Well-being
Scientifically validated engagement
In 2010, Bill became the lead game designer at MeYou Health, a Boston healthcare start-up. In 2015, Bill also created and led their new product discovery group: Team Prototype.
Bill collaborated with each team at MeYou Health to imagine, research, build, support and market a suite of clinically validated web and mobile apps that improved health and well-being.
Game Mechanics
How did Daily Challenge get such incredible user engagement? Our multiple clinical trials scientifically validated that genuine social interactions improve health and well-being.
Sensors
Sedentary behavior has become a serious health risk. MeYou Health used the latest step tracking technology to empower a social experience that got people walking, talking, and feeling better.
Mobile apps
Before step tracking was built into every smart phone, MeYou Health partnered with Raiz Labs to detect phone movement as you took the stairs, and virtually climbed famous monuments in an iPhone app.
“When businesses talk about introducing collaboration, design thinking, and creativity into an organization, people like Bill are what they have in mind. He is communicative, an advocate for fun, tireless in thinking how to improve a product, and masterful at connecting the dots.”
As a Professional Game Designer, I’ve also built discovery groups, sketches sale pitches, and spoken about game design.
#0001 TimeWalk: to avoid sitting all day.
Team Prototype
Pitched a proposal, built a team, and led a discovery group that created 4 Pixate prototypes in 80 days. This was achieved as a hostile takeover rocked the company, a hiring freeze descended, and layoffs loomed.
Concept sketches for 3 new stamps in Daily Challenge.
Illustrations
My sketches were a big part of the MeYou Health experience, driving the design of countless product stamps, level-up trees, track images, and sales pitches. In fact, my art was framed and hung in the office!
Every game design talk should include this slide.
Games for Health
I spoke at the Games for Health Conference from 2010-14, attended annual planning retreats with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Portland, Maine, and contributed to a panel-discussion on Games for Health at the White House in 2012.
“Bill brings tremendous insights to any product discussion and is an excellent sounding board for new ideas. He is always working in concert with the rest of the team so that everyone levels up.”