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Making gamesfor Wellcome Collection
Digital DimensionsBristol, Friday 13 June 2014
Danny BirchallDigital Manager, Wellcome Collection@dannybirchall
www.wellcomecollection.org/play
Innovation, Collaboration, Evaluation: Making games for Wellcome Collection
Innovation, Collaboration, Evaluation: Making games for Wellcome Collection
3 years, 6 games
Innovation, Collaboration, Evaluation: Making games for Wellcome Collection
2010: A manifesto
Tamagotchi-style games with ‘correct’ choices
Animation with clicks in-between segments
Dry educational outcomes
Illuminating our themes & illustrating our objects
Aimed at adults, not kids
Standalone and shareable
Fun and entertaining in their own right
Innovation, Collaboration, Evaluation: Making games for Wellcome Collection
Innovation, Collaboration, Evaluation: Making games for Wellcome Collection
High Tea
Innovation, Collaboration, Evaluation: Making games for Wellcome Collection
Axon
Innovation, Collaboration, Evaluation: Making games for Wellcome Collection
Magic in Modern London
Innovation, Collaboration, Evaluation: Making games for Wellcome Collection
Who’s the Pest?
Innovation, Collaboration, Evaluation: Making games for Wellcome Collection
Collaborating on content
Innovation, Collaboration, Evaluation: Making games for Wellcome Collection
Working with game developers
Innovation, Collaboration, Evaluation: Making games for Wellcome Collection
Evaluating as we goInnovation, Collaboration, Evaluation: Making games for Wellcome Collection
Piracy = distribution
Innovation, Collaboration, Evaluation: Making games for Wellcome Collection
Innovation, Collaboration, Evaluation: Making games for Wellcome Collection
Investigating player experiences
How come I only understood…
Innovation, Collaboration, Evaluation: Making games for Wellcome Collection
Play/share/talk
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TALK @dannybirchall / d.birchall@wellcome.ac.uk
Innovation, Collaboration, Evaluation: Making games for Wellcome Collection