Serious Games Showcase & Challenge Australasia 2018 Winners Announced
Announcement posted by Serious Games Australia & New Zealand 03 Jul 2018
SERIOUS GAMES SHOWCASE & CHALLENGE AUSTRALASIA 2018 WINNERS
It is our great pleasure to announce the winners of the 7th annual Serious Games Showcase & Challenge Australasia (SGSCA).
Winners were presented their trophies at SimGHOSTS 2018, a health simulation conference held on the Sunshine Coast, and receive instant entry and $2500 financial support from Simulation Australasia to represent Australia at the global Serious Games Showcase & Challenge held at I/ITSEC in Orlando, Florida, November 26th-30th 2018.
Convenor of the SGSCA Dale Linegar said “The winners this year highlight the wide range of ways that serious games are being used in Australia and New Zealand to educate and inform - from teaching young children about geography and culture, to teaching would be surgeons non-invasive surgery.“
Robert Barry from Cultural Infusion, enjoyed being part of the showcase and challenge.
“This is an incredible honor for Joko’s World: Pocket Planet to be selected as the winner of the Serious Games Showcase & Challenge Australasia in the Industry Category. The whole team has worked hard, and are thrilled to receive it. The nominations this year were incredibly strong, and it was a pleasure to interact with everyone and see the other fantastic work at the showcase. What is truly exhilarating about receiving this award is the recognition and new opportunities it will provide to further the mission of Joko; exciting children and adults about the world with the view to building global harmony.”
Carolyn Mee, of cmee4 Productions, said “It’s very exciting to have won the Serious Games Showcase and Challenge event for the second time. We’re focused on improving health outcomes using games and this award supports our efforts. We look forward to representing Australia at the international event later in the year.”
Robert Barry from Cultural Infusion demonstrating 2018 SGSCA winner ‘Joko’s World: Pocket Planet’ in the Serious Games Showcase at the Simghosts conference on the Sunshine Coast.
2018 INDUSTRY CATEGORY WINNER
Joko’s World: Pocket Planet
Cultural Infusion
https://culturalinfusion.org.au/
Joko’s World: Pocket Planet is a unique game which turns our planet into a puzzle. Playing as Joko, children help find Joko's missing alien friends that have gotten lost while exploring earth. To find the aliens players can fly around the world, match up countries, race against an alien friend, and solve clues to pin-point the locations of these creatures. Players can collect these creatures and earn stickers for special achievements. It is available on Android and iOS devices.
Joko’s World: Pocket Planet by Cultural Infusion
2018 INDIE CATEGORY WINNER
SimuSurg
Cmee4 Productions
The SimuSurg serious game was created with surgeons, for surgeons. Developed in collaboration with the Royal Australasian College of surgeons it simulates minimally invasive surgery and provides an engaging, fun and interactive way to learn about the fundamentals of surgical skills in a gaming environment.
SimuSurg guides players through four levels of clinical scenarios designed to deliver progressively challenging tasks in a virtual surgical environment. Players practice instrument familiarization, degrees of movement, movement scaling and cutting and grasping.
SimuSurg is available for free at the app and play stores.
SimuSurg app screenshot by cmee4 Productions.
Finalists video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgYokWeqT44
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