Computational Modelling Group

Seminar  31st March 2011 4 p.m.  University of Southampton, Building 85 (Life Sciences) Room 2209

CANCELLED: Third Sector Gaming: Digital Economy USRG Welcomes John Ribbins of Roll7

John Ribbins
Roll7 and Serious Games Institute

Web page
http://www.roll7.co.uk/
Categories
Computer Science, Design, Education, Neuroscience, Software Engineering
Submitter
Petrina Butler

3rd Sector Gaming

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE SPEAKER BEING CALLED AWAY TO SINGAPORE. APOLOGIES BUT WE DO PLAN TO RESCHEDULE. PLEASE EMAIL P.BUTLER@SOUTHAMPTON.AC.UK TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE NEW DATE.

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The Digital Economy USRG welcomes John Ribbins from Roll7:

Roll7 are a small indy developer based in New Cross, South London. They are focussed on creating games, applications and campaigns for 3rd sector organisations. Roll7 create content that teaches or calls young people to action, but we are passionate about not being another boring edu-tainment developer. This talk will cover - learning in games, brain computer interfaces and the G word.

Biography

John is a game designer and programmer who has worked with young people to create games for the last 6 years. John was a leading developer of the FPSC drag-and-drop games design platform, and established it as a tool for teaching on the RollingSound games design course in 2005. John went on to create indie games studio Roll7 with Simon Bennett and Tom Hegarty in 2008 after the release of Channel4's anti-knife-crime game Dead Ends. John was one of the first people to develop games for the NeuroSky mass-market Brain Computer interface and has worked closely with NeuroSky to develop their hardware further.

You can check out roll7's work here: www.roll7.co.uk

Or for John's personal projects, check out the youtube channel here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Peanutbutterfingers?feature=mhum

More info here: http://www.seriousgamesinstitute.co.uk

[John Ribbins is a guest of Graeme Earl and Susan Halford.]

Contact

Please register your interest in attending with Petrina Butler

Multidisciplinary Research Co-ordinator

University Strategic Research Groups

Research and Innovation Services

p.butler@soton.ac.uk

02380 593244