
What are serious games?
Serious games are games that have another purpose besides entertainment. But what are serious games exactly? They are used to promote learning and behavior change.

What is the definition of gamification, how does it work and how to use it effectively
The term gamification has been around for more than 10 years, it is however still relatively new and the term is used quite ambiguously. You’re

Open House – 5 October 2019
We are organizing another open house! Always wanted to have a look in a game studio? Are you crazy about games and want to know

How we develop our serious games concept for effectiveness and fun
Last update: october 2019 Developing a serious game concept (or the gamification of problem solving) requires some extra steps compared to traditional game development, so

How to use Virtual Reality in education
The classroom is changing at a rapid pace. Most schools are already using tablets in their curriculum and some schools are pioneering with the use

Serious Games terminology
Serious games terminology: differences between serious games, gamification and related products and services. At Grendel Games we are often approached by customers who ask for

Automating level testing with AI
Let’s go in depth on using AI to test the levels of a platform game. How do you automate the testing of procedurally generated game

Getting started with motion capture games
Motion Capture is Recording real-life movements from actors and converting them into hyper-realistic 3D animations. Although this technique has been used for over 20 years

Open door day at a games company
The games industry in the Netherlands frequently debates how to better align the requirements of game-education and students to those of game companies. There’s enough

Dashboards for Serious Games
Over the past few years we’ve seen one aspect of our products become more and more important. This is the ability to reliably answer questions

Open House – 13 April 2019
We are organising another open house! Always wanted to have a look in a gamestudio? Are you crazy about games and want to know how

Personal Space: Introduction
The content below has been reposted from Peculiar Puffin, Tristan’s blog, in which he talks about storytelling, stories and the people who tell them. All

What we’re playing Wednesday: Tim’s favorite
Although game development takes up a lot of our time, we’re also passionate gamers in our spare time. In this weekly item, Grendel monsters will tell

What we’re playing Wednesday: Jan-Jaap’s current favorite
Although game development takes up a lot of our time, we’re also passionate gamers in our spare time. In this weekly item, Grendel monsters will tell

Meet Justin and Quirina
18 September 2018 – A new school year brings a new batch of fresh interns! Justin Hey! I am Justin van der Leij. De programming intern at