Henrik Söderström: Demons in the Machine Generative Art Workshop
Utilizing generative art tools, this workshop crafts eerie narratives and otherworldly realms inspired by horror fiction and the supernatural.
Jaroslav Svelch: Visiting Lecture
Jaroslav Švelch’s will discuss his book Player vs. Monster, which explores the history of video game monsters.
HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER INSTITUTE 2023
The UCLA Game Lab Summer Institute introduces high school students to game-making as a form of artistic practice.
Marx Madness: Netrunner Tournament
M.M. here, sending a message from Gamelab HQ to let all you runners out there know of the hottest job this side of Angel City.
Bo Ruberg: Queer Indie Video Games Playsession
Please join Professor Bo Ruberg to explore recent work from queer and transgender independent game designers.
Carlin Wing: A Ball-Making Workshop
Come join Carlin Wing in a Ball-Making Workshop! Learn about the history of ball construction and MAKE your own physical and virtual balls!
Braxton Soderman: VISITING LECTURE
Braxton Soderman will first discuss some of his previous work surrounding Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s concept of flow, as it applies to video games and beyond.
Potluck and Playtest
POTLUCK / PLAYTEST, a hybrid event, bring an analog or digital game that you are working on as well as a food dish to share for the potluck!
Puppet Jam
PUPPET JAM!, a game-jam-style event to work together to create our own puppet games and puppet vignettes.
Winter Arcade
Winter Arcade, showcases student projects from multiple Design Media Arts classes this quarter, including Game Design, Game Engine, and Interactive Animation classes.
Toby Do: Local Level Design Workshop
Local level design is a practice of level design setup in opposition to AAA level design methods and procedural level design.
Christopher Bishop: Artist Talk
Christopher Bishop is an artist and animator living in Los Angeles, currently working as an animation supervisor at That Game Company (Journey, Flower, Sky).
Dorf Club
Dwarf Fortress is an incredibly deep fantasy world simulation where you help guide a group of dwarves to build a thriving city
Music Engine Ensemble
John Brumley will bring some instruments. You'll learn how to play them, change the sounds to make them your own, and even how to dismantle and modify them.
RPG Play Sessions at the Lab 2021-2022
This academic year, with the return to campus, we set out to delve deeper into the realm of RPGs.
HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER INSTITUTE 2022
The UCLA Game Lab Summer Institute introduces high school students to game-making as a form of artistic practice.
Angela Washko: Artist Talk
Angela Washko, artist and Associate Professor of Art at Carnegie Mellon University—and a longtime friend of the UCLA Game Lab—will join us as a Research Fellow this spring.
Yeah! Music! Workshop
A three-part music workshop led by Jenna Caravello, Michael Luo, and Hua Chai. This workshop will introduce participants to some methods and processes for producing music.
Artist Talk: Pam Punzalan & Sinta Posadas
Pam and Sinta will talk about designing games true to lived experiences, from aesthetics to theme to mechanics.
Mike Pondsmith: visiting Lecture
Mike Pondsmith is a renowned tabletop and videogame designer and publisher, perhaps best known as the creator of the groundbreaking role-playing game Cyberpunk.
Controller Workshop with Ariel Uzal
Ariel Uzal will lead a physical workshop on making custom controllers for your games.
Patrick Michael Ballard: Artist Talk
Patrick Michael Ballard is a Los Angeles based artist and fool-magician that primarily orchestrates secrets and surprises in immersive theater and interactive sculpture games.
Zedeck Siew: ARTIST TALK
Zedeck Siew presents a talk about the ways he handles language and representation as a writer creating from a Southeast Asian context in an Anglo-centric market.
Serenity Westfield
Serenity Westfield, Community Manager at NISEI, will present a talk about diversity in Cyberpunk, Netrunner & NISEI.
Hacking Your First RPG
We’ll introduce ways of making characters and do some worldbuilding, in the end, you’ll be well on your way to making a one-page roleplaying game.
Interplay Extravaganza
End of the year student showcase exhibition!
Aaron Trammel: Repairing Play
Editor-In-Chief, Analog Game Studies. Assistant Professor of Informatics, UC Irvine.
Turnfollow: ARTIST TALK
Carter Lodwick & Ian Endsley from LA-based independent game company Turnfollow.
HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER INSTITUTE 2021
The UCLA Game Lab Summer Institute introduces high school students to game-making as a form of artistic practice.
Teledildonics with Teddy Pozo
Hacker Culture and the Future of Sex.
A RUN THROUGH THE DARK WEB with Tim Schwartz
A cyberpunk dive into the corners of the dark web.
Sabine Harrer: Artist Talk
Sabine Harrer is an experimental game maker, scholar, and writer, who uses videogames to reframe, challenge, and queer norms around desire and intimacy.
