{"id":149072,"date":"2025-09-19T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//?p=149072"},"modified":"2025-09-24T09:24:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:24:34","slug":"biology-professor-computer-science-students-create-teaching-game-about-parasitic-wasps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//biology-professor-computer-science-students-create-teaching-game-about-parasitic-wasps/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//","title":{"rendered":"Biology Professor, Computer Science Students Create Teaching Game About Parasitic Wasps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new desktop game is turning parasitic wasps into unlikely heroes. Released Sept. 9, on the digital platform Steam, <em>The Crawling Dead</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//em> introduces players to biology topics and the crucial role of this insect species in controlling pests and benefiting the environment.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<p>Led by UCF Professor of Biology <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//sciences.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//biology/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//person/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//barbara-sharanowski/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/">Barbara Sharanowski</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//a> and developed by <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//www.cs.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/">computer science</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//a> undergraduate students, the new game blends <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//research/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/">research</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//a> with interactive learning.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u201cMy work on parasitic wasps and their symbiotic viruses forms the foundation for the game and other outreach efforts designed to engage the public with biology in a fun and accessible way,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u201d Sharanowski says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"attachment_149074/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"max-width: 250px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"figure float-left/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"250/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"300/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-149074 size-full/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//2025/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//09/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//UCF-Professor-of-Biology_Barbara-Sharanowski.jpg/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" alt=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"Headshot of UCF Biology Professor Barbara Sharanowski smiling in front of a grey backdrop./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"250/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"300/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-149074 size-full lazyload/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"data:image/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" alt=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"Headshot of UCF Biology Professor Barbara Sharanowski smiling in front of a grey backdrop./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" data-src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//2025/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//09/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//UCF-Professor-of-Biology_Barbara-Sharanowski.jpg/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"><figcaption class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/">UCF Professor of Biology Barbara Sharanowski studies the phylogenetic systematics of parasitic wasps, a method of classification of organisms based on their shared evolutionary history and relationships. Her research served as the foundation and concept for the game.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<p>The game was created by computer science senior students as part of their capstone project under the supervision of Associate Lecturer of Computer Science Matthew Gerber, with Sharanowski providing the concept. It represents the second phase of development, with an earlier senior group of students building the original concept and the second group advancing it into a fully playable desktop version.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u201cThe students coded, designed and refined the game, which was initially envisioned as a virtual reality experience but shifted to a desktop game &nbsp;due to delays from the COVID-19 pandemic,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u201d Sharanowski says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<p>In the game, players take on the role of scientists tasked with protecting a national park by designing custom wasps to control invasive pests.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u201cThe goal as a scientist is to save the park by releasing specially designed wasps with beneficial features like paralytic venom, long ovipositors or even mind control, that make them more effective at targeting host species such as caterpillars, beetles and aphids,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u201d she says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"attachment_149075/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"max-width: 1200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"figure mx-auto d-block/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"1200/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"800/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-149075 size-full/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" 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educational game, players take on the role of environmental protectors, customizing parasitic wasps to control pests in a national park and help maintain healthy ecosystems.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<p>Along the way, players encounter educational blurbs that explain these traits and reinforce the idea that not all wasps sting and many are actually beneficial to humans and ecosystems.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u201cThese wasps can be endoparasitic, developing inside their host, or ectoparasitic, developing outside the host,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u201d Sharanowski says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u201cYou can find them all around the world, including in our backyards, and they serve an important role in nature as natural agents of pest control, thereby reducing the need for pesticides./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<p>The project was funded through the U.S. National Science Foundation/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u2019s (NSF) Rules of Life Initiative, which brings together multiple NSF divisions to address the fundamental questions about how living systems function and evolve.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"attachment_149076/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"max-width: 250px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"figure float-left/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"250/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"300/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/" 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/">A female wasp points its ovipositor at a moth. This organ allows them to deposit eggs in or on a host. The wasp larva emerges and feeds on the host, eventually killing it. (Photo courtesy of Ian Alexander /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072// Creative Commons)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<p>According to Sharanowski, parasitic wasps are one of the most varied lineages on Earth, with more species than all vertebrates combined.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u201cFor every insect that/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u2019s out there, there/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u2019s likely one or more parasitic wasps that attack it,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u201d she says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<p>Her research explores the unique symbiosis between wasps and viruses.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u201cOver time, some viruses have become integrated into the genomes of certain parasitic wasps, effectively making the virus and wasp a single organism,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u201d Sharanowski says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u201cThe virus no longer replicates independently /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u2014 its reproduction is tied to the wasp/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u2019s. 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enjoy doing campus and community outreach to show how fascinating these insects are, and I believe this game does that./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<p>She also highlighted UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/u2019s Collection of Arthropods, commonly known as the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//sciences.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//biology/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//facilities/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//bug-closet/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/">Bug Closet</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//a>, as a public resource preserving and showcasing the biodiversity of insects in Central Florida.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149072/n<p>Looking ahead, Sharanowski says a third group of students is currently working on a mobile version of the 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