Awards & Recognitions
Our collection of awards serves as a testament to our collaborative spirit and commitment to quality. Take a stroll through our journey of innovative serious games development and the ways in which we contribute to the serious gaming landscape.
We’ve received multiple awards for our games Distress!, Reducept, Water Battle, Gryphon Rider and Underground. We also held a Tech Talk at the Google HQ and starred on the Netflix show “Bill Nye Saves the World”.
GOLD MEDAL International Serious Play Awards
BEST SERIOUS GAME & BEST CO-CREATION Game Bakery Awards
SILVER MEDAL & SILVER VR MEDAL International Serious Play Awards
WORLD SUMMIT AWARD
In category Health & Wellbeing
BRONZE MEDAL International Serious Play Awards
SILVER MEDAL International Serious Play Awards
BRONZE MEDAL International Serious Play Awards
INNOVATION AWARD
Sensus Reach Innovation Awards
BEST SERIOUS GAME
Dutch Game Awards
BEST APPLIED GAME DESIGN Dutch Game Awards
HONOURABLE MENTION Aquatechs Innovation Awards
BEST SERIOUS GAME & BEST APPLIED GAME DESIGN Dutch Game Awards
Grendel Games on Netflix
Can video games change the world? Bill Nye answers this question in episode 7 of the first season of “Bill Nye Saves the World”. Correspondent Derek Muller visits Tim Laning and Henk ten Cate Hoedemaker from the UMCG to learn more about Underground, our game that is scientifically proven to teach laparoscopic surgery skills. You can watch the full episode on Netflix.
Underground on BBC Horizon
In the BBC Horizon documentary “Are Video Games Really That Bad?”, Underground is mentioned as an example of how games can have a positive impact on our lives. Surgeon Henk ten Cate Hoedemaker from the UMCG explains how this game enables surgeons in training to learn laparoscopic skills in a unique way.
TEDx: Designing for Behavioural change
At TEDxFryslân 2015, our co-founder Tim Laning gave a TEDx talk about developing serious games in a cross-sectoral way. Because sometimes, the least likely combinations yield the best results.
TechTalk about Underground at Google
Tim Laning, Henk ten Cate Hoedemaker and Jetse Goris from the UMCG were invited by the Google Headquarters in San Jose to give a TechTalk on their unique collaboration during the making of the laparoscopic training game Underground. Tim, Henk and Jetse are the first Dutch people invited to speak during the Google TechTalks.
