Serious Game Design for Heritage - Workshop 3 - ‘Playtest & Showcase’

It is not necessary to have attended a previous workshop to sign up to this workshop.

Project Overview

This project aims to develop a prototype interactive training tool—a “Serious Game”—to help embed emergency preparedness and disaster response in heritage organisations. Students from the University of Exeter's MA Interactive Storytelling Design will co‑design a simple, portable, “print‑and‑play” simulation based on real heritage risk‑management scenarios. Heritage organisations from will be invited to input into the design, feedback and play-testing of the tool through three workshops.

The aim is to fill a training gap by providing an accessible supplement to professional disaster-management training, while also supporting research into community‑led design and applied game development.

The project is facilitated by a team from the University of Exeter with support from Harwell Restoration, a leading UK archival disaster‑recovery company. Funded by Public Engagement with Research Funding.

Find more at: https://libguides.exeter.ac.uk/c.php?g=656130&p=5356992

Workshop Three ‘Playtest & Showcase’

This will be a larger scale beta playtesting focused on refining prototype and gathering feedback for final stages of production.

Anoyone who works in Heritage (paid or unpaid) is welcome, alongside those who have an interest in game development.

You do not need to have attended a previous workshop in order to atend this event. We're aiming for a wide range of attendees to gather feedback from your experience to shape the way the game is designed.

Accesibility Stipends - A small number of accessibility stipends are available to ensure organisations that would not otherwise be able to send a participant can be involved. Please contact c.walter2@exeter.ac.uk for info

What comes after?

Dissemination - A prototype pack will be disseminated to participating organisations for their own use.