Last month we ran our first Games Jam event in Bath, with developers creating a multitude of original science-related games. Congratulations to all involved. Our games consultant, Tomas Rawlings, has a nice write up on his blog, including links to play all the games by the winning teams.
A busy audience assembled at the ExPlay event in Bath on the 2nd of November to hear the winning games announced from the eight short-listed titles. After much anticipation Professor Bruce Hood awarded the winning teams their prizes:
First Prize: HIVe (Java download, video)
In HIVe the deception moves to a molecular level, where one player is a HIV infected cell disguised as a normal cell, seeking to infect other cells. The second player is an antiretroviral seeking to find and destroy the infection. The developers write, “The objective of the HIV player is to infect as many cells as possible before being caught by the antiretroviral drug player. We felt that the lifecycle of a virus is a constant battle of deception with the body and our game tries to capture this whilst at heart still being a game and being fun. We felt using…
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