Showcasing The Best of Innovative Games For Young People

If you want to learn more about alternative games for young people done in Europe you can still visit the exhibition “The Games Europe Plays”, present at The Finnish Institute in London until the 10th of April. The exhibition was curated by body technologist and digital expert Ghislaine Boddington and is part of the London Games Festival Fringe Programme. It brings to the UK the best independent and innovative games for young people (4+) made in Europe, with a strong emphasis on design, virtual interactivity and physical engagement. The exhibition will stay until the 10th of April.

Intelligenthq interviewed Ghislaine Boddington about this interesting and thoughtful exhibition that raises so many questions about the game industry and provides alternatives to the mainstream game scene.

Ghislaine is a body technologist and digital expert and the creative director of body>data>space and Women Shift Digital. She is recognised as an international pioneer advocating the use of the entire body as a digital interaction canvas for over 25 years. A co-creator and director of many art works exploring the hyper enhancement of our human senses through the digital and a lead director of international multi-partner projects, she is co-curator of FutureFest – a festival powered by innovation foundation Nesta and is a Reader at University of Greenwich.

Intelligenthq interviewed as well some of the participants, such as the creators of the companies Gigglebug and Toca Boca and  artist Tine Bech.

Gigglebug is a Finish Company that creates games and films for children Gigglebug’s curriculum has been devised by pedagogical experts in Finland, one of the leading PISA ranked countries in the world. Positive conditioning of young children’s perspective is one of the most important aims of the pre-school curriculum in Finland. Gigglebug teaches positive ways of interacting, and aims to bring joy out of the screen and into the social space where children are playing.

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Another great work present at the exhibition is “Chromatic Play” by Tine Bech. Tine Bech is an artist and facilitator of innovative thinking, merging art and design with the digital language of technology. Tine participated in the exhibition with an interactive light sculpture. “Chromatic Play” consists of three light sculptures that change in colour as you move around them. These sculptural creatures communicate with each other and generate playful schemes as they detect spectators. They create a space of immersion which encourages interactions and exploration.

Swedish Toca Boca‘s gender neutral games was also an interesting project present at the exhibition. Toca Boca’s aim is to make digital toys that help stimulate the imagination, and that you can play together with your kids. Their games have no advertising or in-app purchases. The company started in 2010, and their 29 apps have been downloaded over 100 million times in more than 215 countries.

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