“Play is our brain’s favourite way of learning.”
~ Diane Ackerman~
TAP Challenge 2023 will be divided into two parts.
- Part I: Healthcare professional teams will learn the best practices to conceptualize and design comprehensive storyboards for development of their Patient and Lay Carer Empowerment Games in Roblox.
- Part II: Tech-savvy student game developer wannabes will learn how to create and develop the Patient and Lay Carer Empowerment Games designed by the healthcare content expert teams in Part I on the Roblox platform itself.
Part I : Healthcare Content Experts
For healthcare professionals participating in Part I, each participating team should constitute between 2 to 5 persons only. By the end of Part 1, each team should be able to:
- Understand the concepts of serious games.
- Design a game storyboard with clear concepts, learning objectives and learning outcomes.
- Develop a serious game storyboard based on best practices and evidence-based frameworks.
The healthcare topics for storyboarding this year are as follows:
- Diabetes Management
- Dementia Care
- Symptom Management in Cancer Care
- Heart Failure Management
- Paediatric Care
- Maternal and Child Care
- Public Health Awareness
Timeline for Storyboard Development:
May
- Storyboarding Training – 1 day, 0900 – 1600, 20 May 2023 at SingHealth Academia. (Please note: Participants will need to find their own lunch while tea breaks will be available)
- Each team will learn the differences of gamifications, serious games, and simulations.
- Each team will learn how to design and storyboard using concepts, learning objectives and assessment via measurable learning outcomes.
- Each team will recognise the different genres of serious games and discuss common game lingos.
- Each team will learn how to formulate serious game outcome, scoring and analytics.
June:
- Coaching clinics will be organised for participating teams.
July:
- Submission of storyboards.
- Top 10 storyboards will be selected for Part II.
Part II : Student Game Developers
For student game developers participating in Part II, each participating team should constitute between 2 to 5 persons only. Each team must:
- Undergo the training sessions to develop a Roblox game.
- Undergo an interview session with the healthcare content experts on their requirements for the Roblox game storyboard.
- Develop a complete playable Roblox game.
Timeline for Roblox Game Development:
August
- Roblox Game Development Training – 4 sessions of 2 hours each. This is confirmed to be an online training session. (dates to be announced soon)
- Each team will pick a storyboard produced by the subject matter experts from Part I of the competition
September
- Each team of 2-5 persons will develop their Roblox game
October
- Each team will submit their Roblox game
- The Roblox games will be reviewed by the judges
November
- Announcement of winning Roblox Developer Team and presentation of the top games at Nurses’ Innovation Day (1 November 2023)
We are excited to provide all Healthcare Content Experts with an opportunity to design a serious game developed with Roblox. No prior knowledge is required.
To participate in the TAP-Challenge 2023, follow the two-step registration.
Step 1
- To encourage fellowship and collaboration, individual nurses & pharmacists can form pure or mixed teams of maximum five (5) or a minimum of two (2) persons. Not all team members must be nurses/pharmacists, only the team leader and co-leader must be.
- Each individual can only participate in one (1) team.
- The details for each member needed includes: (1) name, (2) organisation, (3) email address, (4) team role.
- [Compulsory] Each team will need to attend the Storyboarding Training consisting of 4 sessions of 2 hours each. Absence from the training session will instantly disqualify the team. The Storyboarding Training is fully sponsored by SingHealth Group Nursing.
- Training will cover the basic understanding of serious games with an emphasis on “Evidence-based Design Storyboarding”.
Step 2
- [Compulsory] Each team will have 8 weeks to conceptualise their storyboard, using the given template, to clearly explain the purpose of the game, the expected learning outcome, the narration of their chosen content, the proposed game mechanics, and related game aesthetics.
- Each submission will be reviewed by a panel of judges.
- The top 10 submissions will be selected for the student developers to select as their game storyboard for development.
- The top 3 winning storyboards will also get to win cash prizes of S$300, S$200 and S$100 respectively.
In order to participate, please look out for the registration form here.
- Registration opens on 15th March 2023.
- Registration for Part I will close on 28th April 2023 or when we have the first 30 teams, whichever comes first.
- Due to the resource limitation, we will only accept 30 Healthcare Content Expert teams.
- The final list of 30 teams will be notified by 5 May 2023 on the Storyboard Training details.
- Storyboard Training session is a 1 day session from 0900 – 1600 on the 20 May 2023 at the SingHealth Academia. At least 1 participant from the team must attend the full day training session. (Please note: Participants needs to find their own lunch at the vicinity while morning and afternoon tea breaks will be catered.)
The registration fees and Storyboard Training fees are fully sponsored by SingHealth Group Nursing.
To register your Healthcare Content Expert Team, CLICK HERE.
Any questions regarding the competition can be submitted by email to: ivan@seriousgamesasia.com.
We are excited to provide Student Game Developers with an opportunity to develop a serious game with Roblox. No prior coding knowledge is required.
To participate in the TAP-Challenge 2023, follow the two-step registration.
Step 1
- To encourage fellowship and collaboration, each developer team must consist of at least two (2) persons.
- Each individual can only participate in one (1) team.
- The details for each member needed includes: (1) name, (2) organisation, and (3) email address.
- [Compulsory] Each team will need to attend the Roblox Development Training consisting of 4 sessions of 2 hours each. Absence from the training session will instantly disqualify the team. The Roblox Development Training is fully sponsored by Serious Games Asia.
- Training will cover the basic understanding of serious games with an emphasis on “Evidence-based Game Development”.
Step 2
- [Compulsory] Each team will have 6 weeks to develop their Roblox game, choosing 1 of the 10 storyboards provided from Part I. Clearly demonstrate the purpose of the game, the expected learning outcome, the narration of their chosen content, the proposed game mechanics, and related game aesthetics.
- Each submission will be reviewed by a panel of judges.
- The top 10 submissions will be selected for actual game deployment in TAP.
- The top 3 winning Roblox games will also get to win cash prizes of S$300, S$200 and S$100 respectively.
In order to participate, please look out for the registration form here.
- Registration opens on 1st June 2023.
- Registration for Part II will close on the 14th July 2023 or when we have the first 30 teams, whichever comes first.
- Due to resource limitation, we will only accept 30 Student Game Developer teams.
- The final list of 30 Student Game Developer teams will be notified by 28 July 2023 on the Roblox Game Development Training.
The registration fees and Roblox Development Training fees are fully sponsored by Serious Games Asia.
Any questions regarding the competition can be submitted by email to: ivan@seriousgamesasia.com.
Organised by
Serious Games Asia
SingHealth Group Nursing
SGH Pharmacy
College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Supported by
Amazon Web Services