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TAP Challenge 2023

“bridging caregiver communities: harnessing gaming technologies: empowering patients and lay carers”
In 2022, Roblox, its own mini-metaverse, announced their collaboration with Akili Interactive, the creators of attention deficit disorder treatment EndeavorRx, to create new ways for patients to engage in health through the Roblox platform. The goal is to connect patients’ medical treatments to their favorite virtual worlds. EndeavorRx promotes itself as an FDA-approved treatment for ADHD in children aged 8 to 12. The game, which doctors can prescribe to their patients, rewards them for navigating obstacles and completing tasks in a series of fantasy worlds. Doctors have been able to prescribe it since it was approved for attention deficit hypersensitivity disorder (ADHD) treatment in 2020.
Roblox’s mission is to bring the world together through play. Roblox enables anyone to imagine, create, and have fun with friends as they explore millions of immersive 3D experiences, all built by a global community of developers. For this year’s TAP Challenge, we hope to be able to share how we can also create our own mini-metaverse on the Roblox platform. We will leverage on the Roblox healthcare platform to create customised content, using this content to engage other users in immersive 3D experiences. Through these games, we aim to encourage “participatory medicine” by allowing patients and their families to gain essential health knowledge to participate in their own selfcare.

 

 

“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:

  1. Diabetes Management
  2. Dementia Care
  3. Symptom Management in Cancer Care
  4. Heart Failure Management
  5. Paediatric Care
  6. Maternal and Child Care
  7. Public Health Awareness

Timeline for Storyboard Development:

May

  1. Storyboarding Training – half day, 0900 – 1300, 20 May 2023.
  2. Each team will learn how to design and storyboard using concepts, learning objectives and assessment via measurable learning outcomes.
  3. Each team will learn how to formulate serious game outcome, scoring and analytics.

June:

  1. Coaching clinics will be organised for participating teams.
  2. Submission deadline for storyboard is 10th June 2023.
  3. 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.

The selected storyboards from Healthcare Content Experts’ Teams matched with a Student Game Developer Team are listed below not in any order of merit. Click on each Team to review the details of their storyboards:

Timeline for Roblox Game Development:

July

  1. Each Student Game Developer Team picked a storyboard (listed above) by the Healthcare Content Experts from Part I of the competition.

August

  1. The organisers will provide the necessary Roblox Game Development Training in 4 sessions of 2 hours each. The training sessions shall be conducted online via Zoom. The training sessions are fully sponsored by Serious Games Asia.
  2. The training sessions are as follows:
    • Roblox Training Session 1 – 16th Aug, 5-7pm
    • Roblox Training Session 2 – 23rd Aug, 5-7pm
    • Roblox Training Session 3 – 30th Aug, 5-7pm
    • Roblox Training Session 4 – 6th Sept, 5-7pm

September

  1. Each team of 2-5 persons will develop their Roblox game

October

  1. Each team will submit a playable Roblox experience link.
  2. Includes a 60-120 second video pitch with:
    • An explanation of your project, including footage or screenshots, and how it connects to the given storyboard.
    • A description of the functionality and implementation.
  3. The submission deadline is 20 October 2023 (Friday) at 2359.
  4. The Roblox games will be reviewed by the judges

November

  1. Announcement of winning Roblox Developer Team of the top games will be made known on the 1st 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 2 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 3 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 login to the online registration form.

  1. Registration opens on 15th March 2023.
  2. Registration for Part I will close on 28th April 2023 or when we have the first 30 teams, whichever comes first.
  3. Due to the resource limitation, we will only accept 30 Healthcare Content Expert teams.
  4. The final list of 30 teams will be notified by 5 May 2023 on the Storyboard Training details.
  5. Storyboard Training session is a half (1/2) day session from 0900 – 1300 on the 20 May 2023.

The registration fees and Storyboard Training fees are fully sponsored by SingHealth Group Nursing.

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, (3) email address and (4) selected Healthcare Content Expert’s storyboard.
  • [Compulsory] At least 1 team member from 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 storyboards listed above. 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 team will submit a playable Roblox experience link along with a 60-120 second video pitch with:
    1. An explanation of their project, including footage or screenshots, and how it connects to the given storyboard.
    2. A description of the functionality and implementation.
  • Each submission will be reviewed by a panel of judges.
  • The top 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 details here.

  1. Registration opens on 3rd July 2023.
  2. Registration for Part II will close on the 24th July 2023.
  3. The final list of Student Game Developer teams are matched with their storyboards by 31 July 2023.
  4. The final game submission is on the 20 October 2023 (Friday) by 2359.

The registration fees and Roblox Development Training fees are fully sponsored by Serious Games Asia.

Judging Criteria

1. Game adhering to SME’s learning objectives in storyboard 15
2. Game functionality and overall user experience 20
3. Game assessment points (different unique assessment points interest within a stage) 20
4. General aesthetic qualities (colour choice, density, focus of interest, etc.) 10
5. Game environment consistency (assets feel like same materials from the same world) 10
6. Game creative solutions to limitations within the engine 10
7. Video quality and presentation of the gameplay ideas 15
Total 100

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

Talk to us if you have any questions! You may reach out to us at: ivan@seriousgamesasia.com
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