Brukel has been on our radar for a couple of years now, but the ambitious effort of Miami University professor Bob De Schutter to create a serious game based on the memories of his grandmother, is finally nearing completion. According to De Schutter, who always knew he wanted to recreate the fascinating war stories of Continue reading →
With four days left on the clock, Happs Development (link in Dutch) still needs to raise over € 70.000 of their € 79.000 Kickstarter goal. Quite daunting indeed, but still we’d like to take the time and explain the importance of their work. We often forget words aren’t easy. Society takes language for granted, but Continue reading →
Another day, another neat project rolling out of LuGus Studios. Today’s special is CosmiClean, an educational mobile puzzle game teaching players young and old the importance of recycling through a thrilling space adventure. Players adopt the role of an AI helping astronaut Bob repair his crashed spaceship. Bob – not the sharpest tool in the Continue reading →
We live in a world where, unfortunately, there’s more calories in a cheeseburger than in a cucumber shake. This blatant injustice results in a growing percentage of overweight kids. To tackle this issue, proud FLEGA member Bazookas teamed up with Socialistische Mutualiteiten to develop Yum Runner, a serious game to inform kids about the advantages of Continue reading →
Ever since the war in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, a lot of refugees left their homes for a new life in Europe. It’s impossible for young Westerners to imagine what people from these countries had to endure to make it here. Peacecraft (link in Dutch) is a project aimed at teenagers aged 16-18 to better Continue reading →
Brukel is a project by Belgian game designer and professor Bob De Schutter (he lives in the US and teaches at Miami University). It is a dark historical tale that explores the childhood and teenage years of Bob’s grandmother, Bie Verlinden, who was born at the Brukel farmhouse in 1925. Bob interviewed and recorded his grandmother reminiscing Continue reading →