Power-up for life

using serious games & gamifications

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The road to a million power-ups!
8D Games employs the power of play to teach children and young adults about life skills. For example: learning how to stand up for yourself, being open to new experiences and taking good care of your body and mind. All our projects bring about positive change. We are mainly active in education, the social domain and health care.

Each power-up brings the player closer to unlocking a healthy and happy life. For some, a power-up is completing a bike ride after a period of inactivity; for others it is about finding the courage to discuss a difficult subject during an educational board game.

Learn more about or methods

Take a look at our finished projects!

Game on sexual health

Game on sexual health

Practice improvement & culturally sensitive care

Shkorey (‘darling’ in Tigrinya) is developing a digital game environment that provides Eritrean newcomers to the Netherlands with information on the human body, sexuality, birth care and raising small children in the Netherlands.

8D Games, together with leading Ghanaian studio Leti Arts, is responsible for the graphic and technical realisation. We also developed the concept for the game in co-creation with young people and healthcare professionals.

EducatieZorg
Serious game

Can virtual reality support healthcare professionals?

In collaboration with Leeuwarden Medical Centre, we are working on a virtual reality training course on resuscitating newborn babies especially for healthcare professionals.
Zorg
Gamification

How do you develop soft skills in teenagers?

Success in the workplace often requires more than just professional knowledge and skills. You also so-called ‘soft skills’, such as communicating well and organising your work productively. How can we…
Educatie
Gamification

How to increase biking enjoyment among children

Cycling is healthy, we all know that. But how do you make a cycling trip interesting and feasible for young families? For the Province of Groningen, we investigated what games…
Bewegen
See all the projects by 8D Games

Looking for behavioural change?

Launch your project together with us. We will work together with you, your target audience, and all involved to establish a solid foundation for your game or gamification. More competence, less risk.

Give us your problems

(and not your solutions)

Want an innovative solution to your problems? But you have no idea where to start? Perfectly fine! This gives us the opportunity to be involved from the very start of your project. Contact us for a free of charge introductory meeting to clear things right up.


Questions? Need a sparring partner?

Call 058 843 57 57

Mail johan@8d-games.nl

Johan likes to think along!

“Thanks to their ‘fun’ factor, games can be a very nice way to start the dialogue in an accessible way and in this way stimulate multidisciplinary cooperation. If those games can also be played online, any logistical and organizational barriers will also be removed. For our project, that was the perfect combination.“

Case: eZoon

Dr. Nienke Beerlage-de Jong

Assistent Professor

“Very professional and very patient team, who can communicate well even in contradictory situations.”

Case: ACBC

Csilla Lazar

Spektrum Educational Center Foundation

“While playing the games, the patients were much less aware of their complaints, so they moved more freely. Shifting the focus clearly offers opportunities. In this case, the name ‘serious gaming’ is incorrect: it makes the exercises less serious and takes the sting out of it.“

Lise Beumeler

Promovenda Rijksunversiteit Groningen (Campus Fryslân)

“I have only positive things to say about the collaboration with 8D-Games. They have created games with high level of quality. We are collaborating for the ACBC project and their contribution is very important.”

Case: ACBC

Maria Skoufi

Senior Project Management

Choose your player

All our expertise under one roof

We are a motley crew of characters with all our unique sets of skills. This way we’re ready to facy (almost) any challenge! From splendid digital games to boardgames, card games, and even course material.


Maarten Stevens
CEO
Johan van der Meulen
Innovation Director
Giel Hekkert
Creative director
Jeanneau Boons
Consultant
Nicole van den Berg
Communicatieadviseur
Nynke Bruinsma
Communicatieadviseur
Stephan Burghout
Product Owner
Bas Altenburg
Product Owner & Game Designer
Sven Snoek
Marketeer & Accountmanager Europa
Sietse Hoekstra
Lead Software Engineer
Joyce van der Zon
Allround Game Artist
Edwin ten Wolde
Concept Artist
Daniël Steen
Stagiair Product Owner
Inge Hettinga
Multimedia Specialist
Bart van Ruiten
Multimedia Specialist
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The invaluable value of Erasmus+ projects: learning what it means to be European

Over the past few years I have had the opportunity to participate in a number of Erasmus+ projects. For those unaware; projects under the Erasmus+ programme are aimed at solving…
Game for European School about Growth Mindset

In collaboration with educational partners from Romania, Cyprus, Estonia, and the Netherlands, 8D Games is working on the “Growth Game” – an innovative way to promote the growth mindset among primary school students. The game, inspired by the theory of renowned psychologist Carol Dweck, is expected to be launched in the spring of 2024.
Playful practice in speaking and reading

The Center for Language and Speech Technology at Radboud University Nijmegen and the game company 8D Games collaborated to investigate the possibilities of speech technology within games that promote reading and speaking skills. During the project, the game concept and functional prototype DigiJuf was developed and tested at various stages with children in elementary schools.

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