RxPedition is an interactive drug development game designed to teach pharmacy students about the process of bringing a drug candidate to market. Class is divided into several groups and each group plays the role of a small pharmaceutical company. Each group is tasked with identifying a disease state/indication of interest, exploring the preclinical phase, designing clinical trials, providing press releases at critical milestones, presenting results to the FDA for continued approval, and developing a drug label.

Alchemy Knights is a serious game designed to teach the players to identify unsafe medication use practices understand negative health consequences, and inform the players on basic aspects of medications including the importance of active ingredients, dosage schedules, and the harm of taking multiple medications that interact.

Dr. Zoo is a 3D adventure game we developed in Unity for mobile devices (Android and iOS smartphones and tablets). In a series of independent chapters, the player is introduced to an animal, plays a brief minigame to solve some problem that this animal is facing, and concludes the interaction by administering an injection to the animal. 

MountainQuest is a multi-level action/adventure digital game that teaches basic nutrition knowledge to elementary and intermediate school-age children through a series of decisions built into the game narrative and mechanics.  

Numerous studies have revealed that adolescents with chronic physical or mental conditions (CPMC) are at an increased risk for depression and anxiety, with serious direct and indirect negative effects on treatment adherence, family functioning, and health-related quality of life. As game-based approaches have shown to be effective interventions in treating anxiety and depression, we propose to explore the use of a multiplayer role-playing game (RPG) as a potential intervention for social isolation, anxiety, and depression. This research study aimed to (1) determine the feasibility of using Masks, a multiplayer RPG, as an intervention for social isolation, anxiety, and depression in adolescents with chronic physical or mental health conditions, (2) evaluate the viability of the research process; and (3) gauge participation in and engagement with RPG-based interventions.

LanguageQuest is an ongoing joint project between the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information, the School of Education, and the English department. This project aims to develop a game-based language preservation, learning, and revitalization platform that would introduce a language learning experience through an interactive and immersive game format in the cultural context of the chosen language/s.