Health Points : Health Gamification
Episodes
S3E12: Joke Veltman ＜＞ Musical Games for Audio Training
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Roll on Episode 12! We’re joined by Joke Veltman, to explore their work and game development for musical and audio training. Joke is a PhD candidat...
S3E11: Cyrus Nemati＜＞ Vampire Therapists for Self-Reflection on Cognitive Distortions
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're rolling on to episode 11! And joining us is Cyrus Nemati! Founder and Creative Director of Little Bat Games, Cyrus wrote, directed and programme...
S3E10: Stephen McPeake＜＞ Geo-located Digital Dollars for Gamified Community Activation
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've made it to episode 10! We’re joined by Stephen McPeake Stephen has been working in the technology industry for 25 years, spending the last 10 ...
S3E9: Cosima Prahm＜＞ Games Improving Outcomes in Pain & Trauma Injuries
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rolling on to Episode 9! We’re joined by Cosima Prahm Cosima is Director of Centre for Clinical Research at Unfallkrankenhaus Trauma Hospital Berlin...
S3E8: Luca Contatto＜＞ Golden Learnings and Wisdoms for Developing 200+ games
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve arrived at Episode 8! We’re joined by Luca Contato Luca founded Rising Pixel in 2012, and since then, he and his team have created over 200...
S3E7: Sam Liberty＜＞ Game Design on the Global Stage
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Roll On Episode 7! We’re joined by Sam Liberty Sam is a consultant in Applied Game Design and an expert in gamification design for health. Clients i...
S3E6: Lisa Franke＜＞ Accessible Games for Adolescents = Better Emotional & Mental Health
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've made it to Episode 6! We’re joined by Lisa Franke, CEO at Maxim VR Lisa has a background in design, marketing, entrepreneurship and social imp...
S3E5: Jamie Bankhead＜＞ Game Changing Policy
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Roll on Episode 5! We’re joined by Jamie Bankhead, CEO at Konglomerate Games! Konglomerate Games is a video games company specialising in healthcare...
S3E4: Dr. Jacqui Nortje ＜＞ Reaching 700k people through Vitality Health’s ‘Active Rewards’
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Roll on Episode 4! We’re joined by Dr. Jacqui Nortje to explore her work and game development at Discovery and Vitality Health. Jacqui plunged into ...
S3E3: Dr. Amy Duncan ＜＞ Making Players the Hero of their Journey in Therapeutic Games
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re already at Episode 3! In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Amy Duncan to explore her work and game development at Sea Monster Impact Games ...
S3E2: Sam Knowles ＜＞ Story Telling and non-Digital Games Influencing Patient-Centered Drug Development Decision Making
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Roll on episode 2! In this episode we’re joined by Sam Knowles to explore his work with Novartis is developing games to encourage staff to think...
S3E1: Dr. Alexander Fanaroff＜＞Gamification and Financial Incentives, Motivating More Movement for Healthy Hearts
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! Series 3 of Health Points is here. To kick off Series 3, we have an exceptional episode with Dr. Alexander Fanaroff, Assistant Profes...
S2E16: Series 2 Finale Live Panel Debate
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's the Health Points Series 2 Finale recorded at the UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge Conference, December 2023. We have a stellar lineup for our ...
S2E15: Pippa Boothman ＜＞Smart balls revolutionising sport and exercise for kids and teens.
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're onto the penultimate Health Points episode for Series 2, and we have a cracking episode. Joining us is Pippa Boothman, CEO at Playfinity. http...
S2E14: Bruce Elliot ＜＞Fighting Dementia with Memory Games
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 14 of Series 2, and joining us is Bruce Elliot, Co-Founder and CEO of Memory Lane Games. Before Memory Lane Games, Bruce had a tw...
S2E13: Wain Choi ＜＞ Masterclass in the Communicating and Promotion of Health Gamification
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've landed at Episode 13 of Series 2, and joining us is Wain Choi, Chief Creative Offer at Black & White. Wain worked with some of the larg...
