March 2013
MIT Business in Gaming 2013
MITBIG is an annual conference that focuses on the business side of the gaming industry. Our aim is to bring together industry professionals, local entrepreneurs and students to share insights and best business practices on how to run a gaming company, and how to make good games with it. This year is the 5th year that the conference is being held, and we are more excited than ever to have you join us for this milestone event!
Find out more »April 2013
QUILTBAG Jam
Game jams -- meetup events where people off all stripes and disciplines come together to create games -- are a long tradition here at the MIT Game Lab. Last year, we held the first ever "Gayme Jam," where we focused on creating games dealing with queer issues and ideas. This year, we're doing it again but under a new name: the QUILTBAG Jam at MIT is your opportunity to meet new people, explore game design ideas, and have a tremendous amount of fun in the process. The event is open to everyone of every sexuality, gender identity, and field of interest, whether you're an artist, a writer, a hardcore programmer, or simply someone who likes games.
Find out more »Physics Video Games at the Science Carnival & Robot Zoo
Come play A Slower Speed of Light and the big 4-player version of Squeezicks with us (and maybe learn something about physics)
Find out more »Play Day at the MIT Museum
Be a good sport! Play around with games and more from the MIT Media Lab's Lifelong Kindergarten group, the MIT Game Lab, Education Arcade, Learning Games Network, EyeWire, and others. This program will feature demonstrations and hands-on activities designed especially for teens.
Find out more »May 2013
IHA Northeast Regional Championships (Hokra)
The International Hokra Association Northeast Regional Championships When: Friday May 17th, 5PM Where: MIT Sloan Laboratory 35-225 Register your team here!
Find out more »Final Presentations: CMS.617 “Advanced Games Studio”
This has been our first semester teaching "Advanced Games Studio", a course designed for students to bring into practice the methods they've learned about game production and design from their previous MIT Game Lab-taught classes (CMS.611 "Creating Videogames" and CMS.608 "Game Design"). Students signed up for the course with teams and game ideas in mind and were tasked with pitching their game to us and spending a full semester prototyping, iterating, and producing their games. Students were allowed to make …
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Find out more »June 2013
Games Underground Tournament Spectacular II (Turbo)
Sponsored by the MIT Game Lab
Games Underground is hosting Games Underground Tournament Spectacular II (Turbo), a series of fighting games tournaments on MIT campus this summer!
@party 2013
Sponsored by the MIT Game Lab
New England's only demoparty, @party is a collaborative computer art festival where people participate in a variety of competitions which allow them to demonstrate their technical and artistic skills.
July 2013
MolyJam 2013
Sponsored by the MIT Game Lab Come join the second annual Molyjam. Once again we will be combing through the @PeterMolydeux tweets to come up with new and exciting games. The jam will run from Friday evening through Sunday evening. Food will not be provided, but we help organize food orders for lunch and dinner. It is recommended that you get breakfast beforehand each morning. We will have power strips, but will not have any laptops or software available so …
Find out more »August 2013
GAME DEVELOPMENT FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERS
Week-long workshop offered through MIT's Short Programs.
COURSE SUMMARY
Digital games pose greater challenges than business software projects of similar scope due to complexities in prototyping, testing, and platform variability. Game developers are thus required to exercise more flexibility in software specifications and functionality. Professionals have to modify their approaches to design and team management while keeping abreast of broad changes to technology such as cloud computing, mobility, and tools.
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