Every year, George Mason University’s School of Art holds a fundraiser for the school called Off the Wall. Essentially, members of the local art community are welcomed to come view the work of the students and teachers who participate in the fundraiser. The works are all hung up inside the Art and Design Building’s gallery, and viewers are encouraged to purchase the work literally off the wall.
This year, I was privileged enough to represent the Computer Game Design Program during the event. Several other students and I set up shop in the computer lab above the gallery and displayed our games for all of the guests to view and play. It was a fun evening, and we got to meet some amazing people. Representatives from Nintendo of America came by, as well as the president of the university Angel Cabrera. All the students who represented their games were grateful for the opportunity to get feedback from the community. I know my team and I appreciated it; we have been thinking about progressing Let’s Play a Game further and possibly making it available on smartphones and people at the event had a blast with our current build. Maybe this will be the push that we need to actually develop it!
Tyler Buczek: Video Game Producer 