Blast From The Past
Year
2008
Type
Digital Game
Contribution
Game Design
Graphic Design
Research
Dissemination
Blast from the Past (Dutch: De Grote Teletijdshow!) is a game designed for both grandchildren and grandparents would to enjoy, while simultaneously teaching them about each other's culture. The development of the game was key in the construction of the P-III framework for serious game development.
Blast From The Past resulted in a number of academic publications, including but not limited to:
De Schutter, B. & Vanden Abeele, V. (2014). Blast From The Past: Applying the P-III Framework to Facilitate Intergenerational Play between Grandparents and Grandchildren. Gerontechnology, 13(2), 163
Vanden Abeele, V., De Schutter, B., Geurts, L., Desmet, S., Wauters, J., Husson, J., Van Audenaeren, L., et al. (2012). P-III: A player-centered, iterative, interdisciplinary and integrated framework for serious game design and development. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 1(280), 82–86.
Vanden Abeele, V., De Schutter, B., Husson, J., Vos, G., & Annema, J. (2008). e-Treasure: Fostering intergenerational play by means of a digital game. Presented at Meaningful Play 2008, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.