A.M. Darke: Artist Talk
A.M. Darke is an artist designing radical tools for social intervention.
Show && Tell with Nick Crockett
This week, Show && Tell invites Nick Crockett to take us behind the scenes of his animated fantasy, Fire Underground. Fire Underground inspired by the industrial history of Appalachia.
Nick Crockett: Artist Talk
Nick Crockett is a teacher, artist, animator, and game developer from the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Karla Zimonja: Artist Talk
Karla Zimonja is a video game artist, producer, writer, editor, and narrative designer.
Show && Tell Club
with Lena NW
Show && Tell Club is a place for game makers to present and discuss their process of creative game making in detail with each other.
Show && Tell Club
This week, Show && Tell Club will feature Game Lab residents Wenrui Zhang, Elsie Wang & Michael Luo will be sharing projects in the lab.
HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER INSTITUTE 2020
The UCLA Game Lab Summer Institute introduces high school students to game-making as a form of artistic practice.
UCLA DMA Zoom Salon: Porpentine
Porpentine Charity Heartscape is a writer, game designer, and dead swamp milf in Oakland.
Nonsense Way of Thinking:
A Workshop with Maywa Denki
A workshop led by Maywa Denki, a Japanese company and artists’ collective that specializes in making self-described “nonsense” consumer products and musical instruments.
VR Mini Showcase
Is VR revolutionary or is it hype?
HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER INSTITUTE 2019
The UCLA Game Lab Summer Institute introduces high school students to game-making as a form of artistic practice.
Bonnie Ruberg: Video games have always been queer
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 from 12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m
Zbrush Workshop with Sara Drake
Beginners welcome!
UCLA Game Lab @ Refest 2019
CultureHub's Refest is to bring artists, activists, and technologists together to explore our role in re-shaping the future.
Matthias Dörfelt:
Procedural strategies in video games
Artist in Resident Matthias Dörfelt gives talk about his work during his residency as well as Procedural strategies for creating artwork and games.
Nathalie Lawhead: Alternative Technologies for Building Weird Games
She creates playable experiences, interactive art, and online experiments, blurring the line between games and art.
NATHALIE LAWHEAD: Artist Talk
Lawhead creates playable experiences, interactive art, and online experiments, blurring the line between games and art.
Adam Koebel: Pretending to be Wizards on the Internet
Adam Koebel divulges the experiences and oddities of making content in the niche-within-a-niche world of live streamed tabletop roleplaying games!
Ahmed El Shaer: Artist Talk
Fulbright Scholar and Visiting researcher Ahmed El Shaer is giving an artist talk at the game lab on October 31st, 2018 from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
High School Summer Institute 2018
The UCLA Game Lab Summer Institute introduces high school students to game-making as a form of artistic practice.
Noa Kaplan: Photogrammetry Workshop
Learn the emerging practice of scanning real-life objects into digital 3D files.
Dan Klitsner: Watch the Player Not the Game
A workshop on animating humans with gameplay.
Marc Flury: Artist Talk
Game Designer and co-creator of Thumper Marc Flury is visiting the Game Lab April 4th to share his creative process and give a demo of his project.
Mary Flanagan: Play at the Edges Play in the Center
Artist, theorist and designer Mary Flanagan visited the Game Lab to share artistic approaches in her art and design studios.
The Great Success Machine Workshop
The Great Success Machine adapts the format of an artist-oriented career building workshop turned group therapy.
Net Positive 2
Build your own networked multiplayer games in Unity
2017 Game Art Festival
A festival of experimental games, game art, tournaments, performances, music, and presentations.
2017 International Games Day
Come celebrate UCLA Library's 6th annual International Games Day at the Powell Library.
Angela Washko: Choreographing Interventions in Multi-User Online Environments
Game developer, performance artist, and interventionist Angela Washko lead participants in exercises that asked them to reconsider virtual environments as distinctive contexts for performance and intervention.
Angela Washko: Artist Talk
Washko is an artist, writer and facilitator devoted to creating new forums for feminism in the spaces most hostile toward it.
Net Positive
Build your own networked multiplayer games in Unity
Game Night – B.Y.O.G.
Bring Your Own Game.
Blast Theory: Streaming and Interaction Workshop
A hands-on live gaming performance workshop for our students lead by Ju Row Farr of Blast Theory.
Ju Row Farr of Blast Theory: Artist Talk
A presentation by artist Ju Row Farr discussing the importance of conversation and interaction in Blast Theory’s work.
High School Summer Institute 2017
The UCLA Game Lab Summer Institute introduces high school students to game-making as a form of artistic practice.
Mark Essen: Artist Talk
Mark Essen, an independent game designer and artist, discusses his work, including "Flywrench" and "Nidhogg".
