LSR July Meetup (Gaming to Gamification) Main Presenter: Kam Star of PlayGen

Kam Star – Chief Play Officer, PlayGen

Kam Star is a digital media inventor and an award winning games developer. Creating his first computer game in 1986, he studied Architecture and is deeply passionate about innovation in play, social media and influence.

Founder of PlayGen, Kam designs and develops playful solutions and platforms for delivering engaging experiences across the digital landscape. He has produced games and gamification projects for the BBC, AVIVA, Eden Project, UNESCO, McKinsey, Oxford and Cambridge Universities, NESTA, Ministry of Defence, NHS, Technology Strategy Board, Wellcome Trust, Samsung and many more.

Kam will speak about the Elements of Gamification in the upcoming London Silicon Roundabout July Meetup (Gaming to Gamification) on Thursday, July 7 at the  Innovation Warehouse.

Session brief :

The Elements of Gamification

A quick session that introduces adding game mechanics to sites, brands and content to increase engagement. Discussing the underlying psychology and do’s and don’t of the new black art of gamifying!

 

 

————————————————–

Follow us on Twitter: @Techmeetups

Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LondonSiliconRoundabout

 

Stay updated with the latest news and events happening around the London Silicon Roundabout!

Subscribe to this blog by clicking on the E-mail subscription option on the upper right part of this page.

 

 

LSR July Meetup (Gaming to Gamification) Presenter: Shawdow Cities (Grey Area)

Grey Area is an ambitious young company out to change the way games are understood as part of the life in the city. Based in Helsinki, Finland, the Company was founded to create a breakthrough gaming experience using real world locations as the context for mobile games.

According to Grey Area, they see cities as playing fields and neighborhoods as front lines.

The core group comprises Mikko Hämäläinen, Andreas Karlsson, Teemu Tuulari and Ville Vesterinen with a network of world class investors and advisors.

The World’s first truly mobile MMORPG

Shadow Cities is a global location based MMORPG for iPhone, where you aim to conquer your real world neighborhoods for your team. In Shadow Cities neighborhoods and familiar streets in cities across the world are part of the global game world that is visible to you through your iPhone.

Shadow Cities is a new way to see and understand MMORPG games. Grey Area is building a whole new MMORPG genre by combining location aware mobile gaming with global social gaming. Take Part in the Battle for the Dominance of Your City.

In Shadow Cities you take the role of a modern Mage and join one of the two global teams, learning magic and seeing your surroundings with new eyes. Together with your friends you hunt Shadow Spirits and use spells and strategy to battle over the control of your own city and the cities all over the world.

Shadow Cities is available FREE to download. Click here to View in iTunes.

 

Grey Area will be presenting Shadow Cities at the London Silicon Roundabout July Meetup (Gaming to Gamification) on Thursday, July 7 at the Innovation Warehouse.

————————————————–

Follow us on Twitter: @Techmeetups

Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LondonSiliconRoundabout

 

Stay updated with the latest news and events happening around the London Silicon Roundabout!

Subscribe to this blog by clicking on the E-mail subscription option on the upper right part of this page.