Sharkworld - A project management game

Sharkworld is an intense experience of the exciting daily activities of an international project manager. The game allows aspiring project managers to experiment with project management in a setting where game and the real world are flawlessly intertwined. The game is played via both the online and mobile channels. Projects develop in (accelerated) real-time (24/7) so players have to keep up with a fast pace and act and intervene immediately. Additionally Sharkworld is propelled by an underlying suspense story.
The story is set in Shanghai, where a high-tech large scale shark aquarium is being built on an Olympic location. A Dutch installation company got the job but their last project manager on site has mysteriously disappeared. The Sharkworld player has to take his place. To successfully finish the project he needs to cooperate with for example the Chinese customer, the Chinese authorities and the workers on site. The game interacts with players in many different ways: through websites (both fictional and real), cut scenes, e-mail, newspaper articles, chat, voice-mails and text messages (on the players own telephone).
Sharkworld covers not only economic aspects of project management like planning and budgeting, but also social aspects, such as conflict management, cultural sensitivity and diplomatic skills.
Sharkworld won the European innovation award 2008 "Most innovative Software"

Ranj Serious Games
Ranj Serious Games is a worldwide specialist in serious games development, having created over 400 serious games. The goal is to design the most effective, efficient and fun learning experiences for business training, education, health and marketingcommunication. Many of the serious games by Ranj have received international awards, such as the Japan Prize and a number of European Innovative Game Awards. Ranj Serious Games develops management games, leadership games, business games, recruitment games, education games, health games and advergames.

Ranj Serious Games
Ranj Serious Games is een wereldwijde specialist in de ontwikkeling van serious games. Ranj creëerde inmiddels meer dan 400 serious games. Ranj stelt zich ten doel de meest effectieve, efficiënte en leer belevingen te ontwerpen en concentreert zich daarbij op de business training sector, de educatieve sector, de gezondheidszorg en de marketingcommunicatiesector. Veel van de spellen hebben internationale prijzen gewonnen, zoals de Japan Prize en verscheidene European Innovative Game Awards. Ranj ontwikkelt managementgames, leiderschapsgames, recruitment games, educatieve games, health games, marketinggames en advergames.

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