Health Points : Health Gamification S3E3: Dr. Amy Duncan ＜＞ Making Players the Hero of their Journey in Therapeutic Games
Apr 2, 2025
45:26
We’re already at Episode 3!
In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Amy Duncan to explore her work and game development at Sea Monster Impact Games Studio.
Amy has a PhD in Neuropsychology and is a registered Neuropsychologist with a strong background in education and academia. She is hugely passionate about using games to drive learning and behaviour change at scale to create a positive impact in the world.
In this episode, we explore:
- Having the intuition to lead you to knocking on a game studio's CEO's door because you’re so passionate about serious & impactful games
- Creating Human-centered and user-centered and designing games where players become their heroes in their own journey, as a framework for translating gameplay into new knowledge and new real-world behaviors.
- The therapeutic experience of games, connecting with mind, body, environment and music with examples like ‘the last my-stro’ supporting people with PTSD.