Otronicon began in 2006 as an effort to “explore the science, art, technology, careers and fun behind video games, simulation and digital media.” Because Team Orlando is a local advocate for STEM learning and an Otronicon partner, Team Orlando joined the Orlando Science Center’s effort to recognize and celebrate the impact that digital technologies have…
Covering a variety of subjects from cyber security to a slave’s escape to freedom, to a synthetic biology game, this year’s Serious Games Showcase & Challenge (SGS&C) winners were announced at the annual Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando, Fla. SGS&C received submissions from all over the nation, as well as internationally,…
Congratulations to our 2014 Serious Games Showcase & Challenge finalists! Be sure to visit the SGS&C Booth # 2663 and cast your vote for this year’s People’s Choice Award! Take a look at our finalists and learn a little bit more about the games before visiting us at I/ITSEC. A.C.T.By Engineering & Computer Simulations A.C….
OVERARCHING AWARD SPONSOR The Serious Games Showcase & Challenge is very excited to welcome Autodesk as the 2014 Overarching Award Sponsor! Autodesk’s sponsorship supports the entire field of awards: Best Business Game, Best Mobile Game, Best Student Game, Best Government Game, Students’ Choice, People’s Choice and this year’s Special Emphasis Award; Social Media Crowdsourcing for…
The Underground Railroad: Journey to Freedom by Muzzy Lane Software is a “choose your own journey” style game that incorporates 3-D experiences as students make a series of choices that affect their journey. Played from a first-person perspective, the game immerses students in the action as they play the role of a slave escaping from…
Strike Group Defender: The Missile Matrix is by the Office of Naval Research and MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Strike Group Defender is the US Navy’s first prototype multiple player, game-based software-training program that trains, tests and evaluates navy personnel employment and use of Navy Electronic Warfare tactics and systems in highly contested, increasingly difficult wartime situations….
Sound Scouts is a game played by children to assess their hearing. The game is played on a mobile tablet with headphones. Parents or caregivers supervise their children playing as the game surreptitiously tests their hearing. Created in partnership with the National Acoustic Laboratories, Sounds Scouts incorporates several advanced scientific principles that enable it to…
The Shield is an educational action-adventure computer game that utilizes immersive media as a way of teaching vocabulary to English language learners. The game focuses on improving learners’ ability to recognize, spell, and pronounce vocabulary words in an immersive world. It provides players with contextualized learning and experiences to learn a specific vocabulary wordlist. The…
Robot Factory is designed to enhance the cognitive performance of high-performing adults whose everyday tasks involve reasoning and problem solving in information rich environments. The game, played in the context of being a worker drone in a futuristic and dystopian robot factory, was built in collaboration with neuroscientists to engage fundamental cognitive processes that play…
The Radix Endeavor is a multiplayer online game developed by the MIT Education Arcade designed to increase engagement and knowledge in secondary math and biology. Using inquiry and exploration, players build content knowledge and develop skills in problem solving, using models, analyzing data, and communicating information. Players take on roles of mathematicians and scientists and…
