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

OCT 13-15 2022

Meaningful Play 2022

Meaningful Play 2022 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

Beth LaPensée Ph.D

Assistant Professor

Carrie Heeter Ph.D

Professor

Andrew Dennis

Professor of Practice

Jeremy Gibson Bond

Professor of Practice

Ricardo Guimaraes

Professor of Practice

Casey O'Donnell Ph.D

Associate Professor

Robby Ratan Ph.D

Associate Professor

Wei Peng Ph.D

Associate Professor

Valeta Wensloff

Outreach Specialist

William Jeffery

Assistant Producer

Evan Cox

Technical Artist 

 

Greg Kozma

UI/UX Designer

 

Carrie Cole

Senior Game Designer

Nick Thurston

Technical Game Designer 

 

Xavier Durand-Hollis

UI Technical Designer

 

Mike Rossi

Technical UI Designer 

Steven Messinger

Lead Designer 

Brian Murray

Creative Director 

Chris Bray

Senior Product Owner 

Shane McCloskey

Senior Designer 

Marie Lazar

World Enviornment Artist 

Jeff Johnson

Senior Lighting and FX Artist 

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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