FALL ARCADE 2021

It’s Fall Arcade time! Check out our annual show of projects made by our talented community of designers and artists. ...

Global Game Jam 2021 (Online edition!)

The MICA Game lab was one of the official Baltimore site of the Global Game Jam 2021, it was out 6th Global Game Jam! A lot of teams designed amazing games together, using our newly opened Discord channel!

Fall Arcade 2020 – Screenshot edition

FALL ARCADE 2020: SCREENSHOT EDITION captures the raw process of game designers at work. It features a collection of works that reflect – in strange yet apt ways – the way the world was in 2020. Curated by Raghav Bashyal

Fall Arcade 2020

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MICA Game Lab will be hosting an exhibition of student work titled FALL ARCADE 2020 - SCREENSHOT Edition. Submissions are open from MONDAY NOV 9th 2020 to FRIDAY NOV 20th 2020. The exhibition will open on DEC 10th 2020 with a closing reception on Friday JAN 21st 2021 at 8PM.

Makin’ Stuff With Yann

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Makin' Stuff With Yann is the weekly office open hours with our Game Designer in Residence Yann Seznec

Archive Conference

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Archive is a two day celebration of game history and culture and a project between our lab and Magfest.

Hunt & Peck

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The MICA Game Lab presented Hunt and Peck an exhibition we put on in collaboration with the VGA Gallery of Chicago.

Black Space and Real Wakandas

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We were lucky to have the designers and advocates at Intelligent Mischief visit us and host a world building workshop.

Playtest This!

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Playtest This! is an event series where we invite game designers and studios to test works in progress with our students and lab.

Ian Dallas Talk

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Ian Dallas is the creative director of Giant Sparrow the studio behind The Unfinished Swan and What Remains of Edith Finch.

LARP Workshop

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We ran a two day experimental LARP workshop with game designer Allison Cole.

Global Game Jam

The MICA Game lab was the official Baltimore site of the Global Game Jam for 2017 and 2018.