The opening slides for Games for Health Conference 2014 covering where things are and where they might head for both the field, and The Games for Health Project alike.

3. Games for Health: The Promise
Identify, 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

5. 2014 Summer Game Jam
6/20-6/22
SPSU (Atlanta),

6. September 5-7, 2014
!
Conference
September 8-9, 2014
!
Kuopio, Finland

9. Silent Enemy

17. “Video gaming enhances cognitive
skills that decline with age”

18. “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.

22. Game
Game
SAAS
Backend
Services
The Battlefield...

23. Game
Game
SAAS
Backend
Services
The Battlefield...

26. “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

27. Game
Health
Tracking
Game
Health
Game
Game
Game
Tracking

28. What Should EVERYONE Play?

29. 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

30. 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

31. The NomNom
GameKit Project
Better Nutrition Games
Food

32. Catch the Fruit
We’re not kidding!

33. Idea: Prototyping Kit!
“Prototype more, suck less”
- Greg Costikyan

34. 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)

35. Verb Sticker/Writing Area
i
IMAGE!
AREA
Icons, Instructions, etc.
Color Code!
Modifier Area
Action Code Area 32 AB
Hunger Cue
+1
Roll to see if you
snack between meals

36. 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

37. http://www.bit.ly/crowdgames

38. 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 ?

39. Human Joysticks
T 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

40. 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 . WAV, . A I F, . O G G , . M P 3
J S O N
S 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 T
J 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 D
W I N D O W S
P H O N E

41. Output
Activity
&
Gesture
Engine
Gestur
al
Activity
One
Handed
“Blind”
Inputs
Other
Environmental
& Device
Camera
GPS
Mic
Time/
Date
Input
Screen
Tilt
Game Engine
Structured Data
JSON
Aural
Background
Speech
Music
SFX Screen
& Device
Screen
Color
LED
Force
Feedback
Log
Web
services
in
Web
services
out
ITTT
Twitter/
FB
TXTs
Photos
Weather
Push
Notificatio
n
Meili Engine
A PhoneGap framework for enabling
active gaming on mobile devices,
Battery

42. Output
Activity
&
Gesture
Engine
Gestural
Activity
One
Handed
“Blind”
Inputs
Other
Environmental
& Device
Camera
GPS
Mic
Time/
Date
Input
Screen
Tilt
Game Engine
Structured Data
JSON
Aural
Background
Speech
Music
SFX Screen
& Device
Screen
Color
LED
Force
Feedback
Log
Web
services
in
Web
services
out
ITTT
Twitter/
FB
TXTs
Photos
Weather
Push
Notification
Battery
Meili Engine Status

43. 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 RY S T O R I E S F O R
N I G H T T I M E WA 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 WA 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

44. Active Gaming Challenge!
Coming August 2014

45. December 7-11, 2014!
Washington, DC
Games
for
Health
Pavilion!

46. Utrecht!
Netherlands!
!
October 27-28
www.gamesforhealtheurope.org

47. Give me your ideas…
Ideas wanted…

48. • 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…