by the GameBling team

Jamming over two days in February, five teams of researchers prototyped digital games with the goal of re-thinking and deconstructing slot machine games.
Working with a variety of creative software —including Unity, Twine, VR formats, and audio-based experiences— the jam participants put together an impressive selection of playable game prototypes. Most participants were first time jammers and, by sharing knowledge and collaborating with one another across disciplines, learned to use several game making …

Recap written by TAG alumn and game creator Dr. Jess Marcotte for Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at Concordia University.

On December 9th, 2021, when TAG welcomed Orion D. Black to present on Circle Theory—a visual narrative tool developed by Black that helps develop story arcs, worldbuilding, and character—for their Global Speaker Series, Rethinking Playfulness, I knew I was in for a treat. I come to this topic as someone invested in how humans …

TONIGHT AT 7-8:30PM
Public presentation of Gina Hara’s Ada X Residency Project
Residency at Ada X + Algora Lab: October, 19th to December, 13th 2021.
The project was also supported by TAG and the TAG Minecraft Bloc research group.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, social AIs have been increasingly stepping up to offer companionship and mental-health help online. In her residency, Gina Hara set out to draw a parallel between MC singleplayer gameplay and life during lockdown, speculating …