Doctor Who Game Combines Gameplay with Teaching Kids to Code | Paul BENNUN
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Delivered at Casual Connect Europe in Amsterdam, February 2015.
This session will explore best practice and potential pitfalls of making a game to teach coding skills to young audiences. Focussing on the case study of the BBC’s most recent game based on Doctor Who one of the Anglosphere’s best-loved TV properties, it will also cover some of the unexpected issues of bringing linear media brands into the interactive world. Paul Bennun, CCO of Somethin’ Else, is a multiple BAFTA-winning creator, director and producer of games and interactive entertainment including the best reviewed iOS app ever to come from a UK studio according to Metacritic.