Games for Change Festival

Games have shown promise to help us survive diseases, heal psychological wounds, understand neuroscience, improve physical fitness, and guide us to a healthier life. For every such game that is an inspiring gem, there are many more that utterly fail in their intended purpose. This session showcases successes and explores the essential elements that make a health-focused game something useful, compelling, and playable. The session will also explore the failures that may have had good intentions but couldn’t cut it as a game. The lessons gleaned from those are also most valuable. Audience interaction welcomed.