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I could only work on it in the evening and on weekends. It took around a year to develop the game. How long did it take to develop Plague Inc.? I liked the game, but thought it could be even better if it had deeper strategy, a strong narrative, increased realism and a lot more.

is a bit like the film Contagion except that you are the disease! The 2008 flash game Pandemic 2 gave me the idea of spreading a disease around the world. I was a strategy consultant in my day job, but I wanted to give myself a creative challenge in my spare time. How did you come up with the idea of Plague Inc.? Vaughan to learn more about the game, its creation, and what he plans to do next. “CDC uses digital media to raise awareness on health issues that the nation faces today,” says Katherine Lyon-Daniel, PhD, Associate Director of Communication at CDC. “Meeting with industry leaders is a great way to learn more about reaching new audiences through mobile apps.” We were very excited to welcome James to CDC and learn more about using other digital platforms to reach a general audience.

The game creates a compelling world that engages the public on serious public health topics.įor PHPR, using non-conventional methods to communicate with the public has worked really well in the past through social media and blogs posts. I became interested in Vaughan’s game as a tool to teach the public about outbreaks and disease transmission because of how it uses a non-traditional route to raise public awareness on epidemiology, disease transmission, and diseases/pandemic information.

With a successful disease, players can watch as governments fall and humanity is wiped out. Within the game, players select a pathogen and strategize how to evolve symptoms, transmit the disease, and counter actions taken by world governments and scientists. James Vaughan, founder of Ndemic Creations, spoke to CDC staff on Maabout his new mobile app, Plague Inc.