Impact Gamers

inspiring makers

Games making with Girl Guides for Cardiff Science Festival

In September 2020 Impact Gamers ran “Impact Games” a project to work with Girlguiding Cymru and Cardiff University for Cardiff Science Festival 2021.

We remotely trained up university students in games making.

We then supported these students to run workshops with Girlguide groups in South Wales. Their task was to make a game based off some current research happening by a female scientist.

The results were incredible. See and play them below.

Presenter Elle Osili-Wood looks over the games made

Here are the 9 games and the research their game is inspired from.
Click on a game below to play.


Cancer Research
Dr Karen Reed  

Cancer Research
Dr Karen Reed 
 

Microneedles
Research
Dr Hayley Wyatt

Metal-Organic Frameworks
Dr Corey Smith

Metal-Organic Frameworks
Dr Corey Smith

Antibody-Drug Conjugates
Dr Liliana Ordonez

Antibody-Drug Conjugates
Dr Liliana Ordonez

Star Collisions
Dr Tessa Carver

Star Collisions
Dr Tessa Carver
The final games and researchers who inspired them

Please contact us if your game is not working properly or you are credited incorrectly.

Do you want to make games?

We have several resources to help.

Learn by video – Then check out our getting started videos

Learn by tutorials – APPril is a selection of short tutorials one how to make a basic game

Learn by drawing – Download and print our Code-a-Game booklet

Contact us for more information/help, and follow us on Facebook and YouTube

Want to win a BAFTA for your ideas?

BAFTA runs a Young Games Designer competition, the deadline is March 15th. You still have time to submit your ideas!

You can either submit a game, or an idea. There are two awards within this category – one for 10 to 14 year olds, and one for 15 to 18 year olds.

Check it out http://ygd.bafta.org/