Connecting with Future

This section of The Great Connector explores how young people can prepare for a career in video games. 

Visitors in this section can experience:

• Unreleased Games Arcade: Experience a rotating series of games by local developers that have never been released to the public.

• Web of Interests: Explore how personal interests are shared with contemporary game designers.

• Gaming Skill Tree: Explore various skills required to work in the game industry.

• Game Career Explorer: Explore an internship at a fictional gaming studio, Pixel Studio.

• Play Testing: As a new employee at a fictional game studio, your first assignment is to explore how different design and development decisions affect the quality, playability, and accessibility of Hidden Layers, a Flappy Bird–style game set in New York City.

Geneva Heyward