Engine Yard, Inc.

S01E41: Nathan Verrill

September 23, 2011

Nathan Verril discusses using Rails as the backend for the NY Public Library centennial blended reality game.

• 0:00 Introductions
• 1:20 The concept of “blended reality” games
• 5:40 The New York Public Library “Find the Future” blended reality game
• 7:29 The technology behind the game
• 8:36 Why Rails was used for the back end of the game
• 11:43 Rails control over the implementation of the user interface
• 16:13 The “Heart Chase” for the American Heart Association project
• 19:45 Using the Engine Yard Cloud platform
• 21:46 Final thoughts

Links: "Natron Baxter Applied Gaming":http://natronbaxter.com/ "Find the Future NYPL":http://game.nypl.org/#home "Heart Chase":http://www.heartchase.org "Heart Chase Video":http://www.heartchase.org/about