The Game Design and Development Program at Michigan State University was founded in 2005, and has grown leaps and bounds into a Top 10 Ranked program by the Princeton Review.

The Game Design and Development Program at Michigan State University was founded in 2005, and has grown leaps and bounds into a Top 10 Ranked program by the Princeton Review.

Fabled Fox

Fabled Fox

The Unfair

Star Strikers

Cybergrind Overdrive

Chaos King

Avant Guardian

Quoth, the Raven

Robo Redirekt

Overthrone

Wingman from the Other Side

M.A.G.Gi

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Events

October 16-18, 2024
at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA

Meaningful Play

Meaningful Play is a conference about theory, research, and game design innovations, principles and practices. Meaningful Play brings scholars and industry professionals together to understand and improve upon games to entertain, inform, educate, and persuade in meaningful ways.

Brian Winn

GEL Lab Director
Professor

Andrew Dennis

Professor of Practice

Jeremy Gibson Bond

Professor of Practice

Susan Bonner

Associate Professor

Amanda Cote, Ph.D

Associate Professor and Director of the Serious Games MA Certificate

Ricardo Guimaraes

Professor of Practice

Cory Heald

Professor of Practice

Robby Ratan Ph.D

Associate Professor

Wei Peng Ph.D

Associate Professor

Valeta Wensloff

Undergraduate Director

Brooke Johnson

Technical Artist 

 

Riot Games

Andrew Bonczyk

Associate Character Artist

 

Bungie

Nathan Kellman

Associate Designer 

 

Lost Boys interactive

Xavier Durand-Hollis

UI Technical Designer

 

Natasha Hui

VFX Artist

Respawn Entertainment

Brian Murray

Creative Director 

Marie Lazar

Senior 3D Artist 

Peter McAuliffe

Junior 3D Artist

Ubisoft

Jimmy Chen

Associate Animator

High Moon

If you are considering making a charitable gift to Michigan State University, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to GameDev at MSU to help support the mission of our program, our students, and to maintain our facilities.

If you are considering making a charitable gift to Michigan State University, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to GameDev at MSU to help support the mission of our program, our students, and to maintain our facilities.

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