Game Design
Echo of the Abyss
PROJECTEcho of the Abyss is a Virtual Reality (VR) experience that uses animal guides and immersive environments to cultivate a sense of kinship towards marine l...
Monsters of Appalachia
PROJECTMonsters of Appalachia is a game designed by the Center for Transformational Play at Carnegie Mellon University. It is a role-playing game designed to hel...
Eye into AI
PROJECTRecent developments in explainable AI (XAI) aim to improve the transparency of black-box models. However, empirically ...
Carnegie Mellon University Launches Center for Transformational Play
NEWSGames can entertain. They can bring people together. They can transport players to new worlds, test skills and strategies, and encourage play. But games can also transform. They can teach,...
Video Game Focused on Community Health Receives Award at Meaningful Play Conference
NEWSOne of the most enduring pieces of advice from beloved children's television host Mister Rogers is to look for the helpers. ...
Neuroscientists and Game Designers Play Well Together
NEWSJessica Hammer thinks the most important technology for making games is the brain....
CMU Helps Simcoach Games Train Next Generation of Change Innovators
NEWSCarnegie Mellon University and Simcoach Games have teamed up to give high school students interested in game design on-the-job training and a first step toward a career in game design, dev...
Polyphonic
PROJECTThe Polyphonic project explores collecting real-world data by piggybacking on game streaming communities such as Twitch, which capture over a trillion min...
Games and Climate
PROJECTHow can games help address the challenge of climate change? Through research and design, we are exploring ways that games can motivate collective action, ...
Bloomwood Stories
PROJECTBloomwood Stories: Block Party is a visual novel that aims to increase players' health self-efficacy and connect them to health resources at their local l...
Games for Change: CMU Course Strategizes Around Sustainability
NEWSWhen it comes to climate change, a group of students at Carnegie Mellon University are ahead of the game — or, rather, designing it....
Hammer and Kalarchian Win Shape of Health Competition
NEWSA new game developed by Jessica Hammer and Melissa Kalarchian, two Pittsburgh-based researchers, won first prize in a national competition sponsored by the United States Department of Heal...