{"id":55123,"date":"2016-04-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e52.nl\/?p=55123"},"modified":"2016-04-12T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T07:00:00","slug":"game-developer-hulan-we-could-create-a-high-tech-campus-version-of-sim-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/game-developer-hulan-we-could-create-a-high-tech-campus-version-of-sim-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Developer Hulan: ‘We Could Create A High Tech Campus Version Of Sim City’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hulan is the only gamedeveloper on High Tech Campus Eindhoven. If they were to produce a game based on campus it would be about parking. Co-founder Rob Hulsen (38) \u201cI can never remember where I left my car at the end of a work day.\u201d Other co-founder Jeffrey Lanters (22): \u201cOr we should produce a campus-version of Sim City, everybody likes to be in charge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hulan<\/a> produces educational games. That started at home, where Rob Hulsen tirelessly tried to educate his children on grammar. \u201cA book can be a very dull thing to children, because they don\u2019t see what they have to gain from it. The moment you turn it into a game, all of a sudden grammar becomes a number one priority for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Upon founding Hulan, the step from a Maastricht living room to an office on High Tech Campus in Eindhoven and elementary schools was made. Soon, Hulan drew interest from a party that educated a group as old as 20 to 25 years. Fontys contacted the developer.<\/p>\n

We could create a Sim City type campus-game.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The next step was to create games specifically designed for university students. One of those: \u2018Ready For Class\u2019, placed teacher students in front of class, letting them manage all the things that come with educating a large group of children. Hulsen: \u201cWe suddenly saw that 20-something men and women were open to being educated through games.\u201d<\/p>\n

The assignment and content for a game, always comes from the client. Like the time a fast-food company contacted Hulan. Asking them to create a game that would re-educate their pizza-delivery people. Hulsen and Lanters took the assignment from the fast-food company and let their nine-headed team think the game through. Result: A game<\/a> every new delivery driver has to complete before starting work.<\/p>\n

They are a somewhat strange duo: Lanters: 22, wearing large earrings with a background in game-development, and Hulsen: 38, with a background in business, looking very much like all other businessmen on campus. His checkered shirt tucked into his pants.<\/p>\n

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Rob Hulsen (Links) en Jeffrey Lanters (Rechts) van Hulan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The two of them came to campus because of the density of companies on a square mile. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of knowledge to be found so close toe ach other, that benefits us as a startup\u201d, Hulsen says. But even with interaction as a strong point for campus, this could be improved. \u201cOn this floor (4th floor on HTC 32) there\u2019s a lot of interaction. But other than here, we don\u2019t really know any of the companies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Campus-game<\/strong>
\nThe square<\/a> mile sometimes can feel like a jungle, that should be a good aproach to start designing a game, according to the two. \u201cA good start to a game is to select a problem, or a challenge, and make it fun to solve. Sometimes it can be hard to connect to other companies on campus, we could solve that with a game\u201d, Hulsen says.<\/p>\n

Hulsen: \u201cWe could create some sort of who\u2019s who-game, which would automatically let you get to know each other better. Every time a player connects the right anecdote to the right person, bonus points will be received.\u201d \u00a0\u201cOr\u201d, Lanters says while repositioning to the edge of his seat: \u201cWe could create a Sim City type campus-game.\u201d Hulsen replies: \u201cSure, we but then we need to use the original logo\u2019s and lay-out. It\u2019s important for players to identify with a game.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a love for gaming that connects the businessman and the game developer. \u00a0\u201cWe were able to turn a hobby into a profession\u201d, says Lanters. A process with a unexpected downside. \u201cAt the time we finally were able to be a full-time game developer, we had no time left to play other games. That, I must say, was a bit anticlimactic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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