What is a digital board game?
A digital board game expands the classic board game formula by guiding players and game leaders, tracking information, and calculating scores. Ideal for simulating complex themes or processes.
– Experiment without risks
Experience the effects without real consequences.
– Enhanced empathy and focus
Create more insight and awareness.
– Physical, digital, or a blend of both
Choose a convenient setting for you.
Why a digital board game for development journeys?
Bridging the complexity of innovation
Innovating or developing a product can be complicated. A digital board game makes this process visual and tangible, helping to bridge the gap between knowledge and application.
Experience a years-long process in a single session
In a digital board game about innovation, you simulate long-term processes in just a few rounds. Players experiment with long-term strategies and see the immediate consequences of their choices.
Tools for product development
A digital board game leads to in-depth discussions through collective decision-making. This encourages players to reflect on their own situations and come up with practical next steps together.
The success story of ThinkWave
ThinkWave began as the graduation project of Kay Smits, a business innovation student at Eindhoven University of Technology. His physical concept caught the attention of Eindhoven Engine, and we helped transform it into a digital board game.
Not the Game of Life, but a view of the entire innovation journey
Our game is about making choices, much like the Game of Life. But instead of buying cars or building a career, you bring a new product to market. You generate ideas, develop prototypes, build a network, conduct research, and connect with your target audience. Just like in real innovation, you have to juggle multiple complex tasks at once.
From playful workshop to real impact
The digital board game stimulates discussions by presenting challenging choices and situations. This leads to deep conversations where players not only consider their game choices but also reflect on their real-life situations. Together, they come up with practical solutions, which helps in justifying and refining strategic decisions.
Insight into how organizations handle innovation
ThinkWave offers valuable insights by collecting data on the choices players make in the game. This helps understand how people make strategic decisions during the innovation process. It is more than just a game; it is a powerful tool to identify essential elements for innovation and discover the best approaches.
How is ThinkWave used?
ThinkWave is used to organize workshop sessions that give entrepreneurs and decision-makers insight into the innovation process. It can be used to push projects with innovation objectives in a more advanced direction, facilitated and guided by Eindhoven Engine.
“Our drive to stimulate innovation has been enthusiastically received by Enversed Studios. Enthusiasm characterizes our collaboration with Enversed Studios. Many ideas have come up, leading to a functional, educational, and fun game.”
– Kay Smits
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