# Questionaut > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Questionaut > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Questionaut.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questionaut > Source revision: 1302110899 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2008 video game 2008 video game Questionaut Developer Amanita Design Publisher Amanita Design Designer Jakub Dvorsky Programmer David Oliva Artist Václav Blín Composer Tomáš Dvořák Engine Adobe Flash Platform Web browser Release 2008 Genre Point-and-click adventure Mode Single-player ***Questionaut*** is a short educational video game developed by [Amanita Design](/source/Amanita_Design) for the [BBC](/source/BBC). It's a [point-and-click adventure game](/source/Point-and-click_adventure_game) meant for [English speaking](/source/English_language) children of school age. It is supposed to exercise their knowledge in English, [mathematics](/source/Mathematics) and [natural science](/source/Natural_science).[1][2][3] ## Gameplay Players control an [aeronaut](/source/Aeronautics) who tries to get with his [balloon](/source/Balloon_(aircraft)) as high as possible to get a hat which belongs to his friend [Vodník](/source/Vodyanoy). But the balloon loses its air and the aeronaut has to land on [levitating](/source/Levitation_(physics)) [planets](/source/Planet). There are creatures on these planets who are specialized in some way ([English language](/source/English_language), [mathematics](/source/Mathematics), [chemistry](/source/Chemistry), etc.). The player has to solve a simple problem and then answer questions from the subject in which is the creature living on the planet specialized. Each of these questions have three possibilities. When the player chooses the right answer, the balloon gets some air but if he/she chooses wrong the balloon loses its air. When the player gets enough air, the balloon gets him to a higher planet. ## Development Amanita Design developed *Questionaut* on BBC's commission. Amanita Design received questions that were to be included in the game and requested for it to be set in different environments, but the developers otherwise had creative freedom.[4] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Questionaut - Walkthrough, Tips, Review"](http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/03/questionaut.php/). *Jay is games*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150103045536/http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/03/questionaut.php) from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Questionaut - Spoonful sugar approach"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160611045834/http://www.gamescanteach.com/games/questionaut-spoonful-sugar-approach/). *Games can teach*. Archived from [the original](http://www.gamescanteach.com/games/questionaut-spoonful-sugar-approach/) on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["IndieGames.com - The Weblog Flash Game Pick: Questionaut (Amanita Design)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170421001023/http://www.indiegames.com/2008/03/flash_game_pick_questionaut_am.html). *www.indiegames.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.indiegames.com/2008/03/flash_game_pick_questionaut_am.html) on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Jakub Dvorský - Amanita Design - Interview - Adventure Classic Gaming - ACG - Adventure Games, Interactive Fiction Games - Reviews, Interviews, Features, Previews, Cheats, Galleries, Forums"](http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/468/). *www.adventureclassicgaming.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170421001117/http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/468/) from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017. ## External links - [Game page](https://amanita-design.net/games/questionaut.html) at Amanita Design website - [Play *Questionaut*](https://amanita-design.net/questionaut/) at Amanita Design website v t e Amanita Design games Samorost series Samorost Samorost 2 Samorost 3 Other full-length games Machinarium Botanicula Creaks Happy Game Other games Chuchel Pilgrims Phonopolis Browser games Questionaut Related Jakub Dvorský Kooky --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Questionaut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questionaut) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questionaut?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.