Gaming your way to the oil rigs

An Edmonton-based software company hopes to improve safety conditions on oil rigs through their “hands-on, off-site” training game.

Simulynx Rig Skill, a simulation-based rig crew training system, was developed by Terris-Hill Productions, a local company headed by Terry Smith and Kevin McNulty.

McNulty said the project started as a response to the frustration both he and Smith felt with the efficacy of existing training programs and their desire to improve upon them.

Simulynx Rig Skill in action. (Video supplied)

In Simulynx, the player takes on the role of a service rig worker – in the version available, it is the junior floorhand position – and in first person perspective, completes real-life tasks in a 3-D environment.

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