Strange Sickness video game nominated for a BAFTA Scotland award

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Description

Strange Sickness, led by Dr Jackson Armstrong and Dr William Hepburn, is a digital narrative game which brings people face-to-face with life in Scotland during the Middle Ages.

It is based on and inspired by the events, descriptions and people recorded in Aberdeen’s UNESCO-recognised Burgh Records, which University historians have spent the past decade painstakingly transcribing.

Period12 Oct 2022

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  • TitleBAFTA Scotland Awards 2022
    Media name/outletBAFTA
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date12/10/22
    DescriptionBAFTA has today announced the nominations for the BAFTA Scotland Awards, honouring excellence and celebrating talent across film, games and television in Scotland.

    STRANGE SICKNESS William Hepburn, Jackson Armstrong, Katharine Neil, Alana Bell - Common Profyt Games Ltd is Nominated in the GAME category
    URLhttps://www.bafta.org/bafta-scotland-awards-2022-nominations-announced
    PersonsJackson Armstrong, William Hepburn
  • TitleUniversity of Aberdeen video game in the running for 2022 BAFTA Scotland Awards
    Media name/outletUniversity of Aberdeen
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date12/10/22
    DescriptionA video game based on the work of University of Aberdeen historians has been nominated for the 2022 BAFTA Scotland Awards, the biggest celebration of Scottish film, games and television talent.
    URLhttps://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/16452/
    PersonsJackson Armstrong, William Hepburn
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