Credits

Welcome to the credits page, here we want to acknowledge and thank for all of those that made MSP Challenge possible thougout almost a decade of development.

MSP Challenge original (2011-2015) and MSP Challenge 2050 (2013-2015)

Original idea: Lodewijk Abspoel (ministry Infrastructure and Water Management), Xander Keijser (Rijkswaterstaat), Igor Mayer (TU-Delft, Signature Games).

Original game concept: Lodewijk Abspoel, Xander Keijser, Igor Mayer, Bas van Nuland, Linda van Veen, Qiqi Zhou

Project leader: Igor Mayer

Game design: Wilco Boode, Igor Mayer, Carlos Santos

Food chain model: Deltares, Imares

Project management: Linda van Veen, Igor Mayer, Qiqi Zhou

Art work: Linda van Veen

Programming: 2013-2015: Game Lab TU Delft, Bas van Nuland, Joel van Neerbos. 2015: Atlantis games.

Session moderator: Igor Mayer, and support team

Research: Qiqi Zhou, Igor Mayer, Xander Keijser

Videos: Qiqi Zhou

MSP Challenge board games

Original concept: Lodewijk Abspoel (Netherlands Ministry for Infrastructure and Water Management), Xander Keijser (Rijkswaterstaat), Igor Mayer (TU-Delft, Signature Games), Linda van Veen (Linda van Veen design).

Art work, graphic design: Linda van Veen

Production: Igor Mayer, Linda van Veen.

MSP Challenge Simulation Platform

Project leader: Igor Mayer (Breda University of applied sciences)

Development team: Breda University of applied sciences, Academy for Games and Media, CRADLE lab

Technical lead: Carlos Santos

Game designer: Wilco Boode

Technical development: Elwin Verploegen, Joël van Neerbos, Kevin Hutchinson, Marco Donkers (intern), Phil de Groot, Xavier Razafindrakoto

Graphic design: Joey Relouw, Tino van der Kraan

MSP Challenge Ecopath with Ecosim Link (MEL): Carlos Santos, Giovanni Romagnoni (COISPA Tecnologia e Ricerca), Jeroen Steenbeek (Ecopath International Initiative), Magali Goncalves.

Shipping Simulation (SEL): Phil de Groot, Joslin van den Besselaar (intern)

Energy Simulation (CEL): Kevin Hutchinson

Trailers:

MSP Challenge North Sea edition

Main producer: Breda University of Applied Sciences

Project leader: Igor Mayer

Project management: Harald Warmelink

Technical director: Carlos Santos

Game design: Wilco Boode, Igor Mayer, Carlos Santos

Art work & user interfaces: Jordy Carton, Tino van der Kraan, Roel Megens, Joey Relouw, Jitske Habekotté

Game development: Joslin van den Besselaar (intern), Wilco Boode, Marco Donkers (intern), Phil de Groot, Kevin Hutchinson, Björn Koch (intern), Joel van Neerbos, Xavier Razafindrakoto (intern), Joey Relouw, Carlos Santos, Elwin Verploegen, Dragomir Mitev, André Ximenes, Harald Warmelink

Shipping model: Phil de Groot, Wilco Boode

Energy model: Kevin Hutchinson, Wilco Boode

Research: Xander Keijser, Igor Mayer, Malena Ripken, Carlos Santos, Harald Warmelink, Patrick Spiekstra, Twan Ponse

Third party components

Ecological simulations

Ecological software: Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) - ecopath.org

Ecological Modelling North Sea region: Giovanni Romagnoni

Game architecture

Carlos Santos, Elwin Verploegen

- I miss the MEL conceptualization where Magali also contributed-

Project management

Xander Keijser, Carlos Santos, Jeroen Steenbeek

Copyright: Ownership and rights of use of the ecological simulation have been granted to Rijkswaterstaat.

GIS data / Geo information

Data providers: EMODnet, OSPAR ODIMS, ProtectedPlanet, Copernicus, Natural Earth, Marineregions.org

Copyright: Copyright of each dataset to each data provider.

Geo data – game integration

Magali Gonçalves

Funding:

EU Interreg North Sea region, NorthSEE project (2016–2019). 50% Breda University of Applied Sciences.

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MSP Challenge Baltic edition

Geodata: Magali Goncalves

Food web model: Giovanni Romagnoni (COISPA Tecnologia e Ricerca, Italy), Maciej T. Tomczak (Stockholm University, Baltic Sea Centre), Magali Goncalves, Riikka Puntila-Dodd (Finnish Environment Institute), Ville Karvinen (Finnish Environment Institute)

Shipping model: Phil de Groot, Wilco Boode

Energy model: Kevin Hutchinson, Wilco Boode

Funding. EU Interreg Baltic region, BalticLINes project (2015–2018). 75%

Special thank you note for Helcom, from which we got most of the geodata for this edition of the MSP Challenge Simulation Platform.

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MSP Challenge Clyde Marine Region edition

Geodata: Magali Goncalves

Foodweb model: Jacob W. Bentley (), Jeroen Steenbeek (Scottish Association for Marine Science), Natalia Serpetti (Scottish Association for Marine Science), Sheila J.J. Heymans (European Marine Board)

Shipping model: Phil de Groot, Wilco Boode

Energy model: Kevin Hutchinson, Wilco Boode

Funding: Scottish Government, Grant numbers. SIMCelt project (2015–17).

Special thank you note for Marine Scotland from which we got most of the geodata for this edition of the MSP Challenge Simulation Platform.

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3D Ocean View Proof of Concept

Art and Design: Joey Relouw, Welmer Blom (intern).

Programming: Phil de Groot

Funding: Netherlands Ministry for Infrastructure and Water Management / Rijkswaterstaat. Scottish Government.

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Many people and entities participated and helped to develop MSP Challenge Simulation Platform, we do apologize if we didn't mention all of them. Some provided ideas for improvements, sources of data or contacts from their network. All of those contributions are greatly valued. If we forgot to mention you or your organization, please drop us a line. We are deeply grateful for the small community that already exists and supports us.