Vince Siu

Founder and CEO, Press Start Academy

I design systems that move people from consumption to creation. I use game design as infrastructure — a structural tool for rethinking curriculum, leadership, and systems change.

As Founder and CEO of Press Start Academy and Studios, I build immersive, game-based learning experiences that cultivate creative confidence and agency at scale — reaching over 10,000 students and 2,000 educators worldwide.

For the past decade, I’ve worked at the intersection of education, design, and interactive media, delivering 70+ talks and workshops across nine countries. I’ve spoken at platforms such as Games for Change (New York), SIGGRAPH Asia, Design Education Summit (Singapore), and DigiCon (Melbourne), and at institutions including Harvard Graduate School of Education, Columbia Teachers College, UCL Institute of Education, and the Ministry of Education Singapore.

In my voluntary role as Founding Curator of Games for Change Hong Kong, Asia’s first local chapter of the global Games for Change movement, I convene important conversations and communities at the intersection of play and impact across Asia.

Upcoming Presentations

Games for Change: Why Game Design is Your Next Big PBL Project

Join us to change the world through games! #playlearngrow

Past Presentations

Design Thinking and Innovation through Games: A Quickfire Fiero! Experience

Explore design thinking, STEAM and technology concepts, futures thinking, and entrepreneurship with Fiero!, a creative storytelling game by Press Start Studios!

Games for Change: Maximizing Student Learning, Systems Thinking, and Social Impact through Game Design

In this session, Press Start Academy, a Hong Kong-based startup specializing in game-based learning design, will be sharing the power of games and interactive media in learning important and strategic topics such as systems thinking, design thinking, and social impact, with design principles and concepts from the world of games, as well as examples of games you can use in your classroom to engage your students, leveraging the expertise and industry exposure of sister brand, edutainment studio Press Start Studios.

Boosting Student Agency through Gamification

In this session, Vince Siu and Logan Stratman of Press Start Academy, a Hong Kong-based startup that designs award-winning educational games and game-based curriculums, will explore the benefits and challenges of conducting game-based learning in inquiry-based classrooms.

Boosting Student Agency through Gamification

In this session, Vince Siu and Logan Stratman of Press Start Academy, a Hong Kong-based startup that designs award-winning educational games and game-based curriculums, will explore the benefits and challenges of conducting game-based learning in inquiry-based classrooms.

AI, Technology and a New Meaning for STEAM Education

In this workshop, Press Start Academy dares to imagine a future of learning where educators proactively use emergent technology, rather than worrying about students abusing it. We will begin the session with an in-depth intro to the latest trends and developments in generative AI, aided by Trial by Fire, a new debate program created with the assistance of ChatGPT and Midjourney.

Playing by Our Own Rules: Instructional Design Inspirations from Games

Let's explore how games can act as vehicles for systems thinking and learning! Our session will begin with a brief overview of gamification and game design principles, to set the stage and a common understanding of our context in learning through play. We will then present a unique card game as the subject for a creative dissection exercise. Divergence is a design thinking card game designed by Press Start Academy with the Hong Kong Design Center, and which acts as one of the foundation experiences for Press Start Academy's design thinking, entrepreneurship and climate leadership programs for schools and corporates.
Online Learning Education Technology Innovation 21st Century Skills

Play, Learn, Grow: Designing Powerful Learning Experiences through Play and Games

In this hour-long session, Vince Siu, Founder and CEO of Press Start Academy, will be sharing simple tips and tricks to create your very own fun, compelling, hands-on and interactive learning experiences for your students, as well as understand just why these strategies work so well.