Credits

Welcome to the credits page, here we want to acknowledge and thank for all of those that made MSP Challenge possible throughout almost a decade of development. (All names in alphabetical order)

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

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

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

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: Igor Mayer, Qiqi Zhou, Xander Keijser

Videos: Qiqi Zhou

MSP Challenge board games

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

Art work, graphic design: Linda van Veen

Production: Igor Mayer, Linda van Veen

MSP Challenge Simulation Platform

Main producer: Breda University of Applied Sciences

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

Project leader: Igor Mayer

Project management: Harald Warmelink

Technical leader: Carlos Santos

Game design: Carlos Santos, Igor Mayer, Wilco Boode

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

Graphic design: Joey Relouw, Tino van der Kraan

Art work & user interfaces: Joey Relouw, Jordy Carton (intern), Roel Megens (intern), Tino van der Kraan

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

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

Energy Simulation (CEL): Kevin Hutchinson

Trailers:

Third party components

Ecosystem simulation

Food-web modelling software: Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) - ecopath.org

MSP Challenge North Sea edition

(only mentioning when different from MSP Challenge Simulation Plaform)

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

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

Ecosystem Modelling North Sea region

Giovanni Romagnoni (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

(only mentioning when different from MSP Challenge Simulation Plaform)

Game development: Carlos Santos, Elwin Verploegen, Joey Relouw, Joel van Neerbos, Joslin van den Besselaar, Kevin Hutchinson, Marco Donkers, Phil de Groot, Wilco Boode, Xavier Razafindrakoto

Shipping model: Phil de Groot, Wilco Boode

Energy model: Kevin Hutchinson, Wilco Boode

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)

Trailers and videos: Harald Warmelink, Roel Megens, Wilco Boode

Research: Carlos Santos, Harald Warmelink, Igor Mayer, Malena Ripken, Xander Keijser

GIS data / Geo information

Data providers: HELCOM (Finland), Copernicus, Natural Earth, Marineregions.org

Copyright: Copyright of each dataset to each data provider.

Geo data – game integration: Magali Gonçalves

Funding

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

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MSP Challenge Clyde Marine Region edition

Game development: Carlos Santos, Elwin Verploegen, Joey Relouw, Joel van Neerbos, Joslin van den Besselaar, Kevin Hutchinson, Marco Donkers, Phil de Groot, Wilco Boode, Xavier Razafindrakoto

Foodweb model: Jacob W. Bentley (Scottish Association for Marine Science), Jeroen Steenbeek (International Ecopath Initiative), 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

GIS data / Geo information

Data providers: Marine Scotland, Copernicus

Copyright: Copyright of each dataset to each data provider.

Geo data – game integration: Magali Gonçalves

Funding

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

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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.