S2E12: Jonny Bloomfield ＜＞ Oopla: Professional Rugby sport science transformed into motivation game mechanics
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
And we're at Episode 12 of Series 2, and joining us is Dr. Jonny Bloomfield, CEO at Oopla. Jonny is a Behavioral Health & Performance Coach specia...
S2E11: Scott Taylor ＜＞ Perx Health: creating over 4000% more engagement in health self-management with tailored gamification
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rolling on to episode 11, and joining us today is Scott Taylor, co-founder and CEO of Perx Health, a chronic condition management service that support...
S2E10: Geoffrey Kretz ＜＞ Supporting 3 MILLION people to stop smoking with gamification
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re at episode 10, and joining us is Geoffrey Kretz, co-founder and CEO of the Kwit app, a digital pocket coach based on cognitive Behaviour thera...
S2E9: Dom Raban ＜＞ Xploro - Augmented reality games reducing children’s stress & anxiety
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Series 2, Episode 9 is LIVE! Joining us for episode 9 we have Dom Raban, who is co-founder of Xploro, a unique Digital Therapeutics platform that deli...
S2E8: Matt Omernick ＜＞ Creating the world’s first FDA approved, doctor-prescribed video game
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rolling on to episode eight we have with us Matt Omernick, who has over 20 years experience in the games industry. Matt is Co-founder and Chief Creati...
S2E7: Michiel Van Eunen＜＞Creating audio adventures for people living with visual impairments
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Series 2, Episode 7 is LIVE! Joining us is Michiel Van Eunan, who is a seasoned player in the field of gamification & game-based learning. Since r...
S2E6: Amanda Philpott ＜＞gamifying hearing health with ’eargym’
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Series 2, Episode 6 is LIVE! Joining us for episode 6 we have Amanda Philpott, who is an ex-NHS CEO and population health strategy specialist. She is ...
S2E5: Jaime Garcia ＜＞developing serious games for older adults & pregnant women + health gamification research
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Series 2, Episode 5 is LIVE! We have Dr. Jaime Garcia joining us who is a Senior Lecturer in Games Development at the University of Technology Sydne...
S2E4: Niklas Johannes ＜＞ digital devices impact on mental health & attention span + the psychology of play
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Here is episode 4 and joining us is Niklas Johannes who has worked in roles as a researcher at the Oxford Internat Internet Institute, where he was pa...
S2E3: Kevyn Eva ＜＞ gaming for mental health ＞ delivering emotional support for adolescents and adults
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rolling on to Episode 3 and joining us is Kevyn Eva from the award-winning 'Shadow's Edge' Shadow's Edge is a mobile game for teenagers and adults t...
S2E2: Keith Wakeman ＜＞ SuperBetter: the power of living gamefully for over 1m players
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joining us for Episode 2 is Keith Wakeman, CEO of SuperBetter. SuperBetter is regularly listed as the gold standard example of health & wellbeing ga...
S2E1: Noah Falstein ＜＞ The evolution of video games ＞ health gamification ＞ the most prestigious scientific journal on the planet
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Health Points! Here to kick off Series 2, we have Noah Falstein joining us. Together we explore the evolution of video games through t...
Episode 20: Health Points Panel Debate ＜＞ Ethics of Health Gamification
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the final episode of Series 1 of Health Points and we’ve ended with a bang. This episode was recorded at the Gamification Europe Conference i...
Episode 19: Prof. Robert Böhm & Asst. Prof. Aske Mottelson ＜＞ Boosting COVID Vaccination Rates with Virtual Reality Games
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Here comes episode 19 and in this episode we explore Robert & Aske’s recent research publication on virtual reality games and vaccination behaviours...
Episode 18: Michael Hornberger ＜＞ Sea Hero Quest’s navigation to over 4 million players
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve arrived at episode 18, joining us is Prof. Michael Hornberger, the co-creator of Sea Hero Quest, a game designed to gather data on people's n...
