About our game

We are developing a prototype of a digital historical educational card game starting with the viking times. The aim is to inspire learning of history. The upcoming game is in pre-production.

In our game the player is given control of a Danish settlement in the viking age. The player will be given quests, both of historical importance and educational relevance. The player can explore Northern Europe, gather resources around their settlement, fight battles and interact with other settlements. The player will be able to expand the settlement, engage in quests and progress in history. While learning throughout, the players will also be engaged in thinking critically and reflecting on social structures, culture, consolidation of power and key characters and events in history. Additionally, the player will be able to explore Nordic mythology. The narrative and game play will be based closely on the written sources and the player will have to apply critical thinking and historical terminology in order to make the best decisions and succeed as the leader of their viking settlement. The inspiration comes from: Magic, Civilizations, Age of Empires and Heroes.

Details

You can apply to work remotely, in our office in KUA or a mixture. The position can be either part or full time. You can also apply to do an internship directly with us or as a school internship (projektorienteret forløb/ skolepraktik). You can start either in 2021 or 2022. We are flexible about the working time, but you must be able to commit to 1-2 short weekly meetings. In our startup, we all work here and enjoy the experience. Currently we don’t have any money. Payment of team members will happen after the game is sold or reaches founding.

Responsibilities

We are looking for a Historian or Archeologist. that can consult us in history for the game development and research history relevant for the game. Since we are focusing on the viking times we also need consultation and research within archeology for this period. Your main task is developing and describing historical concepts and then presenting them to the team. We will then transform these into game ideas to make a learning full and entertaining gameplay. You'll get to work with sources, the important characters and events in Scandinavia during the period and the people the Vikings came in contact with and teach students how the time should be interpreted and discuss wich impact it has had on our society. You also get to use your knowledge and ideas to ideate game content and narrative. Finally you also get to shape the content for our target audience in the high schools. In the position you will be a part of our history department of 5 Historians and Archeologist, students and graduates alike who work closely with the Game Designers in setting the game and the artist in illustrating what the player sees. They will need your feedback in making sure illustrations are historical accurate. Thus, you get to test and expand many of your skills in History and Archeology improving your competencies in a work environment that LOVES history with a clear mission to make an exciting game that can impact future generations.

Requirements

• You have studied or is studying History/ Archeology

• We need general consultation in regards to history as a subject and how this time period ties into other periods. You don't need to be an expert in Vikings, but we will require you to research specific viking elements.

Pluses

• Interest or knowledge or games; particular history or educational games

• Knowledge or experience with the Viking Time period, the time before that, Scandinavia and Europe

• Knowledge or experience with Nordic Mythology

• Professional or work experience with high schools

• Experience within dissemination or teaching of history or the methods in history

• Experience seeking historical/ archeological funds

• An interest in entrepreneurship

Planned interview process

We plan to carry out two rounds of interviews, we imagine an online interview, potentially on a weekend. If you apply before the 26th of July, you might be able to get an early interview in August, otherwise it will be in September.