Strap on your seatbelts and take a ride on a futuristic space ship to a faraway galaxy on a quest for Shakespeare’s missing knowledge.

A University of Guelph professor has used William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to create a futuristic storyline in a computer game to interest young minds and improve literacy skills.

“We’ve tried to create a learning environment that’s not in your face that you’re learning,” said Daniel Fischlin, an English and theatre studies professor.