Tigerface Games spins out of the University of Edinburgh to commercialise games designed to improve the lives of autistic children.
The University of Edinburgh has licensed its spin-out Tigerface with games designed to improve the social skills of autistic pre-school children.
Tigerface Games, which is based on-campus at the university, secured the latest games through the university’s tech transfer office, Edinburgh Research and Innovation. The company is already active in providing interactive software geared towards the development of social skills in autistic children. Its FindMe app, which encourages autistic children to find and identify a person on the screen, has reached 85,000 downloads.
Sue Fletcher-Watson, who led the team in development of the apps, said: “Research tells us that early intervention is key to helping children with autism develop good social and communication skills. We also know that a lot of autistic children have a preference for using computers. The iPad apps we’ve developed with Tigerface Games represent a unique coming-together of these two findings in a way which we hope will be of benefit to the community.”
Kate Ho, managing director of Tigerface Games, added: “These licenses will enable us to fulfil a rapidly growing demand for games designed to help children with autism. We believe that games designed from the rigours of academic research will provide parents with games that they can trust.”
