SciTopia: LiveCode in Science

[David Bovill]

This is a call out to anyone using LiveCode in a Scientific setting - or in
the area of public engagement in Science.

I am putting together a bid to create an open archive for scientific games,
and simulations in Science. There will be a particular emphasis on mobile,
but we will also be working with real science data, and API's. I am making
the application to the Wellcome Trust for a 2 year project, at a new Hub to
be built in London. The project will start in September 2014.

The core team are a great group of architect, game designers, and
scientists each with many years experience in biomedical modelling. Prior
to LiveCode going open source, we had concentrated on the Unity3D platform,
but now the real benefits of openly licensed content, and code, which is a
perfect fit for science and the Wellcome remit - makes LiveCode an
important aspect of the project.

We are looking for partners, advice and expressions of interest - the
resource, should we succeed will be open to scientists, companies,
not-for-profits and individual with ideas to develop games, mobile apps,
simulations, for the benefit of biomedical science and it's appreciation
and understanding by the wider public. A bit of a mouthful, but you get the
point :)

So if anyone is interested, or has any suggestions of any individuals or
organisations that may be interested please point them this way. An initial
project web site and description of the project aims and focus will be
online in a couple of weeks.

Thanks in advance,


David