Fraser Simpson

Lecturer in Game Design, Abertay University

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Fraser is a lecturer in Game Design at Abertay University – the Top International School for Game Design (Princeton Review) – where he leads the BA (Hons) Game Design and Production degree programme. Fraser spent 17 years working in the video games industry, designing games for names like Activision, Sega, Microsoft, Sony, Square and Zynga. Fraser’s game design work has reached hundreds of millions of players worldwide and his DCMS research contributed to UK Parliament’s decision on Loot Box legislation.

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Theme — Digital Design

Flow

An interactive game for NHS Scotland staff to visualise patient flow through hospitals, with a focus on urgent and semi-urgent care pathways at NHS Tayside

Design HOPES is a collaborative design-led research initiative, comprising five Scottish Universities (University of Strathclyde, University of Dundee, Heriot Watt University, Abertay University, and the University of Edinburgh), NHS Scotland, the third sector, and design organisations.

This project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the Future Observatory GTE Hub Programme at the Design Museum.