Nova Jiang: Practical Practice
Nova Jiang presents on the practical aspect of life as a working media artist.
Jeremy Bailey: AR Bodybuilding
Famous New Media Artist Jeremy Bailey lead a workshop on Augmented Reality that transformed participants into unicorns.
2016 International Games Day
Come celebrate International Games Day with us at Powell Library!
Isabelle Arvers: Games as Colors on Canvas
French curator and artist Isabelle Arvers will be visiting the UCLA Game Lab for a 2 day hands-on Machinima workshop.
Jon Peterson: Quantifying You
Game historian Jon Peterson discusses quantifying personal attributes and the imagination of players in role-playing games.
UCLA Arts Celebration
UCLA Game Lab is honored to have presented at 2016's UCLA Arts Celebration.
High School Summer Institute 2016
The UCLA Game Lab Summer Institute introduces high school students to game-making as a form of artistic practice.
Aram Bartholl: Texturegrammetry Workshop
Live Handmade Texture Generation For Minecraft
Angela Washko: Artist Talk
Artist Angela Washko Presents at the UCLA Game Lab
Annamaria Andrea Vitelli: Artist Talk
Visiting Artist-in-Residence Andrea Vitelli and Ph.D.candidate presents her research in games and interaction design.
Auriea Harvey: Photogrammetry Workshop
In addition to her artist talk, Auriea Harvey ran a photogrammetry workshop during her week with us at the Game Lab.
Oscar Moralde: Machines of the Inte(e)ractable: Video Games and Experiencing the Body Politic
PH.D candidate Oscar Moralde presents his academic paper on games titled "Machines of the Int(e)ractable"
Auriea Harvey of Tale of Tales: Artist Talk
Auriea Harvey presents her work as a game designer and founder of Tale of Tales.
Auriea Harvey and Eddo Stern @ LACMA
Artists Auriea Harvey and Eddo Stern show their expressive video games at LACMA.
2015 Game Art Festival
A festival of experimental games, game art, tournaments, performances, music, and presentations.
Cyberpunk Fashion Show
Game Lab members designed, sewed, built, and makeupped their cyberpunk alter egos in just one weekend!
RE4DY-2-W4RE: Modeling & Modeling
A workshop and collaborative artwork where participants receive a crash course in 3D modeling with Blender and create their own collection of semi-humanoid fashion.
2015 International Games Day
Come and celebrate International Games Day at UCLA!
Isla Hansen: Artist Talk
Visiting Artist in Residence Isla Hansen gave a presentation showcasing her body of work at the UCLA Game Lab.
Eat Play Love
A unique take on the concept of a game jam, Eat, Play, Love took place over three days with one goal: to create a fully playable communal dinner.
Game Bar @ Northern Spark 2015
Northern Spark, an annual, all-night art festival in Minneapolis.
Celia Pearce: Curating : Creative : Communities
Celia Pearce will talk about play communities, social sculpting and curating culture in the context of games.
TEACHING GAMES IN CO-OP MODE
The workshop was developed to explore the challenges of game education across the sciences, humanities and the arts.
Philip Scott: Game Poems
Learn about and create game poems, short experiences that extend the emotion and structure of poetry to game making.
Nick Crockett: Unity Club
Come hear Nick Crockett, Design Media Arts alumnus, speak about his games.
Jake Elliot and Tamas Kemenczy: Behind The Scenes Tour Of Kentucky Route Zero
Get a special behind-the-scenes tour of Kentucky Route Zero. Presented by creators Jake Elliot and Tamas Kemenczy.
Jake Elliot and Tamas Kemenczy: Artist Talk
Come see Jake Elliot and Tamas Kemenczy present their highly acclaimed indie game Kentucky Route Zero.
John Brumley: Unity Club
John Brumley hosted Unity Club this week and talked about his games Guattari Hero and Whisk'ry Business.
Giant Robot Game Night 25
A bi-monthly games extravaganza brought to you by AngryBananas.com & DESTRUCTOID, Giant Robot.
Alex Rickett: Unity Club
Recent DMA grad Alex Rickett gave a talk about short form, fun games in Unity Club this week.
Eddie Lee Of Funktronic Labs: Artist Talk
Funktronic Labs cofounder Eddie Lee will present his games and more!
Untitled Arcade
Arcade installation in Untitled Cafe! Grab a coffee and enjoy some cool games on our custom built arcade cabinets!
Gregg Tavares: Super Happy Fun Times Game Jam
Come see game developer Gregg Tavares present his multiplayer game platform.
EMP Museum Indie Game Revolution Launch Party
EMP has teamed up with the indie video game showcase collective Wild Rumpus to curate a gaming party
2014 International Games Day
Come and celebrate International Games Day at UCLA in Powell Library!
