Attention gamers everywhere! Interested in helping MIT Media Lab test their multi-player research game "The Restaurant"? It's available online to test out. The goal of the game is to take as many online "real multi-player" algorithms as possible and turn them into a single player game that isn't limited in it's game play to programmer decisions, but rather, human decision-making processes. Once they've gathered enough data, they will implement it in a game they plan to release at the 2008 Independant Games Festival. If you are interested in testing it out, go to The Restaurant Game and give it a try. A nice bonus is that your name will be added to the game's credits as a designer when it's released in 2008.
What Makes This Trend Stand Out
- Multi-player Research Games
- Developing multi-player research games using real algorithms for human decision-making processes.
- Video Game Design Testing
- Using online and community testing platforms to gamify the design and data gathering process for video games.
- Human Decision-making Processes
- Exploring the potential of human decision-making processes for video game design innovation.
Sectors Adopting This
- Gaming
- Utilizing multi-player research games and community testing platforms to create innovative video game designs.
- Tech Research and Development
- Developing and exploring technologies that utilize human decision-making processes for gamification and beyond.
- Education and Neuroscience
- Investigating how multi-player research games and gamification can be utilized for education and neuroscience research.
