Kokori is the title of a new educational game in development by the Unersidad Santo Tomas in Chile.

Designed to teach high-school level biology, the title will have players man a nanorobot in order to defend a single cell against an onslaught of viruses and bacteria. Kokori has already received backing from the National Commission of Scientific and Technological Research to the tune of $424,000, reports the Environmental News Network.

Virginia Garretón, project director, stated:

We hope that the video game will motivate and get the player more interested in Biology, as well as all the processes present in everyday life that can also be explained through Biology, and of course that it will become a useful tool for teachers and professors

Beta-testing will be conducted in 70 schools throughout Chile, after which it will be distributed to all seven regions of Chile. It will also be available to play for free on the Internet.