Tomorrow SciBoard Games will be 4 years old. In 4 years and
with a tight budget we managed to release a digital game for the Android system
"Adna's Lab"
(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sciboardgames.adna), produce
a board game, participate in the final of the European Educational Games
Competition in Scotland, travel to Dusseldorf-Germany to disseminate our
product a bit further and even prepared the demo version of a subsequent game
(Crime Grid) . Obviously, as with any other project that is time consuming and
lives on a very tight budget we wouldn't be able to achieve what we've achieved
without the help of many people that worked alongside our team whether in
partnership, under a temporary contract, as benefactors or just freelancing. It
would be difficult to name names as there were so many involved whilst working
together with very creative and prolific people, but they all know and have
already received our uttermost appreciation.
Times are now changing and we must reassess our presence in
the serious games market, as we also must reassess the best targets for us to
invest our drive and energy, so we not only produce profit for ourselves (as it
should be with any other company), but also participate strongly in the
education of the young masses that are nowadays so entertained with games and
tools and networks that to an extent distract them from the most important
educational and human goals.
There is time for everything to be tasted in life: sports,
social networks, friends, cinema, music, concerts, gatherings, dating, you name
it. However, nothing should be more relevant than education. And that is the
reason why, that even for such a small team like ours, a family team with
strong family values, the decision to support people in need was mainly focused
on two special areas: Education and Health. Through KIVA (https://www.kiva.org/)
and GoFundMe, SciBoard Games has been helping financially challenged people
with small contributions towards their studies and helping them pay their
medical bills. We do it to the extent of our limited capacity, but do not see
it as an obligation, rather as a moral value that we will always instill in our
children.
The future of SciBoard Games will be decided in the months
to come. We might release the demo version of 'Crime Grid' in the virtual
tabletop platform Tabletopia (https://tabletopia.com/) where 'Adna's Lab' is
already there available for anyone to play with friends all over the world
(https://tabletopia.com/games/adna-s-lab). We might try and invest in finding
companies interested in purchasing the rights of the digital game 'Adna's Lab'
or we can just close doors and move on towards different projects leaving
SciBoard Games as a fruitful participation of a family business in the realm of
serious/educational games.
Whatever happens we just would like to thank you for being
with us throughout these four years. And we ask of you to go spread the message
about the different platforms where 'Adna's Lab' has been taken to and
distributed completely free to use. If we reach enough people we can therefore
consider bringing new games to life and re-energise our small project with big
ideas.
Happy Birthday SciBoard Games!
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