LB Game Design

The Game Design and Development program at Wilfrid Laurier University - Brantford. Watched over by @snicholson

[Sandra Danilovic, PhD @DrDanilovic]

Please share and retweet widely @LaurierResearch @BrantHealthUnit @CityofBrantford

[Scott Nicholson @snicholson]

What we create in our games matters. This is at the heart of what we are doing at the Game Design program at Laurier.

Here's a recent video by board game reviewers @ThinkerThemer about why looking at game designs critically is important: . https://t.co/W0Gx4AWOMH

[Scott Nicholson @snicholson]

As part of our research funded by Red Bull on escape rooms, Shannon McDowell led a survey of players of remote escape rooms to take a look at the impact of cultural bias in the design of remote escape rooms.
https://t.co/WungqS8RaS

[Scott Nicholson @snicholson]

I am so proud here - Two of the designers on this project are students in our Game Design and Development program at Wilfrid Laurier University. They are going to talk about their game jam game about a person with autism navigating life.

[LB Game Design @LBGameDesign]

Over the last year, our Game Design seniors have been making games. Join us May 1st at 7pm for our virtual Senior Showcase and learn about these new games that are being released into the wild!

Sign up for the event here:
https://t.co/vs6LSBGLGa

[LB Game Design @LBGameDesign]

Join us virtually to hear from consulting game writer and author Sam Maggs on March 4 from 7-8pm EST for our GameTALK!

Sam is a bestselling author of books, comics, and video games and has been a senior games writer.

To register, please visit
https://t.co/QNuGIqEBKZ

[LB Game Design @LBGameDesign]

Join us virtually on Feb 4, 2021 from 7-8pm EST for a talk by Dr. Sara Grimes called
"PWNing the Playground: Children's connected games, corporate copyright, and commercial enclosure"

Learn more and sign up here:

https://t.co/vaT5ceNtcm

[LB Game Design @LBGameDesign]

We are very proud of some of our WLU game design students, who won best game at the Gamerella game jam. The designers were Maya Harry, Nedward Rehanek, and Joshua Snow.

Their game, Masks, explores concepts of autism, and can be found here: https://t.co/Wn8fdpiuHh

[LB Game Design @LBGameDesign]

Creative Director and Graphic Designer Matt Paquette will be chatting with us about his experiences in making games as part of our GameTALK series via Zoom on Thursday, Nov. 5th, from 7-8:30pm.

Sign up at:
https://t.co/1tMoyC67mw

[Michelle Goodridge🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧 @migoodridge]

Excited to have my friend and @LBGameDesign graduate @StephanReilly join us for @GAMEtalk this Thursday. This event is free to the public.

Register here: https://t.co/6pRjXaIonp

[LB Game Design @LBGameDesign]

Soon, thousands of new @Laurier Golden Hawks will engage in a grand adventure. With a team of Game Design and Development students, alumni & faculty through the BGNlab, we have developed a cooperative adventure spanning over 5 days to help students learn about WLU resources.

[Scott Nicholson @snicholson]

Can't make it to Essen?

Well, come to the next best thing - Designer Day at the
@bgnlab in Brantford, Ontario, Saturday, October 26th!

More Information:
https://t.co/Te54S7JX5b

[LB Game Design @LBGameDesign]

This is about the game we've been developing for Laurier Brantford's 20th and Criminology's 15th, premiering at Homecoming: https://t.co/DwApRqYO3y

[LB Game Design @LBGameDesign]

Want to help students learn how to make pro-social games? We are hiring Part-Time Faculty to teach in Game Design and Development at Laurier in Brantford, Ontario.

Hiring for Unity, GameMaker, HTML5, Sound design or 2D/3D design.

More info: https://t.co/Yj7k4V6s8H

[Scott Nicholson @snicholson]

Interested to hear the game design talk given recently at @Laurier about the Red Bull Mind Gamers Escape Room World Championships? #redbullescaperoom

I recorded the talk and cleaned it up, so here you go:

https://t.co/wU50nl9BFd

[LB Game Design @LBGameDesign]

Want to hear some stories and meet the student designers from the Red Bull Mind Gamers Escape Room World Championships?

Come to the @BGNlab where the concepts were born in Brantford, Ontario on Wednesday, April 24 from 6-8pm to learn more!

More info: https://t.co/HmzSFjitfn

[LB Game Design @LBGameDesign]

This weekend was the Red Bull Mind Gamers Escape Room World Championships. The rooms were designed in #Brantford, Ontario by Scott Nicholson and a team of @Laurier Game Design and Development students. Here's a quick overview video from the event: https://t.co/IO3chvrDf1

[LB Game Design @LBGameDesign]

Are you part of an organization wanting to engage people with games?

We have our first graduating class seeking employment changing the world for good through games.

Here's a video about what they can do, with a link to their portfolios. https://t.co/SVleRvrGJ5

[LB Game Design @LBGameDesign]

Are you part of an organization wanting to engage people with games?

We have our first @Laurier Game Design graduating class seeking employment changing the world for good through games.

See what they can do and explore their portfolios: https://t.co/SVleRvrGJ5

[LB Game Design @LBGameDesign]

On March 4th between 1-4pm, you can play a free 10-minute popup escape room designed by @Laurier Game Design students on the Brantford campus in the RCW lobby as part of ACERS2019.
https://t.co/RC1RwXdSac … @LBGameDesign #Laurier