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Happy Eggs: Educational game in museum Corpus May 29, 2019 - Virtual Play has made an educational museum game for the organisation “Blij met een Ei” (Happy about Eggs). Discover interesting facts about chickens and eggs, while playing this addictive game. As of today you can admire this exhibit in Corpus Museum. We challenge you to beat the high score!
Looking for interns May 24, 2019 - For the September 2019 – January 2020 period Virtual Play is looking for talented interns once again, to help with Hatchball, Dules, Soccer Nations, and other projects. We will at least have room for game developers (programmeurs), preferably at Bachelor-studies skill level. Mail to [email protected] For more info also check the Jobs page on this […]
Fear Factory in the media May 18, 2019 - The Fear Factory is getting a lot of visitors, and positive reception in the media so far! “The Fear Factory is both completely absurd, and disturbingly close to reality.” Check the Fear Factory website for bookings. Come and admire our installation too!
Workspaces for rent May 11, 2019 - Virtual Play has quiet workspaces (desks) for rent, amongst creative young entrepreneurs in the Dutch Game Garden, 5th floor of the Beatrix Building, directly adjacent to the Central Station. Rent € 135 per month. Including service costs, 24/7 guarded building, unlimited use of all utilities: electricity, internet, coffee / tea / hot chocolate, use of […]
Hatchball playtests May 1, 2019 - One of the entertainment games we’re working on at the moment is Hatchball: a pinball game with eggs. Guide these toward their nest and hatch cute Hatchlings. We’ll have regular playtest sessions at the networking lunch of the Dutch Game Garden, every first Wednesday of the month. Register to visit, mail to: [email protected]
Fear Factory premiere April 13, 2019 - The busy opening of the Fear Factory was a great success – the premiere was even fully sold out! Want to get some tickets? Make sure to get them soon… The Fear Factory will be in Utrecht until June 13. Don’t miss your chance to experience our VR & biometrics installation!
IMPRESS artwork March 10, 2019 - Virtual Play made artwork for an educational game, which is part of a European project (IMPRESS) to help students learn software engineering through gamification. In this tower defense game students learn programming in a playful way. The retro-style and colours add a coding language feel to the game, while the towers are artistic impressions of […]
VR & biometrics March 8, 2019 - Virtual Play is finalizing a thrilling experience with VR and biometrics. We’ve built this project for the Fear Factory. Anxious to know more? From April 12 you can find out for yourself, live! Stay posted on this website for updates too.
Colddigger March 6, 2019 - One of the projects we’re working on right now is Colddigger, our new co-op/1v1 game where you cooperate… OR NOT – to dig your way out of an avalanche. We did some first playtests at the Dutch Game Garden networking lunch today! Curious? Come check it out sometime, and stay posted.
Digital Learning Environment and Website February 1, 2019 - We’ve made a website and digital learning environment for the academy for dentistry and orthodontics: Integrated Dentistry. The first exams have been done via this learning environment too.