Students to create educational video game inspired by climate change goals
Students to create educational video game inspired by climate change goals
Students to create educational video game inspired by climate change goals
By Poppy Watson
August 25, 2021
Summary
A game jam - a contest where participants try to make a video game from scratch - was held in July at the Dundee-based university, with various teams submitting ideas for an interactive game inspired by CCS. A judging panel, including figures from leading Scottish game design studios Junkfish and Biome Collective, selected the winning entry.
Now, the victorious team, including game design and production students Cameryn Tuliao, Harry Petch, Jamie Williams and computer games application development student Jordan Han, will have four weeks to turn their concept into a fully playable game.
The game is being created in the lead up to Cop26, where SSE plc is serving as a 'principal partner' to the UK Government.
Following the culmination of Cop26 in November, the game will be used by SSE Thermal to engage and educate a wide range of audiences including schools, demonstrating how CCS can help reach the UK's climate action goals.
Stephen Wheeler, managing director of SSE Thermal, said: "Scotland is a world leader in both energy and video games, and this partnership brings both together in a creative way ahead of the Cop26 conference in Glasgow."We know that young people are fully engaged when it comes to net zero and decarbonisation, so we're excited to see the unique take the winning team will bring to the subject of carbon capture and storage, a cutting-edge technology which we are working to implement at our sites in both Peterhead in Aberdeenshire and Keadby in North Lincolnshire.
Its graduates have a strong track record in delivering similar 'applied games' projects in fields such as education, healthcare and engineering, as well as providing the talent pipeline to Scotland's booming commercial games sector.
We're really looking forward to working with SSE Thermal to develop a fun and educational game, which will bring carbon capture technology to life for people of all ages.
Reference
Watson, P. (2021, August 25). Students to create educational video game inspired by Climate Change Goals. Retrieved October 23, 2021, from https://futurescot.com/students-to-create-educational-video-game-inspired-climate-change-goals/