Peter Lu: Unity Club
Peter Lu talked about his games and taught us how to make our own networked game.
Tetsu Kondo: Artist Talk
Tetsu Kondo gives an artist talk about his work, from drawing, software development, and installation to creating original musical instruments, both acoustic and digital.
Quick Time Event
Get inspired by the retro stylings and nostalgia of 90's full motion video games and participate in a three day intensive workshop/exhibition.
David Mershon: Artist Talk and Workshop
Learn to model your own 3d figurines in the free software Blender.
Popup Arcade Extravaganza!
Experience a night of fun and games in our pop-up arcade!
2013 International Games Day
Come and celebrate International Games Day at the Powell Library!
Punk Arcade
Punk Arcade is a videogame art exhibition and workshop inspired by rapid prototyping and DIY culture.
Adam Rafinski: Church of Play
The Church of Play (CoP) is an experiment in establishing a spiritual community of players.
Game Gazer @ swissnex SF
Game Lab residents featured in the Game Gazer exhibition at swissnex SF.
swissnex + Ucla Game Lab: Game Making Workshop
UCLA Game Lab + swissnex game making workshop
Unity Club
Want to develop your video game design skills? Join the Unity Club!
2013 Game Art Festival
A festival of experimental games, game art, tournaments, performances, music, and presentations.
daqri: Augmented Reality Demo
daqri shows us what's possible in the field of Augmented Reality
Joseph DeLappe: Artist Talk
"If you can get inside someone’s head, and make the synapses shift for a second, then there’s something really valuable to that."
Jim Munroe: Artist Talk
"Pop Culture Provocateur" and game developer Jim Munroe speaks about his work.
Jim Munroe: Starting to Make Interactive Fiction
Jim Munroe shows us got to get started making interactive fiction
Chad Takenaka: Fabrication Workshop
Master mold maker Chad Takenaka talks about his 20+ years of experience fabricating models
Scott Lee: The Independent Startup
Scott Lee will discuss his experiences at Riot Games and Smilu and highlight the differences between Indie and AAA.
2012 International Games Day
Come and celebrate International Games Day at UCLA in Powell Library!
Lea Schönfelder: Artist Talk And Workshop
Lea Schönfelder will speak about her work and explain her artistic process
Chris Solarski: Art In Games
Chris Solarski, author of the book Drawing Basics and Video Game Art: Classic to Cutting-Edge Art Techniques for Winning Video Game Design
The Game of Sunken Places
A educational meta LARP designed by Live Game Labs
LARP Design Workshop
Help us design a LARP to play at the Melrose Trading Post!
Brad Nelson: Game Design & Development
Learn from a seasoned indie developer what it's like work on an ambitious video game project.
2012 Game Art Festival
A two day festival of experimental games, demos, game art, performances, music and tournaments. Admission is free and open to the public!
Aaron Casillas: Working in the Game Industry
A workshop by Aaron Casillas on breaking into the game industry.
Paolo Pedercini Of Molleindustria: Artist Talk
A lecture by the founder of molleindustria.
Mark Essen: Game Maker Workshop
A no-frills workshop in Game Maker.
Video Games: The State of the Field
A discussion with Steve Mamber, Peter Lunenfeld, and Eddo Stern.
Game Lab Chiptune Concert
One night, six chiptune bands, lots of electronics - April 26, 2012.
Jonathan Cecil: Unity Mesh Creator Workshop
Jonathan Cecil leads a workshop on mesh creation in Unity.
1st Annual Intramural Game Carnival
The Game Lab presents a night of fun, food, games, and art! See full videos of the presentations.
Peter Lu: Unity Workship
Come learn the fundamentals of game design in Unity, or develop your skills to the next level.
Warcrack for the Hordes: Why Warcraft Pwns the World
The paradoxical combinations of WOW.
Negotiating Transitional Spaces in Classic Games
Analyzing the structure of transitional spaces, from Donkey Kong's blank screens to Zelda’s interactive Hyrule Field.
Scott Stoddard: Artist Talk and Workshop
The UCLA GAME LAB presents a lecture and workshop with Scott Stoddard, creator of the web phenomenon Robot Unicorn Attack.
Scott Stoddard: Interview
Scott Stoddard tells us about the development of Robot Unicorn Attack and how he measures a game's success.
Walter Langelaar: Artist Talk
The UCLA Game Lab presents a talk by our first international Artist in Residence, Walter Langelaar.
Clinton Keith: Game Development with SCRUM
UCLA Game Lab is proud to present a workshop on Game Development with SCRUM by Clinton Keith, a leading consultant in this field.
Walter Langelaar: Roll Your Own OS Workshop
...getting familiar with customized Operating Systems for creative coding and ad-hoc/intervention-style hacking.