All you need is an idea for a game to enter the Games for Change Migration Design Challenge, and the prize is $10,000! The game idea has to be about connecting native-born and immigrant communities. Read More
What’s different about VR? It feels real! Some experts say VR delivers such powerful experiences that they can build empathy that will lead to real change.
Betting big on that concept, last week HTC Vive announced a new program to fund virtual reality projects based on the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. HTC Vive is offering $10 million to “drive VR content and technologies that will …transform the world.” Read More
If you’re a game designer, visual novelist, or filmmaker interested in interactive storytelling and diversity, this may be the opportunity for you. Games for Change and Interlude, makers of the Treehouse authoring platform, are teaming up to sponsor an interactive storytelling competition called The Challenge of Diversity. Competitors will create an interactive video series to discuss “the opportunities, difficulties, and complexities of living in the most diverse country on Earth.” Read More
How about learning something wonderful while you’re waiting in line at the DMV? You might try downloading Save the Park, a new endless runner game for iOS. The game was created through a partnership…
Tomorrow evening in Washington, DC, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program will showcase 30 small businesses that developed educational games. At the Ed Games Expo, attendees will be able to…
Yale recently announced the launch of the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games. The new center will incorporate Yale’s play2PREVENT Lab, which has already trained more than 25 students to apply serious games to behavioral health and education. The new center will incorporate a course and even more training on how to use video game interventions. Read More
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