games for health 2014 opening slides

Games for Health: The PromiseIdentify, and make available comparative

advantages all of videogames offer...

Build accessible tools to model & play with health...

Public

Core engagement for active & healthy lifestyle development

Engage & Motivate Change & Support Scale & Sustain

News forms of active communication w/better results

Help People Make Better Choices

2014 Summer Game Jam 6/20-6/22

SPSU (Atlanta),

September 5-7, 2014 !

Conference September 8-9, 2014

!Kuopio, Finland

Silent Enemy

“Video gaming enhances cognitive skills that decline with age”

“I’m sure you’re thinking of Wii Fit, but this is not like anything we have made before…”

The CEO was vague about the details of the new health business, hinting that the device or service could be used "beyond the living room"

unlike the sports and fitness games available for its Wii and Wii U consoles.

Game

Game

SAAS Backend Services

The Battlefield...

Game

Game

SAAS Backend Services

The Battlefield...

“So on the complete outer edge of reality, if they did announce an iWatch, and if it does look amazing, and if you can develop apps for it, i would be so stoked.”

- Zach Gage

Game

Health

Tracking

Game

Health

Game

Game

Game

Tracking

What Should EVERYONE Play?

Not disease based Consumer biz/dist models

multiple health issues ideally global

be healthier immediately... offers population effects

address new health model & health literacy needs

First Aid

Positive Psychology & PERMA

Exergaming

Nutrition

RiskyMe

Healthy Me

Probability

Anti-Drug, Smoking, STD, Alcohol

Cognitive Health

Hygiene/Infectious Health

Stress

Health Finances &Consumption

Vaccines

Crowdsourcing

Self Diagnostics

Emotional Health

The NomNom GameKit Project

Better Nutrition GamesFood

Catch the FruitWe’re not kidding!

Idea: Prototyping Kit!“Prototype more, suck less”

- Greg Costikyan

Food Cards

FRUIT

Alerts

Namespace $

Three Data Boxes

Background color

matches MyPlate

Circle spot ideal for picture

of item

e.g. Common Serving Size, Calories, Fats

1. Allergy 2. Empty Calories 3. Processed 4. Sodium Alert !are 4 possible alerts binary labels to place here

possible contextual

modifier (e.g. whole grain for

grains)

Verb Sticker/Writing Area

iIMAGE!AREA

Icons, Instructions, etc.

Color Code!Modifier Area

Action Code Area 32 AB

Hunger Cue

+1

Roll to see if you snack between meals

Kits• 100+ kits will be ready fall ’14

• Individuals & Organizations apply to receive a kit!

• Kit awardees must produce 1 prototype and post ingredients plus rules

• Sponsored jams, contests to incentivize developers

• Make your own kit files available for download

http://www.bit.ly/crowdgames

W E M A D E T H E W O R L D ’ S F I R S T M O B I L E A C T I V E G A M E E N G I N E …

W H A T I F ?

Human JoysticksT U R N I N G R E A L - W O R L D H U M A N A C T I V I T Y & D E C I S I O N S I N T O I N P U T S T H A T D R I V E G A M E S Y O U P L A Y A S Y O U G O A B O U T Y O U R D A Y Y O U R A C T I O N S A R E T H E J O Y S T I C K

M E I L I A R C H I T E C T U R E

P L AY E R

A U D I O A S S E T S . W AV, . A I F, . O G G , . M P 3

J S O NS T R U C T U R E D D ATA

E N A B L E S E A S Y “ E V E N T D R I V E N ” P R O G R A M M I N G

H T M L ( 5 ) S Y S T E M S U P P O R T S H T M L 5 F O R M O R E A D VA N C E D U I

J AVA S C R I P TJ AVA S C R I P T E N G I N E I S AVA I L A B L E AT “ S O U R C E

C O D E L E V E L ”

P H O N E G A P / C O R D O VA X - P L AT F O R M E N G I N E W /N AT I V E P L U G I N S

I O S A N D R O I DW I N D O W S

P H O N E

Output

Activity &

GestureEngine

Gestural

Activity

OneHanded“Blind”Inputs

Other

Environmental& Device

Camera

GPS

MicTime/Date

Input

Screen

Tilt

Game Engine

Structured DataJSON

Aural

Background

Speech

MusicSFX Screen

& Device

Screen Color LED

ForceFeedback

Log

Web services

in

Webservices

outITTT

Twitter/FB

TXTsPhotos

Weather

PushNotificatio

n

Meili EngineA PhoneGap framework for enabling

active gaming on mobile devices,

Battery

Output

Activity &

GestureEngine

Gestural

Activity

OneHanded“Blind”Inputs

Other

Environmental& Device

Camera

GPS

MicTime/Date

Input

Screen

Tilt

Game Engine

Structured DataJSON

Aural

Background

Speech

MusicSFX Screen

& Device

Screen Color LED

ForceFeedback

Log

Web services

in

Webservices

outITTT

Twitter/FB

TXTsPhotos

Weather

PushNotification

Battery

Meili Engine Status

W H A T C A N Y O U B U I L D W I T H M E I L I

A C T I O N G A M E S N A R R AT I V E S S T R AT E G Y G A M E S

M E I L I C A N F U E L N E W I D E A S F O R A U G M E N T E D G A M E S O F TA G , N E W

S P O R T S , R E A L - T I M E A C T I O N G A M E S B A S E D O N M O V E M E N T

M E I L I ’ S K E Y S T R E N G T H : M O B I L E A U D I O A D V E N T U R E T O O L K I T.

C R E AT E Y O U R O W N G U M S H O E M Y S T E R I E S , S C A R Y S T O R I E S F O R

N I G H T T I M E W A L K S & H I S T O R I C A L N A R R AT I V E S B A S E D O N R E A L

W O R L D L O C AT I O N S

R E S O U R C E M A N A G E M E N T W H E R E Y O U P H Y S I C A L LY M O V E I T E M S

A R O U N D A R E A L M A P

M U S I C G A M E S M E D I TAT I O N R P G S

L O A D U P S O U N D T R A C K S , A N D R E W A R D T H E I R M O V E M E N T W I T H

M E I L I

M E I L I D E T E C T S S T I L L N E S S A S W E L L A S M O V E M E N T

T H E W O R L D C A N B E C O M E T H E M A P

Active Gaming Challenge!Coming August 2014

December 7-11, 2014!Washington, DC

Games for

Health Pavilion!

Utrecht!Netherlands!

!October 27-28

www.gamesforhealtheurope.org

Give me your ideas…

Ideas wanted…

• The shift to being a real business has begun - the stakes are raised!!

• Huge platforms and players are coming - how do you adapt?

• Wearables are about to explode… what can you make?!

• Some of the best games for health are games about health… will you make something too?!

• Some areas (e.g. nutrition) are still wide open… can you crack the code?!

• Bigger partners are helping to level up the field… join us!

Future…