Getting ready to hexplore 2024
Hexplorando, Antura goes to Europe, La Noria online, Discord Community
Hi, this is Video Games Without Borders and you are reading our fresh new newsletter.
After 8 years from our foundation we are about to level up with new projects and an international reorganization.
Every month we’ll send you an email with updates on the games we are working on, insights from our community and information on social impact games.
We also renewed our community platform, from Slack we moved to Discord.
Please stay tuned, join our community and let’s play together.
Wish you an Happy and Impactful 2024!
▶️ Hexplorando
We want to present you the latest project we are collaborating on: “Hexplorando” is a relaxed 3D puzzle that allows you to discover Spain, its territory and its heritage through thousands of mini-puzzles.
We are developing it with the help of the Spanish Ministry of Culture and we presented it last week at the Bilbao International Games (BIG) Conference. The reception of the game was great and we have received a boost of energy and love for the next phases of development. We will keep you informed of any progress.
Heplorando will be released on Steam in 2024 and this is the pre-release page where you are invited to see the preview video and put it on your Wishlist!
▶️ Antura goes to Europe
We started the Antura and the Letters project in 2016 as a free and opensource videogame to teach syrian kids to read in arabics. It has been awarded several times and evolved in the years including other languages like ukrainian, persian, polish, french, english, hungarian, russian, german.
A few weeks ago Francesco and Stefano were in Cologne to kickoff a new European Erasmus Plus project that will evolve Antura to teach cultural elements to kids migrating around Europe. In next three years we’ll upgrade everything and test with migrant kids both in France and in Poland.
We’ll keep you informed with this newsletter and you are free to follow the opensource development at 👉🏼 https://github.com/vgwb/Antura/
📖 EdTech solutions and conflict-affected children
“In times of conflict and war, EdTech enables us to reach these children who are living in tremendously challenging environments.” (Roberta Golinkoff)
What kinds of EdTech solutions can benefit conflict-affected children? In this three-part series, Aisha Schnellmann speaks with EdTech leaders about new apps and programs, the impact EdTech could have beyond formal education, and overcoming the unique challenges of reaching children in difficult circumstances.
Francesco Cavallari participated in this conversation:
https://bold.expert/can-edtech-bridge-learning-gaps-for-conflict-affected-children/
https://bold.expert/can-edtech-support-more-than-learning-for-conflict-affected-children/
https://bold.expert/the-challenges-of-implementing-edtech-solutions-for-conflict-affected-children/
▶️ La Noria videogame
Last summer we released this small videogame that explains the work of the Center for Social Innovation La Noria in the Province on Malaga, Spain, 👉🏼 https://vgwb.org/projects/lanoria/
It was initially released as mobile game but now you can play it online with localizations in english and italian: 👉🏼 https://vgwb.itch.io/noria
Please tell us what you think in the comments or on Discord!
PS: it’s free and open-source on GitHub, if you are interested.
🕺Our community on Discord
If you feel the need to stay in contact with people like us or participate in the design or development of social impact games, test new projects, help translations or just find people who promotes these kind of projects, you are invited to our Discord community server: 👉🏼 https://discord.gg/GYwkaZt
We just require your real name (you can set it just for this server, you know) and a minimal introduction of yourself. Then things could evolve.
If you are reading this newsletter online, you are invited to subscribe, like, comment and share it. We would like to be in touch with all the international community of people interested in social impact games.