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The Healthcare Games Showdown™ involves college students creating games and simulations for healthcare.

a game jam meets Accelerator   

ONLY THE BEST STUDENTS WILL PREVAIL

Hosted by the Texas Medical Center’s TMC Innovation Institute, the Healthcare Games Showdown™ is an Accelerator meets Game Jam in which medical and healthcare games or gamification concepts are created by college students under the direction of medical and video game mentors.

EPISODE

01

Episode THEME:

Project Managers

Special Guest:

phillip Morales

Orb interactive
Phillip Morales

EPISODE

02

Episode THEME:

3D Art/Animation

Special Guest:

Texas Children's

Hosptial team
Texas Children's Hospital

EPISODE

03

Episode THEME:

Programmers

Special Guest:

Bill Stiernberg

Zeboyd Games
Bill Stiernberg

EPISODE

04

FINALE:

ProtoType reveal

Special GuestS:

HGS Mentors

and Advisors
HGS Team

Showdown supporters

TMC Innovation
Ink Rose, Scott Gibbs, Zeenigami
HGS Team Sponsors
TYM Studios
Industrial XR Forum
AREA Augmented Reality
XR Bootcamp
Houston VR
VR/ AR Association
TYM Studios
Industrial XR Forum
AREA Augmented Reality
XR Bootcamp
Houston VR
VR/ AR Association
Showdown

SHOWDOWN

JULY 1ST - JULY 26TH, 2019
Showdown length

LENGTH

4 WEEKS,
3 HOURS PER DAY
Projects

PROJECTS

pre-vetted projects will be assigned to a team
Livestream

LIVE-STREAm

Broadcast show
the Ion Xr lab

LOCATION

Texas Medical Center Accelerator
in Houston, TX

PAID

Mentroship
Jacqueline Nguyen
teams at work
Jesse Slater
David Musick
Vy and Tiffany at work
Jonathan Nelson
Team Crusher
Carlos Puerta
Mentors
Vy Le
Carlos and David
Jakob and Dennis
Jakob Broddus
TV
Eric Rose
Goofying off
Tiffany Tran
Zale Bush