#PLAYSERIOUSLY
HACKATHON
Applied Game meets Psychology on the playground
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The Project: #playseriously
CEI CENTRAL EUROPE INITIATIVE is a European funding program specifically aimed at the countries of the South-East region of our Continent. CEI aims to support initiatives that foster knowledge exchange and mobility between institutions operating in the field of education.
SAE Institute is the lead academy of the #PLAYSERIOUSLY project, which involves hosting a hackathon to develop a concept for an inclusive and psychoeducational video game.
As with all initiatives of this kind, there are a few rules:
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Start from a brief
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Develop an inclusive, fun digital game for children aged 5-7
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Win the prize
We are starting right now to walk you through the collaborative creation of an unprecedented event, unique in its international scope and ambition: building a tool that uses gaming to screen for predictors of potential learning disabilities in preschool age.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
The hackathon is a creative experience open to students, alumni, and young professionals with expertise in the following areas:
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Game Design
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Game Art
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Psychology
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Philosophy
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Pedagogy
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Programming
Teams will be formed based on the number of registrations. When registering, you can indicate the names of two potential teammates.
REGISTRATION & PARTICIPATION
To register, you must:
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fill out the form below.
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Send the signed terms and privacy consent form to cts.milano@sae.edu.
Both steps are mandatory. Incomplete registrations will be considered invalid.
The event will take place in a blended format:
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online on Discord
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offline at the SAE Institute Milan campus on November 12, 2022, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Registrations close on October 30, 2022.
MILANO DIGITAL WEEK
Opening the Hackathon, from 9:30 AM to 10:15 AM, a round table for Milano Digital Week will be held on the theme of “The Development of Limits”.
Moderator: Mario Petrillo
Speakers:
Pier Luca Lanzi – Politecnico di Milano
Claudia Molinari – We Are Muesli
Paolo Bigazzi Alderigi – SAE Institute
Prizes
The final ceremony will feature the awarding of prizes by the jury:
1. Winning Team: €1,500.00 + Higher Edukit Premium
2. 2nd Place Team: €1,000.00 + Higher Edukit Basic;
3. 3rd Place Team: €500.00 + Higher Edukit Basic.
The Higher Edu Pack consists of classes on topics related to cognitive psychology, linguistics, game design, legal aspects of the game industry, and game art. The lectures will be held online according to a schedule set by SAE Institute and its partners.
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HIGHER EDUKIT BASIC
HIGHER EDUKIT PREMIUM
WINNERS
After careful deliberation, the jury—featuring Petar Mavrodiev, Fabio Viola, and Giuseppe Virgilio—evaluated the submitted projects and selected the following winning teams:
1ST PLACE: Team 3 – Bombetta
2ND PLACE: Team 13 – Fluffy
3RD PLACE: Team 18 – Douch Space Adventure
#PLAYSERIOUSLY is a project by CEI and SAE Institute Milan. Partner Institutions: SAE Institute Belgrade (Serbia) • Babes-Bolyai University (Romania) • University of Banjia Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) • University of Crne Gore (Montenegro) • University of Szeged (Hungary) • Play-Ability • Hogrefe. Technical Partner: DGT Info.
#PlaySeriously is under the patronage of AIRIPA and is part of Milano Digital Week.
