2011 International Serious Play Awards

Best of Show Winner:

  • Air Medic Sky One, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands (Games for Health)

Gold Medal Winners:

  • Air Medic Sky One, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands (Games for Health)
  • Aircraft Marshalling Virtual Trainer, Heartwood Inc. (Government/Military)
  • Gamestar Mechanic, E-Line Media (Education)
  • RoboMath, Project Whitecard Inc. (Education)
  • Motion Math HD, Motion Math (Consumer Game)
  • RiggleFish, Texas A&M University (Education)

Silver Medal Winners:

  • McGraw-Hill Education Practice Marketing, McGraw-Hill Education International and Muzzy Lane SW (Education)
  • Fate of the World, Red Redemption Ltd. (Games for Good)
  • Play True Challenge, World Anti-Doping Agency (Games for Good)
  • SpaceChem, Zachtronics Industries (Consumer Game)
  • Emergency Birth, Engender Games Group Lab – University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (Student Entry, Games for Good)*
  • VRDC (Virtual Remote Dome Controller),TNO Defense & Safety and VisionShiftStudios (Government/Military)
  • Treadsylvania, New Mexico State University Learning Games Lab (At Home Learning)

Bronze Medal Winners:

  • Distraction Dodger, Web Courseworks (Education)
  • MiddWorld Online Language Roleplay Game, Middlebury Interactive Languages and Muzzy Lane SW (Education)
  • Waterkeeper, First Nations Education Steering Committee (Education)
  • Game for Science, CREO (At Home Learning)
  • Primaires à gauche, Le Monde (Games for Good)
  • Virulent, Morgridge Institute for Research (At Home Learning)
  • International Racing Squirrels, Playniac (Consumer Game)
  • Devil’s Advocate, UCF Retro Lab (Student Entry, Government/Military)*

*The Serious Play Student Award was sponsored by Microsoft Corporation.

All commercial entries were also reviewed for Serious Play Certification, which assures that a serious game offers a high standard of performance. Certified games are given Serious Play Certification and Seal of Approval. Certification is valid for three years.

The Serious Play 2011 Certification has been given to:

  • Agent Surefire – Breach Buster, MAVI Interactive
  • Aircraft Marshalling Virtual Trainer, Heartwood Inc.
  • Game for Science, CREO
  • Gamestar Mechanic,  E-Line Media
  • History of Biology, Spongelab Interactive
  • MiddWorld Online Language Roleplay Game, Middlebury Interactive Languages
  • Quality Tycoon, TikGames, LLC
  • SmartGate the Game,  IJsfontein Interactive Media
  • Waterkeeper,    First Nations Education Steering Committee
  • Virtual Reality Dome Controller    TNO Defense & Safety and VisionShiftStudios