Games – THATCamp Florida 2018 http://florida2018.thatcamp.org An Unconference on the Humanities and Technology Mon, 26 Feb 2018 19:32:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 “Field of Cures”: Prototype video game about clinical trials http://florida2018.thatcamp.org/2018/02/08/field-of-cures-prototype-video-game-about-clinical-trials/ Thu, 08 Feb 2018 20:31:26 +0000 http://florida2018.thatcamp.org/?p=176 Continue reading ]]>

I’m working on the core mechanics for a casual video game about discovering cures for diseases by hybridizing plants and testing medicines in a simplified clinical trials process. I would love to have some fellow digital humanists try out my prototype and give me their feedback as well as any suggestions about how a game could teach people a bit of biomedical science while still being fun to play for a broad market of players.

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