PhD student of the University of Gdańsk to create a historical computer game

26.03.2019

The project of the PhD student of the Faculty of History at the University of Gdansk “Modern methods of disseminating the results of historical research: computer game” received funding under the Dissemination Program of Science 2019 funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

The author of the project is Wacław Kulczykowski, an employee and PhD student at the Gdańsk University, who in 2015 carried out a similar task. As part of the project “Archeology Live & Online” financed by the Foundation for Polish Science – together with Mateusz Sokalszczuk (scriptwelder studio) created the online educational game “Excavate!”.

The game uses the results of authentic archaeological research conducted by Kulczykowski, MA at the historic cemetery in Nowy Monastyrzysk. The game has gained international reach. It has been played over a million times.


Technical sciences