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WestonGameLab

@westongamelab

Where students, faculty, & staff collaborate on the research & development of games that produce social impact or experiment with form.

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This past spring, a team with the WestonGameLab and the UChicago College developed "A Labyrinth," an alternate reality game that built community during a remote quarter—while also examining the future of media. ms.spr.ly/6015Tmiwz

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Meet Ashlyn Sparrow the moderator of our virtual panel: The Future of Gaming – What Happens Next? Ashlyn is the Assistant Director of the WestonGameLab at The University of Chicago and a boardmember of IGDA Chicago! Register for the panel here! bit.ly/38S4lhF #indiedev #gamedev

Meet <a href="/AshlynSparrow/">Ashlyn Sparrow</a> the moderator of our virtual panel: The Future of Gaming – What Happens Next? Ashlyn is the Assistant Director of the <a href="/WestonGameLab/">WestonGameLab</a> at <a href="/uchicago/">The University of Chicago</a> and a boardmember of IGDA Chicago! 

Register for the panel here! bit.ly/38S4lhF

#indiedev #gamedev
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If you missed the #gamedev panel, you're in luck! The Future of Gaming - What Happens Next can be watched on IGDA Chicago's youtube channel here: youtube.com/watch?v=JZQVEQ… And remember #BlackLivesMatter!

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Chicago has an amazing #IndieGameDev scene! @wakingonigames is currently working on a hot springs customer management game. If you ever wanted to be Chihiro in the onsen scene in Spirited Away by Studio Ghibli, Onsen Master is the game for you!!

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Join WestonGameLab Asst. Director Ashlyn Sparrow for a talk with Snow Xu, focusing on how computing allows new art forms to emerge. Tomorrow, 10/15, 3pm CDT! Part of Ada Lovelace Week 2020. ms.spr.ly/6016TLBwI

Join <a href="/WestonGameLab/">WestonGameLab</a> Asst. Director Ashlyn Sparrow for a talk with Snow Xu, focusing on how computing allows new art forms to emerge. Tomorrow, 10/15, 3pm CDT! Part of Ada Lovelace Week 2020. ms.spr.ly/6016TLBwI
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Join us this Tuesday at 6pm CT as Patrick Jagoda discusses EXPERIMENTAL GAMES (UChicagoPress) with Alenda Y. Chang and Ashlyn Sparrow. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/patrick-jago… Presented in partnership with the University of Chicago Press

Join us this Tuesday at 6pm CT as Patrick Jagoda discusses EXPERIMENTAL GAMES (<a href="/UChicagoPress/">UChicagoPress</a>) with Alenda Y. Chang and Ashlyn Sparrow. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/patrick-jago…

Presented in partnership with the University of Chicago Press
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I had an absolute incredible time talking representation & esports with Ashlyn Sparrow & Patrick Jagoda at the WestonGameLab Thank you @SkatCate for putting this together & inviting me to be part of this awesome panel & to speak with University of Chicago students! 🙏

I had an absolute incredible time talking representation &amp; esports with <a href="/AshlynSparrow/">Ashlyn Sparrow</a> &amp; Patrick Jagoda at the <a href="/WestonGameLab/">WestonGameLab</a> 

Thank you @SkatCate for putting this together &amp; inviting me to be part of this awesome panel &amp; to speak with University of Chicago students! 🙏
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Ashlyn Sparrow — a UChicago WestonGameLab game designer — wants young people from Chicago’s South Side to take her job someday. She says she's eager to show local students that they too can turn their personal interests into fulfilling careers: bit.ly/3TxlXGZ.

Ashlyn Sparrow — a UChicago <a href="/WestonGameLab/">WestonGameLab</a> game designer — wants young people from Chicago’s South Side to take her job someday. She says she's eager to show local students that they too can turn their personal interests into fulfilling careers: bit.ly/3TxlXGZ.
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Hello first years, and welcome to Haven! Orientation begins in just 4 days, and we can’t wait to meet you all! Swipe to learn more, and check out the link in our bio to join us once the countdown ends! #HavenGame #UChicago #GameBasedLearning

Hello first years, and welcome to Haven! Orientation begins in just 4 days, and we can’t wait to meet you all! Swipe to learn more, and check out the link in our bio to join us once the countdown ends!

#HavenGame #UChicago #GameBasedLearning
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Hello everyone, and welcome to your first day at Haven! We hope you enjoy your orientation experience as you get settled into Haven Academy. Make sure you finish orientation before classes at Haven begin on August 16th, so you can explore all that our four shoals have to offer.

Hello everyone, and welcome to your first day at Haven! We hope you enjoy your orientation experience as you get settled into Haven Academy. Make sure you finish orientation before classes at Haven begin on August 16th, so you can explore all that our four shoals have to offer.
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On Friday, explore Haven’s Artificial Island, which was terraformed by Haven’s most talented scientists and engineers. #HavenGame #UChicago #GameBasedLearning

On Friday, explore Haven’s Artificial Island, which was terraformed by Haven’s most talented scientists and engineers. 

#HavenGame #UChicago #GameBasedLearning
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On Friday, explore Haven's Coral Island, which is a triumph of colorful experience design. #HavenGame #UChicago #GameBasedLearning

On Friday, explore Haven's Coral Island, which is a triumph of colorful experience design. 

#HavenGame #UChicago #GameBasedLearning
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On Friday, explore Haven’s Oceanic Island, which combines an actual island with a flotilla of myriad boats. You’ll hear a cacophony of languages across these boats. #HavenGame #UChicago #GameBasedLearning

On Friday, explore Haven’s Oceanic Island, which combines an actual island with a flotilla of myriad boats. You’ll hear a cacophony of languages across these boats. 

#HavenGame #UChicago #GameBasedLearning
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Explore Haven’s Tidal Island, which courses offered here explore disciplines such as anthropology, history, political science, and sociology. Play Haven now to explore Tidal Island and Oceanic Island! More coming soon. #HavenGame #UChicago #GameBasedLearning

Explore  Haven’s Tidal Island, which courses offered here explore disciplines such as anthropology, history, political science, and sociology.

Play Haven now to explore Tidal Island and Oceanic Island! More coming soon.

#HavenGame #UChicago #GameBasedLearning
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Over 1,000 first-year students have already registered for the Haven game. Today, the experience is entering its endgame. You can log into the world of Haven (haven.academy) using your CNetID and And click on Volcanic Island to start the final chapter. #GameOn

Over 1,000 first-year students have already registered for the Haven game. Today, the experience is entering its endgame.  You can log into the world of Haven (haven.academy) using your CNetID and And click on Volcanic Island to start the final chapter. #GameOn
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Prof. Patrick Jagoda will deliver the Aims of Education address today to the Class of 2028 at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. Join us virtually for the event, beginning at 6:30 p.m. CT. ms.spr.ly/6014m557y

Prof. Patrick Jagoda will deliver the Aims of Education address today to the Class of 2028 at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. Join us virtually for the event, beginning at 6:30 p.m. CT. ms.spr.ly/6014m557y