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Who invented CryptoZoo, and why?
Who created CryptoZoo?
CryptoZoo is a non-commercial, indie game created by Jane McGonigal for the American Heart Association. The game is part of an AHA initiative in collaboration with the Institute for the Future.
What inspired the CryptoZoo game?
CryptoZoo is about inventing the future of physical activity, about making play and gaming a bigger part of how we take care of ourselves.
The American Heart Association in collaboration with Institute for the Future recognized that we can re-invent physical activity with the help of online games and social media. Games -– especially when they get you moving in the real world -- can be good for you, and the more we play together, the better.
CrytpoZoo is a proof-of-concept game, a way for us to show what physical activity could (and we think, should) be like in the future: more fun, more social, and better integrated with our everyday lives.
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Lead CryptoZoo Creative Team
Jane McGonigal, Crytpo-Zoologist
Jane is the creator of the CryptoZoo network, and lead researcher of the Cryptid 13.
Natalie Cartwright, Crypto-Zoographer
Natalie is the official photographer and creature artist for the CryptoZoo project.
Kiyash Monsef, Crypto-Documentarian
Kiyash is the producer and director of the CryptoZoo documentary.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
CryptoZoo is a non-commercial, indie game created by Jane McGonigal for the American Heart Association. The game is part of an AHA initiative in collaboration with the Institute for the Future.
What inspired the CryptoZoo game?
CryptoZoo is about inventing the future of physical activity, about making play and gaming a bigger part of how we take care of ourselves.
The American Heart Association in collaboration with Institute for the Future recognized that we can re-invent physical activity with the help of online games and social media. Games -– especially when they get you moving in the real world -- can be good for you, and the more we play together, the better.
CrytpoZoo is a proof-of-concept game, a way for us to show what physical activity could (and we think, should) be like in the future: more fun, more social, and better integrated with our everyday lives.
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Lead CryptoZoo Creative Team
Jane McGonigal, Crytpo-Zoologist
Jane is the creator of the CryptoZoo network, and lead researcher of the Cryptid 13.
Natalie Cartwright, Crypto-Zoographer
Natalie is the official photographer and creature artist for the CryptoZoo project.
Kiyash Monsef, Crypto-Documentarian
Kiyash is the producer and director of the CryptoZoo documentary.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
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WHO: Meet the creative team, and find out why we're chasing cryptids.
HOW: Discover the 5 ways to play...
WHERE:You can chase on your own, wherever you live. Just search the evidence, read the field reports, and add your trails to the map
WHO: Meet the creative team, and find out why we're chasing cryptids.
HOW: Discover the 5 ways to play...
WHERE:You can chase on your own, wherever you live. Just search the evidence, read the field reports, and add your trails to the map
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Herbert Last Saturdays at Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
February 27, 2010 from 11am to 1pm
We are exploring the local cryptid populations as part of our family friendly saturday event. We are Coventry's (UK) civic museum, art gallery, archive and media centre, and as such need to know as much about local wildlife as possible.
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Lead CryptoZoo Team
Jane McGonigal,
Crytpo-Zoologist
Jane is the creator of the CryptoZoo network, and lead researcher of the Cryptid 13.
Natalie Cartwright,
Crypto-Zoographer
Natalie is the official photographer and creature artist for the CryptoZoo project.
Kiyash Monsef,
Crypto-Documentarian
Kiyash is the producer and director of the CryptoZoo documentary.
Chelsea Howe, Free Range Cryptid Scout
Chelsea is leading up international efforts to discover and document new cryptid species.
Kristi Miller Durazo,
Crytpo-Zoologist
Kristi is a cryptozoologist and avid crptid chaser from the American Heart Association. Often seen in the company of NinjaRabbit.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
CryptoZoo is a non-commercial, indie game created by Jane McGonigal for the American Heart Association. The game is part of an AHA initiative in collaboration with the Institute for the Future.
Crytpo-Zoologist
Jane is the creator of the CryptoZoo network, and lead researcher of the Cryptid 13.
Natalie Cartwright,
Crypto-Zoographer
Natalie is the official photographer and creature artist for the CryptoZoo project.
Kiyash Monsef,
Crypto-Documentarian
Kiyash is the producer and director of the CryptoZoo documentary.
Chelsea Howe, Free Range Cryptid Scout
Chelsea is leading up international efforts to discover and document new cryptid species.
Kristi Miller Durazo,
Crytpo-Zoologist
Kristi is a cryptozoologist and avid crptid chaser from the American Heart Association. Often seen in the company of NinjaRabbit.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
CryptoZoo is a non-commercial, indie game created by Jane McGonigal for the American Heart Association. The game is part of an AHA initiative in collaboration with the Institute for the Future.
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