Posts Tagged ‘App Store’

The Lost Summer: a game for 11-14 year olds to help develop online intelligence and resilience

Monday, July 9th, 2018

Australia’s Office of the eSafety Commissioner has developed an online game for 11-14 year olds which is now available for free on the App Store, Google Play or on desktop.

The Lost summer immerses players in a futuristic environment where they need to exercise personal and social capabilities such as critical thinking, empathy, resilience, respect and responsibility to complete challenges and advance through the game.

Nic Watt, our Creative Director, was approached by the Office of the eSafety Commissioner to be the game’s Product and Experience Designer. We are delighted and proud that Nic’s vision has been realised in the launch of The Lost Summer.

Find out more about the game, including teachers’ guides and support, from the Office of the eSafety Commissioner site.

GDC Diary (Part 1)

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

Well, how did that happen? It seemed like it was only yesterday we’d finished writing last year’s GDC Diaries. But when you’re constantly working against the clock to make games, months pass in the blink of an eye. A cough could be all that separates GDC in March from E3 in June. One major sneeze and suddenly it’s Thanksgiving. Fart and it’s Christmas…..OK, OK, you get the point, right? No wonder studios find it so hard to estimate when games will be finished. Game development years are way shorter than normal years. That’s a fact. Now the year had turned full circle and it was time to head off to San Francisco yet again for that electronic love-fest they call the Game Developers Conference. (more…)