Project Sanitarium: gaming TB - A serious game for a serious problem

Iain Donald; Karen Meyer; Stephen Henry Gillespie; Ruth Bowness; John Brengman

doi:10.1109/VS-GAMES.2015.7295782

Project Sanitarium: gaming TB - A serious game for a serious problem

Iain Donald, Karen Meyer, Stephen Henry Gillespie, Ruth Bowness, John Brengman

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Abstract

Collaborative projects between Industry and Academia provide excellent opportunities for learning. Throughout the academic year 2014-2015 undergraduates from the School of Arts, Media and Computer Games at Abertay University worked with academics from the Infection Group at the University of St Andrews and industry partners Microsoft and DeltaDNA. The result was a serious game prototype that utilized game design techniques and technology to demystify and educate players about the diagnosis and treatment of one of the world's oldest and deadliest diseases, Tuberculosis (TB). Project Sanitarium is a game incorporating a mathematical model that is based on data from real-world drug trials. This paper discusses the project design and development, demonstrating how the project builds on the successful collaborative pedagogical model developed by academic staff at Abertay University. The aim of the model is to provide undergraduates with workplace simulation, wider industry collaboration and access to academic expertise to solve challenging and complex problems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications, VS-Games 2015
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479981021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VS-GAMES.2015.7295782
Publication status	Published - 16 Sept 2015
Event	Seventh International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications: VS-Games 2015 - Portalen building, University of Skövde, Sweden Duration: 16 Sept 2015 → 18 Sept 2015 http://www.his.se/en/Research/our-research/Conferences/VS-games-2015/

Conference

Conference	Seventh International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications: VS-Games 2015
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	University of Skövde
Period	16/09/15 → 18/09/15
Internet address	http://www.his.se/en/Research/our-research/Conferences/VS-games-2015/

Keywords

Games with purpose
Games for change
Serious games
Games education
Educational games

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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© 2015. IEEE. This is the accepted manuscript of a conference paper originally submitted to the IEEE 2015 7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-Games), Project Sanitarium: gaming TB - A serious game for a serious problem Donald, I., Meyer, K., Gillespie, S. H., Bowness, R. & Brengman, J. 16 Sep 2015 2015 7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-Games). IEEE, 8 p available from http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=7295782
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Donald, I, Meyer, K, Gillespie, SH , Bowness, R & Brengman, J 2015, Project Sanitarium: gaming TB - A serious game for a serious problem. in 7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications, VS-Games 2015., 7295782, IEEE, Seventh International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications: VS-Games 2015, University of Skövde, Sweden, 16/09/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/VS-GAMES.2015.7295782

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Project Sanitarium: gaming TB - A serious game for a serious problem

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