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Multi-Award Winning Serious Game Inspiring Children To Code

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Erase All Kittens(E.A.K.) is a story-driven, epic adventure game that provides kids aged 8-14 with knowledge of both computational thinking and professional coding languages.
The background assumption is that if children learn languages quickly and easily, why not teach them the professional languages of technology?
“Since we are becoming increasingly reliant upon technology,” state the developers, “coding has become an essential skill. Children who understand how technology works and know how to manipulate it, will have a huge advantage over those who don’t - in every discipline, not just computing,” they add.
A web-based, Mario-style platform game, E.A.K. teaches children to code in a totally new way. Children can edit real code that governs the game’s environment, enabling them to build and fix levels as they play, using HTML and CSS languages.
The ‘Serious Game’ offers a gentle introduction to professional coding languages, enabling children to play and learn on their own - or alongs…
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Bayer Serious Game To Take A Peek Behind The Scene At R&D Different Stages

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Singapore - Students, young entrepreneurs and start-ups joined the From Molecules to Medicines (FMTM)‘Serious Game’ tournament at the innovfest unbound to mark the global debut of the FMTMSerious Games by Bayer.
The annual innovfest unbound is the anchor event of Smart Nation Innovations, a week-long series of events that showcase Asia’s most innovative developments. In 2018, they have welcome over 12,000 entrepreneurs, brands, corporates, investors and tech start-ups from 100+ countries to meet and share new ideas, build partnerships and celebrate digital disruption.
In partnership with Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), innovfest unbound is organized by NUS Enterprise and unbound and is Southeast Asia’s most celebrated innovation festival. It is the place where brands connect with disruptive innovation and explore Asian opportunities.
This year's innovation showcase was held at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, from 5 to 6 June 2018. 
For the first time, through FMTMSerious Ga…
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Serious Game For Optimizing Professional Websites

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YES Artist Adventure, a ‘Serious Game’ created by Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center that teaches artists how to optimize their professional websites in terms of personal branding, online marketing and e-commerce, has won bronze honors in the 2018 International Serious Play Awards competition in Corporate category.
The funding partner for this game, YES, is a not-for-profit organization based in Montreal which has helped Quebec-residents to find employment as well as to start and grow their businesses for over 20 years.
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In the game, players have to help four different artists, Aylen, Jimmy, Luisa and Gilles, to improve their websites. They’re talented artists but they’re not marketing themselves online as effectively as they could.
The ‘Serious Game’ proposition is that you will help the artists fix their websites, and increase your knowledge of e-Commerce, Personal Branding and Online Marketing at the same time.


The Yes website offers are a few pointers …
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Harvard Business Publishing Serious Game For Managing Innovation

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Innovation Simulation: Breaking News, a ‘Serious Game’ from Harvard Business Publishing about managing innovation, has won gold honors in the 2018 International Serious Play Awards competition in Education Corporate category.

Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Harvard Business Publishing is a leading provider of teaching materials for management education. HBP-Higher Education offerings include ‘Serious Games & Sims’, departing from the background assumption they are powerful learning experiences that use real-world contexts to reinforce student learning.
There are currently 35 simulations available in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing, Negotiation, Operations Management, Organizational Behavior and Strategy, ranging in seat time from 20 minutes to multiple hours.
In the 20 to 30 minute simulation Innovation Simulation: Breaking News, students manage the innovation process for The Citizen Sun, a struggling newspaper company.
The Story Once a thriving news outlet, T…
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The Uber Game Versus Uber Business Model Perspective

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The Uber Game, a news game from the Financial Times, has won gold honors in the 2018 International Serious Play Awards competition in the Corporate category.
The Uber Game is a text-based adventure that provides players with an immersive experience of an Uber driver’s life. In the game, the player gets put in the seat of an Uber driver, whom has a family to support and a $1,000 mortgage payment coming up in a week — so you’re hitting the streets hoping to make enough money in fares to keep yourself in the green.
You have the option to play on “Easier,” and “Harder” difficulties. In the former scenario, you have good credit and can afford to live in San Francisco, while in the latter you have bad credit and must live in Sacramento.
From there, you must choose the right options to maximize your earnings, from choosing to buy a car charger and a data plan to working longer hours to hit bonus quests for extra cash. Do you return home to keep a promise to your son, or keep driving to earn mo…
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11 Corporate, Healthcare, Government, Museum Training Games Win Awards in Serious Play Competition

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Image credit: The Uber Game, a news game from The Financial Times, earns gold in the 2018 International Serious Play Awards
Corporate, Healthcare, Government, Museum Games for Use in Training Win Awards in Annual Serious Play Competition
LOS ANGELES – May 22, 2018 – Eleven games and simulations designed for use in training have been cited for excellence in the 2018 International Serious Play Awards Program. As game-based learning becomes mainstream, training products that allow participants to have hands on “play,” are delivering significantly better skills and retention.
Gold Medal winners include: The Uber Game, an interactive news game from The Financial Times that puts the player into the shoes of a full-time Uber driver. Based on interviews with Uber drivers in San Francisco, it aims to convey an emotional understanding of what it is like to try to make a living in the gig economySilobuster – Atlas Bank, a simulated learning environment tailored to the …
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15 Educational Games Win Awards in Serious Play Competition

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Image credit - Innovation Simulation: Breaking News, a simulation from Harvard Business Publishing, earns gold in the 2018 International Serious Play Awards
15 Games Developed for Use in Education Win Awards in Serious Play Competition
Los Angeles – May 21, 2018 – Fifteen Serious Games designed for use in K12 or higher education have been cited for excellence in the 2018 International Serious Play Award Program. Entries in the competition doubled and judges cited vast improvement in the quality of the Serious Games entries over 2018.
Gold Medals were awarded to: Slice Fractions 2, an intuitive puzzle game from Ululab that lets K12 students discover important fractions concepts, built in cooperation with the UQAM universityTo Be a Whale, an educational exploration game from Lohika ApS where K12 students learn to code by controlling the movements of a baby humpback whaleInnovation Simulation: Breaking News, a simulation from Harvard Business Publishin…
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