LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than 25 studios, publishers, companies and academic student groups addressing the growth of games for learning or “serious games,” have won gold, silver and bronze honors in the 2015 International Serious Play Awards competition.
The program recognizes outstanding examples of titles that deliver a high quality of engagement and learning opportunities for students, employees or other education or training situations. Professional winners include:
Education K-12
Gold
- Bossa Studios and Amplify, Twelve a Dozen, Math
- Amplify and Schell Games, The World of Lexica, Literacy
- Schell Games, Water Bears, Systems Thinking
- THIRTEEN/WNET New York Public Media and Electric Funstuff, Mission US: City of Immigrants, History
- Zachtronics, HabiTactics, Science
Silver
- codeSpark, Inc., The Foos, Science
- Minds On Play LLC, LogicCity Jr., Systems Thinking
- Filament Games, Backyard Engineers, Science
- Asymmetric Publications and Amplify, MasterSwords, Literacy
- Kaasa Health, Meister Cody - Talasia, Math
Bronze
- Second Avenue Learning, Martha Madison, Science
- Classroom, Inc. and FableVision Studios, After the Storm, Literacy
- FlipSwitch, Magnum Pi, Math
Higher Education
Gold
- Triad Interactive Media, Inc., PlatinuMath
Silver
- Toolwire, Toolwire Writing Games
- Rosetta Stone, Discover Languages
Corporate
Silver
- SweetRush and Red Robin, Red Robin’s Guest Central
Bronze
- Interplay Learning and Cengage Learning, Residential Wiring Mastery
- Harvard Business Publishing, Organizational Behavior Simulation; Judgement in a Crisis
- Knowledge Management, IDeaS: a SAS Company: The Revenue Management Challenge
Games for Good
Gold
- Clay Ewing, NERDLab, University of Miami, Unsavory
Silver
- Earth Observatory of Singapore, Earth Girl 2: Preparing for the Tsunami
Healthcare
Gold
- BreakAway Games and USC Institute for Creative Technology, USC Standard Patient
- Kognito, Together Strong
Silver
- Georgia Regents University, Dex: Your Virtual Pet
- Toolwire, Virtual Medical Internship
Bronze
- Little Chicken Game Company and the Center for Applied Games, Coach4Life
- Drexel University & Tata Interactive Systems, Drexel Forensic Healthcare Simulations
- BreakAway Games, Rampart
Museum or Visitor Center
Gold
- Preloaded, Science Museum, Rugged Rovers
- Intuitive Company, Koshland Science Museum, Extreme Event
Government/Military
Gold
- CYCLES team and IARPA (via the Air Force Research Laboratory), CYCLES Carnivale
- ARL STTC and Virtual Heroes, Combat Medic
Student winners in the competition include:
Games for Good
Gold
- Carnegie Mellon University, Jayu (Freedom)
- Carnegie Mellon University, Decisions That Matter
Bronze
- DigiPen Institute of Technology, girl, i see right thru you
Healthcare
Gold
- Abertay University, Sanitarium
- Carnegie Mellon University, SuperBreathers
Museums & Visitor Centers
Bronze
- University of Southern California, Temporality
For more information, go to www.seriousplayconference.com/awards.