# The Restaurant Game Project Your Chance To Be A Video Game Designer By thischick | Published 2007-05-03 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-restaurant-game-project-your-chance-to-be-a-video-game-designer References: [web.media.mit.edu](http://web.media.mit.edu/~jorkin/restaurant/) 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](http://web.media.mit.edu/~jorkin/restaurant) 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. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.7/10 - Popularity: 68% | Activity: 66% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Internet](https://www.trendhunter.com/internet) ## Key Themes ### 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. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Virtual Cooking Adventures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/infinite-chef.md) - [VR Cooking Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vr-cooking-game.md) - [Interactive Gamified Restaurant Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/baoverse-app.md) - [Retro Burger Video Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chilis-big-smasher-burgertime.md) - [Recreated Video Game Meals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/playstation-to-plate.md) - [Play-To-Earn Restaurant Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/good-fortune-arcade.md) - [Algorithmic Puzzle Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/playalgoship.md) - [Game-Inspired Culinary Experiences](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/playstation-canada-x-opentable.md) - [Urban Design Card Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/city-making-101.md)