Sea Hero Quest: The World’s first mobile game where anyone can help scientists fight dementia

Matthew Hyde; Maxwell Scott-Slade; Hugo Scott-Slade; Michael Hornberger; Hugo Spiers; Ruth Dalton; Christoph Hoelscher; Jan Wiener; Veronique  Bohbot

Sea Hero Quest: The World’s first mobile game where anyone can help scientists fight dementia

Matthew Hyde (Developer), Maxwell Scott-Slade (Developer), Hugo Scott-Slade (Developer), Michael Hornberger (Other), Hugo Spiers (Other), Ruth Dalton (Designer), Christoph Hoelscher (Other), Jan Wiener (Other), Veronique Bohbot (Other)

Architecture and Built Environment Department

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Abstract

Dementia is a growing health threat. Affecting over 47M people worldwide (135M by 2050), it is becoming one of the greatest medical challenges we face globally. To help scientists working towards finding a cure, we created Sea Hero Quest – a mobile game where anyone can help fight dementia. Sea Hero Quest is a multi-platform adventure game designed specifically to help advance the understanding of spatial navigation, and therefore understand one of the first symptoms of dementia. Sea Hero Quest was developed in partnership with a number of world-leading dementia scientists, spatial navigation consultants and data security specialists (UCL, Cambridge, UEA, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Deutsche Telekom) and global communications agency Saatchi & Saatchi.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Glitchers
Edition	v.1.0
Media of output	Online
Publication status	Published - 3 May 2016

Keywords

Mobile application
Games
Dementia
Wayfinding
Navigation

Access to Document

https://glitchers.com/project/sea-hero-quest/Licence: Other

4 Article
2 Paper
1 Meeting Abstract

Cultural determinants of the gap between self-estimated navigation ability and wayfinding performance: evidence from 46 countries
Walkowiak, S., Coutrot, A., Hegarty, M., Fernández Velasco, P., Wiener, J., Dalton, R., Hölscher, C., Hornberger, M., Spiers, H. & Manley, E., 5 Jul 2023, In: Scientific Reports. 13, 1, 13 p., 10844.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File

13 Citations (Scopus)

41 Downloads (Pure)
Usage of Landmarks in Virtual Environments for Wayfinding: Research on the influence of global landmarks
Yesiltepe, D., Dalton, R., Ozbil Torun, A., Dalton, N., Noble, S., Hornberger, M., Coutrot, A. & Spiers, H., 8 Jul 2019. 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

Open Access
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Virtual navigation tested on a mobile app is predictive of real-world wayfinding navigation performance
Coutrot, A., Schmidt, S., Coutrot, L., Pittman, J., Hong, L., Wiener, J., Hölscher, C., Dalton, R., Hornberger, M. & Spiers, H., 18 Mar 2019, In: PLoS One. 14, 3, e0213272.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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96 Citations (Scopus)

26 Downloads (Pure)

1 Oral presentation

Space Syntax, Sea Hero Quest and Big Data
Conroy Dalton, R. (Keynote speaker)
28 Oct 2023
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation

22nd Annual Webby Award Winner: Games - Social Impact Category
Scott-Slade, M. (Recipient), Scott-Slade, H. (Recipient), Hyde, M. (Recipient), Spiers, H. (Recipient), Hornberger, M. (Recipient), Conroy Dalton, R. (Recipient), Wiener, J. (Recipient), Hoelscher, C. (Recipient) & Bohbot, V. (Recipient), 15 May 2018
Prize
BAFTA - British Academy Games Awards: Game Beyond Entertainment
Conroy Dalton, R. (Recipient), 12 Apr 2018
Prize
Bronze Lion Entertainment: Innovation in Branded Games
Conroy Dalton, R. (Recipient), 18 Jun 2016
Prize

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Sea Hero Quest: The World’s first mobile game where anyone can help scientists fight dementia

Abstract

Keywords

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Research output

Cultural determinants of the gap between self-estimated navigation ability and wayfinding performance: evidence from 46 countries

Usage of Landmarks in Virtual Environments for Wayfinding: Research on the influence of global landmarks

Virtual navigation tested on a mobile app is predictive of real-world wayfinding navigation performance

Activities

Space Syntax, Sea Hero Quest and Big Data

Prizes

22nd Annual Webby Award Winner: Games - Social Impact Category

BAFTA - British Academy Games Awards: Game Beyond Entertainment

Bronze Lion Entertainment: Innovation in Branded Games

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