Online Games for the Prevention of Teen Dating Violence

2011 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge

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The 2011 Winning Games

Jennifer Ann's Group is proud to announce the winning entries from the 2011 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge. The contest challenges game developers to create an online video game designed to educate players about teen dating violence without using violence in the game itself. The winning games from 2011 are below as are the winning games from 2008 - 2010. Please play these games, learn from them, and share them with those who would benefit from understanding the warning signs of an abusive relationship and the importance of seeking help if they are in danger.

This year's first place winner is Jean HEHN of Another Kind. He lives in Belgium and his winning entry is "Finding Jane." We hope that you enjoy his entry and we would just caution you to remember that this is a game - if you are confronted with an abuser or any dangerous situation in real life make sure that you contact the police! It's always better to be safe than sorry. For assistance and advice about teen dating violence in the U.S. you can call our friends at the National Dating Abuse Helpline at 1-866-331-9474. They can be reached 24/7 and have both English and Spanish speakers available.

Play the award-winning video games from 2010

Play the award-winning video games from 2009

Play the award-winning video games from 2008

2011

First place winning entry 2011
"Finding Jane" by Jean HEHN of Another Kind

(if the game does not fit your screen press F11)

Second place winning entry 2011
"Moving On" by Gamers of Action

Third place winning entry 2011
"Power and Control" by Jared Sain

Winning entry 2011
"Your Face" by Momoexe

Judges


Leigh Alexander is news director of Gamasutra, author of the Sexy Videogameland weblog, and writes reviews, features and cultural commentary for a variety of outlets including Variety, Wired, Slate, The Escapist, Kotaku, and Paste Magazine. She has previously served as Kotaku's Associate News Editor and run Worlds in Motion, covering the business of online games, social networks and virtual worlds. She has chaired and consulted on Worlds in Motion's summit at the Game Developers' Conference.	Dr. Ian Bogost is an award-winning videogame designer and media philosopher. He is Associate Professor at Georgia Tech and Founding Partner at Persuasive Games LLC. He is also the author or co-author of seven books, including Unit Operations, Persuasive Games, Racing the Beam, Newsgames, and the forthcoming How To Do Things with Videogames and Alien Phenomenology. His most recent game, A Slow Year, won the Vanguard and Virtuoso awards at the 2010 Indiecade Festival.	Simon Carless is a publisher and editor who oversees the Game Developers Conference shows, Gamasutra and Game Developer magazine. He co-founded and led the Independent Games Summit as part of the yearly San Francisco-based Game Developers Conference and is the Chairman Emeritus of the Independent Games Festival. He has previously worked as a lead game designer at Kuju Entertainment, Eidos Interactive and Atari.

Brian Crecente is a journalist and columnist; the Editor-In-Chief of Kotaku; and the writer of Well Played, a weekly syndicated column. He covered crime and public safety for daily newspapers in Texas, Florida and Colorado for 12 years before starting his career as a video game journalist and in 2009 was named one of the 20 most influential people in the video game industry by GamePro.	Drew Crecente (shown here with his daughter, Jennifer Ann Crecente) is the founder and executive director of Jennifer Ann's Group. He is also the founder of L.I.V.E, an organization focusing on the impact of IPV (Intimate Partner Violence) on the practice of Law, and writes Technolaw Guy, a blog about Technology and the Law.	Danielle DeZao is a student at Marist College and founder and president of h<3rt1, an organization working to eliminate dating violence. She has appeared on the ABC series "What Would You Do?" (shown here with John Quinones); participated in discussions about teen dating violence at the White House; and been featured in CosmoGirl for her efforts to prevent teen dating violence.

Dr. Elizabeth L. Richeson is a Psychologist in El Paso, Texas, the head of the Advisory Board for Jennifer Ann's Group, and former president of the Texas Psychological Foundation. She is an expert on teen dating violence; appears regularly on news and talk shows; and lectures nationwide on a variety of issues related to teenagers, young adults, and relationships.	Jo Sharpen is the manager of the Children and Young People's Project at AVA - Against Violence and Abuse - in the U.K. and wrote the national UK toolkit on children, young people and domestic violence for practitioners, Improving Safety, Reducing Harm, published by the Department of Health in 2009. She has also written numerous policy briefings, guidance and training packages on violence against women and girls; currently she is writing a book on domestic violence in teenage relationships.	Elin Stebbins Waldal is a speaker; the author of Tornado Warning, A Memoir of Teen Dating Violence And Its Effect On A Woman’s Life; and the founder of Girls kNOw More, an organization whose mission is to help build confidence in middle-school-age girls. She lives in Southern California with her husband, three children, and their family dog.