Learning game by CU and Academy of Sciences wins prestigious international competi












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            * Learning game by CU and Academy of Sciences wins prestigious international competition
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            Czechoslovakia 38-89: Assassination simulation game, developed by experts from the Charles

            Faculty of Arts and Faculty of mathematics and Physics in cooperation with the Institute o
            History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic has won first prize at the presti
            Learning Society Showcase 2015, held in Madison, USA.

            The Games Learning Society [ URL "http://www.gameslearningsociety.org/"] is an internation
            that brings together scientists, games developers and leading industry figures involved in
            development of digital learning games. The competition for the best educational game was h

            Learning Society as part of its annual conference in July 2015 on the grounds of Wisconsin
            In the final, the Czech-developed games beat the Twelve a Dozen [ URL "http://www.bossastu

            twelve/"] mathematics game by London company Bossa Studios. Third place was occupied by St
            "http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=stagevideo"] by American company Drama Se
            “The competition jury included legends of game design and the other games that got to the 

            excellent. I had butterflies in my stomach – and the euphoria when they announced the winn
            greater,” says Tereza Selmbacherová from the CU Faculty of Arts, who represented the Česko
            project in the USA.

            “You’ve done great work. Czechoslovakia 38-89: Assassination shows how children can be tau
            future,” said competition jury member John Romero, game developer and the author of the fa
            3D and Doom games. “Czechoslovakia 38-89: Assassination has outstanding design and a gripp

            same time it approaches a serious topic with the maximum of respect,” says the official st
            competition jury in its evaluation of the Czech-developed game.
            Czechoslovakia 38-89: Assassination is a series of learning simulations intended to educat

            about major moments in modern Czech history. The first section, entitled ‘Atentát’, is abo
            occupation and the period following the assassination of Acting Reich-Protector Reinhard H
            “We wanted to show major historical events through the eyes of ordinary people alive at th

            think that it was this approach that engaged the American jury,” says Stanislav Kokoška of
            of Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, one of the guara
            historical content of the simulation. “I take victory in this competition as confirmation 

            successful learning games with commercial potential can be developed in an academic enviro
            the same time I am glad that the Computer Games Development course that we recently opened
            top quality and comparable to the other subjects cultivated at MFF,” adds Ondřej Čepek, Vi

            Faculty of Mathematics and Physics.
            The Czech version of the internationally recognised simulation is available to schools fro
            website [ URL "http://cs3889.com"] . The game’s creators have developed a modified version

            public, which can be bought from the e?shop of the CU Faculty of Arts [ URL "https://e-sho
            games/software_eng/ceskoslovensko_38_89_atentat-1159"] .