{"id":499,"date":"2024-10-19T19:52:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T19:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/?page_id=499"},"modified":"2026-03-30T16:49:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:49:48","slug":"games-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/?page_id=499","title":{"rendered":"games-page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-2-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-146db7d338425ef19fbf4c69c74ae4d7 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ae23879d9abd61d26ed5b448076310f4 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-52009084 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background\" style=\"min-height:100vh;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);background-image:url(&apos;https:\/\/gamedesigngrants.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/landscape1.gif&apos;);background-size:cover;background-attachment:fixed;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/game-design.ca\">HOME<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/?page_id=507\">SCHOLARSHIPS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/?page_id=501\">PEOPLE<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-border-color has-base-2-border-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/?page_id=499\" style=\"border-width:1px\">GAMES<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/?page_id=503\">EVENTS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/?page_id=962\">MEDIA<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/?page_id=880\">PUBLICATIONS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-contrast-2-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/?page_id=626\">FR<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/computer.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-697\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:100px;width:116px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-column-is-layout-19e250f3 wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right has-base-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-body-font-family has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-be0a97d66ddd96b0a1674ba3450e1297\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Games<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);line-height:1.33\">Games currently being developed under the 2025-2026 graduate scholarships grants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-theme-1-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-da7ed7b5ba2e4b44d079de432598bd48 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:dashed;min-height:40vh;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sticker__0002_logo2-1024x758.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-862 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sticker__0002_logo2-1024x758.png 1024w, https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sticker__0002_logo2-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sticker__0002_logo2-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sticker__0002_logo2-1536x1137.png 1536w, https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sticker__0002_logo2-2048x1517.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><strong>The Feed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by Scott DeJong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A competitive card game showing how information is manipulated on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefeedgame.com\/\">Game Page<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Frame_71-1024x686.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-863 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Frame_71-1024x686.png 1024w, https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Frame_71-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Frame_71-768x515.png 768w, https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Frame_71-1536x1030.png 1536w, https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Frame_71.png 1611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><strong>Zarhi&#8217;s Missing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by Scott DeJong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A hybrid simulation game where journalists try to report on a media crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1765228619702-1-1024x744.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-865 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1765228619702-1-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1765228619702-1-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1765228619702-1-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1765228619702-1.jpg 1336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\"><strong>Conversation Starters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by Elise Trinh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A micro-game about how to strike up a conversation with someone on a bench.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/square-512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-888 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/square-512.png 512w, https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/square-512-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/square-512-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\"><strong>Punching Out<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by JoDee Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A game that charts new trajectories through virtual time and space as an aging bad-ass, hot-flashing action hero grappling with a core question: to retire, or not to retire?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);line-height:1.33\">Games developed under the 2024-2025 graduate scholarships grants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-theme-1-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f01c3cc4f7b5c756c242397eaf9352cc has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:dashed;min-height:40vh;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/soundgarden_small.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-718 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/soundgarden_small.png 800w, https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/soundgarden_small-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/soundgarden_small-768x585.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><strong>Soundgarden<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by Vadim Nickel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An immersive first-person exploration game where sound takes center stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zolarsystems.itch.io\/soundgarden\">Itch.io Page<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/videon.github.io\/soundgarden\/\">Design Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/self.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-719 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/self.png 800w, https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/self-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/self-768x556.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><strong>&#8220;Project Self&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by Courtney Blamey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A \u201cdating\u201d sim focused on compassion and learning to love yourself \u2013 even the bad parts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/game-design.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/beed.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-720 size-full\" 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