This presentation from the 7th Annual Games for Health Conference details some evolved thinking of possible ways to target the space for advancement with a series of specific games on large-scale health topics.

1. GAMES FOR HEALTH 2.0
WHERE SHOULD GAMES FOR HEALTH HEAD NEXT?

2. WHAT I’M PLAYING LATELY...

4. WHERE WE ARE...
6-10 YEARS OLD
ONLY A HANDFUL OF AMAZING GAMES
ARE ANY OF THESE SUCCEEDING AT SCALE?
TOO FEW PEOPLE CHASING THE BEST
OPPORTUNITIES

5. OR US?
SCALE
“SUPER MARIO HEALTH”
“GAMES EVERYONE
SHOULD PLAY
VS. DISEASE GAMES”

6. A CRITIQUE...
DISEASE STATE BASED FOCUS BY DEFAULT
COMMON REASONS FOR THIS
ORIGINALLY FOCUSED ON GUIDING FOUNDATIONAL IDEAS...
RESEARCH, COMMUNITY & SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, ESTABLISHING PREMISE,
GROWING TAXONOMY PROOF, IDENTIFYING LEADERS
NOT THINKING OF WHAT GAMES WE REALLY NEEDED OR A GUIDING
APPROACH TO THAT
SCALE WAS HOW BIG THE CONFERENCE, COMMUNITY, AND
OVERALL ACTIVITY REACHED

7. GAME-BASED
HEALTH RECORD
ECOSYSTEM
VISUALIZATION
GAMES FOR HEALTH PROJECT

9. FRIENDS & FAMILY
SOCIAL
NETWORKS
GAMES SENSORS GAMES PHRS
PROFESSIONALS

10. WHAT HAPPENED?
GREATER NOTIONS OF HEALTH BEGIN TO EVOLVE...
WE LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT HEALTH
BETTER SENSE OF COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES
SAW MORE OF WHAT PEOPLE WERE (NOT) DOING

12. KEY THOUGHTS...
RETAIL VS. HEALTH IMPACT
ALIGNING FORCES BETTER
SIMPLIFY OUR SENSE OF WHAT WORKS
SEARCH WITHIN OUR FRUSTRATION

13. SCALE

14. INFRASTRUCTURE

15. GAMES AS COMMUNITY PLATFORM
VS.
COMMUNITY AS GAME PLATFORM

16. 3 ITEMS...
SCALE
INFRASTRUCTURE
GAMES AS PLATFORMS

17. WHAT WOULD REAL SCALED
PROJECTS LOOK LIKE?

18. EVERYONE

19. WHAT SHOULD
EVERYONE PLAY?

20. POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY & PERMA GAMES

21. FIRST AIDE

22. EXERGAMING

23. WALKING

24. NUTRITION

25. HEALTHY ME

26. RISKYME

27. PROBABILITY?

28. ANTI-DRUG, SMOKING,
STD, ALCOHOL

29. COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT

30. DE-PRIORITIZE
“POST-HEALTHY STATE”

31. “SUPER MARIO HEALTH”

32. EVERYONE ALIGNED?

33. NEXT STEPS...

34. THANK YOU!
@BENSAWYER
BSAWYER@DMILL.COM