Image credit: 13th Serious Games Showcase &
Challenge
HoloLAB Champions by Schell Games wins Best Business Game and
Best XR Game at the Serious Games Showcase Awards ceremony earlier today
The seven categories of SGS&C
winners were announced today at the Awards Ceremony in the
Innovation Showcase, Booth 2288: Best Business-Developed Serious Game; Best
Government-Developed Serious Game; Best Student-Developed Serious Game; Best XR
Serious Game; Innovation Award; Students’ Choice Award; and finally, what some
might consider the most prestigious award, the People’s Choice Award.
The SGS&C
provides a showcase of best-in-class learning games submitted by business,
government and student developers, and awards noteworthy games to recognize
their achievements. The true uniqueness of the SGS&C is that every I/ITSEC “player” has the chance to play the
games, talk with the developers, and cast a vote for the coveted SGS&C
People’s Choice Award (the I/ITSEC badge includes a special SGS&C ballot
that allows us to help determine the winner).
The SGS&C
brings international award winning games to us through partnerships with the
Simulation Australasia host of the Australasian
Simulation Congress (ASC) SGS&C, and South America’s Brazilian
Independent Games (BIG) Festival. These international winners automatically
earn spots as finalists in the SGS&C,
are eligible for awards, and are featured at I/ITSEC on the exhibit floor.
Image credit: Serious Games Showcase & Challenge @
I/ITSEC 2018
Innovation Showcase, Booth 2288
And the seven winners are:
Schell Games is this year’s winner of the Best Business Developed Game Award &
Best XR Game with HoloLAB
Champions, a VR game that provides students with a safe, fun space to
practice basic chemistry lab skills.
The 2018 Best
Government Game Award went to Difficult
Airway Algorithm and Rescue Cricothyrotomy (DAARC) by Veterans Health
Administration Employee Education System-eLearning. This game improves the
recognition of airway emergency and the early identification of a cannot
intubate cannot ventilate situation.
Tablecraft
by the FIEA is this year’s Best Student
Developed Game! This VR game increases the player’s familiarity with the
elements, acronyms, atomic masses, and groups on the Periodic Table of Elements.
This year has once again highlighted games that
employ characteristics or techniques that enhance the game in a new or
different way through the competition for the Innovation Award. Dental
Madness by FullSail is the 2018 SGS&C Innovation Award winner! This VR game helps dental students learn fundamental
techniques.
This year’s Students’ Choice winner is Code
of Aegis by the University of Houston Clear Lake & Tietronix! This STEM
engagement game focuses on teaching computer science aptitude, critical
thinking & programming skills.