Episode 17: David Wortley ＜＞ Creating an International Serious Games Institute
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Roll on Episode 17, joining us is David Wortley, Vice President of the International Society of Digital Medicine. We talk through David’s background...
Episode 16: Kartheka Bojan ＜＞ Brain Wave Activity to Personalise Alzheimer’s Cognitive Games
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 16, joining us is Kartheka, Founder and CEO of BrainBerry. We talk through the possibilities of brain wave measurement to personali...
Episode 15: Andy Yeoman ＜＞ Health Education Games for the NHS & Social Care
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joining us in episode 15 is Andy Yeoman to explore the role of games in health and social care education. Focus Games has been delivered to over 2 mil...
Episode 14: Silja Litvin ＜＞ Gamifying Emotional Fitness
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Silja to dig down into the importance of narratives in health gamification. We walk through her journey in creating eQuoo, the emoti...
Episode 13: Dr. Paul Rinne & Nicola Goldsmith ＜＞ Levelling Up Hand Rehab
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back for another year of health gamification! We’re joined by Paul and Nicola at Gripable to explore what happens when you combine gamificat...
Episode 12: Asst. Professor Agnessa Spanellis & Asst. Professor Paula Ramirez ＜＞ Gamification creating shared pandemic understanding and covid safe behaviours in indigenous communities
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Agnessa and Paula to discuss the findings of their research publication on the role of gamification to develop shared understanding ...
Episode 11: Lucia Pannese ＜＞ Creating a company that has been gamifying health for 15+ years
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Roll on episode 11, joining us is Lucia Pannese to talk through her journey in creating and growing imaginary srl, one of the longest established and ...
Episode 10: Dr. Kerstin Oberprieler ＜＞ Gamifcation vs. Occupational health and wellbeing
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve made it to episode 10! And joining us is Dr. Kerstin Oberprieler to talk through the role of gamification in the workplace. How game mechanics...
Episode 9: Prof. Oliver Korn – “Don’t whip me with your games” ＜＞ creating games that are more carrot than stick.
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Prof. Oliver Korn to explore a smorgasbord of topics including health gamification research, designing games for deaf blind players ...
Episode 8: Paul Gosnell – FitLink App – One app to connect them all: gamified exercise teams
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Paul, CEO of FitLink App. FitLink creates personal health goals and track them daily and rewards users for the motivation and power ...
Episode 7: Peter & Katju - Rehaboo – Augmented reality for older adult movement
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Peter, CEO and Katju, COO at Rehaboo. Rehaboo specialises in gamified Physiotherapy where games are played in front of Rehaboo! Scre...
Episode 6: Dr. Zac Fitz-Walter – Designing Games for Healthy Behaviours
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’re joined by Zac Fitz-Walter to talk about lean methodologies in game design, rapid feedback loops for behaviour modification and...
Episode 5: Francisco - 'Teams Create Collective (and repetitive) Exercise'
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Francisco Baptista, Founder & CEO of TeamSportz. In this episode we talk through creating games using computer-vision and video anal...
Episode 4: Pieter & Raoul – Gambling for Better Health & Health Gamification Research
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Pieter Van Gorp and Raoul Nuijten from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. In this episode we talk through financ...
Episode 3: Shivani Lamba – ‘Story First, Science Second’
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Shivani, the Founder and CEO of Bright lobe, an organisation on a mission to promote health physical and psychological developmenta...
Episode 2: Victoria Ichizli-Bartels – Life Self-Gamification
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the second Health Points episode, we are joined by author and ‘life gamer', Victoria Ichizli-Bartels. Victoria is the author of 21 books, with te...
Episode 1: Adrian Hon - Zombies, Run!
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first Health Points episode we are joined by the Founder and CEO of SixtoStart which delivers the award-winning story-based running app Zombi...