who were subsequently influenced by New Age movement; Kambo stands as a milestone in their life trajectories. Through the ethnographic research,...
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