This is part 2 of a series of blog posts about our first summer rapid prototyping experiment. See part 1 for the background. We’ve had one development week so far. During the week of July 4th, we had only about …
This summer, we’re experimenting with rapid prototyping. Every other week, we’re making something: a game, a tool, a website, an object. These might be physical, digital, software, or hardware. For our purposes, what we make is not as important as …
We’re happy to say we’ve released OpenRelativity, our game development tool designed to help developers and educators experiment with the effects of special relativity. We’ve also released new betas of A Slower Speed of Light for Windows, Mac OS X, …
OpenRelativity released, plus a new beta of A Slower Speed of Light! Read more »
What happens when you bring together role playing, tactical combat, advanced weapon customization, the cold depths of space, and tall tales? Oh, and a whole lot of enemies? Andrew Grant, our Technical Director, will be talking about and playing the …
Due to campus closures, Friday Games is postponed to next Friday, April 26. What do you get when you mix Metroid, Castlevania, lucha libre, a bunch of internet references, brightly-colored papercraft-looking graphics, a dash of Mexican culture, and a lot …
Last April, the GAMBIT Lab hosted our first ever “Gayme Jam,” bringing together local designers, artists, and interested people in a one-day event to create games with LGBTQ themes. The event was a ton of fun, and one of the …
The MIT Game Lab QUILTBAG Jam! on Saturday, April 6th Read more »
This past January, we hosted the 5th annual Global Game Jam at MIT along with the MIT Education Arcade and Learning Games Network. Over 100 people got together (many of whom had never met or worked with each other before) …
Global Game Jam 2013 – 48 hours, 100 jammers… 27 games! Read more »
We are seeking participants for a short video game research study at the MIT Game Lab. The purpose of this study is to better understand how players interact with game content delivered through touch-screen tablets. As part of the study, …
Participate in a video game research study at the MIT Game Lab! Read more »
Some ado as been made about our transition from the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT project of the past six years to our new group, the MIT Game Lab. There have been some misconceptions about our transition, the nature of the original project, …
New laboratory opens its doors with a symposium, a festival, and seven new games MIT has established new game research facilities in the Karl Taylor Compton Laboratories (Building 26), where MIT’s first computer game, Spacewar!, was developed fifty years ago. …
MIT Game Lab explores the potential of games and play Read more »