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• 2025 Summer Institute

  • Start
    June 05, 2025
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    June 08, 2025
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Barnard College, New York City

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  Our 25th annual flagship event returns to Barnard College where we'll meet for pedagogy-packed days in New York, and we hope you'll join us.
  
  We share a minimal overview below. For full event details, including lodging, FAQs, and more, visit our Summer Institute page. Email jworth@barnard.edu for registration codes to register at the grad student, staff, or special funded rates. 

  
  

  
  

  PROGRAM

  THURSDAY-FRIDAY GAME WORKSHOPS
  Full-length games played over four sessions

  • Ashoka: Becoming the Dharma King
  • Red Clay, 1835: Cherokee Removal and the Meaning of Sovereignty
  • Charles Darwin, the Copley Medal, and the Rise of Naturalism, 1862-1864
  • Radical Reconstruction in New Orleans, 1868-1876
  • The Second Spanish Republic, 1931-1939

  SATURDAY-SUNDAY GAMES OR NEWBIE WORKSHOP
  Short games played over three sessions or a "New to Reacting" workshop 

  • Conclave 1492: The Election of a Renaissance Pope
  • The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
  • A "Virtuous Woman"? The Abolition of Sati, India 1829
  • London 1854: Cesspits, Cholera, and Conflict over the Broad Street Pump
  • Newbie Workshop

  Veterans can choose one game from each of these groups, and we suggest that newcomers to Reacting opt for our "Newbie Workshop" to best prepare you to run your own first game.

  PRICING

  	Early Bird   Feb 20-Mar 31	Regular   Apr 1-Apr 30	Late May 1-Jun 4
  Grad Student/TA*	$555	$605	$655
  Consortium Member	$585	$635	$685
  Non-Member	$685	$735	$785

  
  

  
  

  
  

  *These rates, while not in reach of all people, are below cost; higher rates for non-members subsidize participation for faculty-in-training. Become a member and save money on your registration! Individual memberships start at just $25. 

  FUNDED REGISTRATION FOR DEI ADVANCEMENT 
  The Reacting Consortium offers funded registration for instructors who are members of historically underrepresented and marginalized identity groups, and/or those teaching at minority-serving institutions (HBCUs, Tribal colleges and universities, AAPI- and Hispanic-serving institutions). If you are interested in applying for one of these spots, email reacting@barnard.edu and jworth@barnard.edu with the subject line “Funded AI Spot” by May 1. Approved applicants will be able to register for free, but housing will not be included. Please apply and share with colleagues!
  
  

  HOUSING
  Beds in Sulzberger Tower can be booked at a rate of $95/night, with basic linens provided.  Reservations are available only for the nights of June 4-7, and all participants must be checked out by 2pm on June 8.

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• Game Development Conference 2025

  • Start
    July 10, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • End
    July 12, 2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • Location
    Ferris State University

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  2025 Game Development Conference

  at Ferris State University

  
  

  The annual Game Development Conference is travelling this year to Big Rapids, Michigan, hosted by Ferris State University from July 10-12, 2025. Interested in helping members of our community refine their games and add new titles to the Reacting catalog? Join us for playtests, game pitches, mechanics workshops, and more at what we've come to refer to as "RTTP summer camp."  Registration is open now!

  PROGRAMMING 

  GAME PLAYTESTS are held each morning.  Six games are being playtested this year, from which you'll choose three to play; one each on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

  WORKSHOPS,  PRESENTATIONS  & PITCH SESSIONS take place in the afternoons. In these  sessions, you'll have the chance to explore mechanics and design principles, hear from your colleagues on their current projects, and  help troubleshoot new games-in-development.

  GAME NIGHTS and other social opportunities happen after dinner--stay tuned for more information on this aspect!

  SCHEDULE
  

  Regular GDC events will run from 9:00 AM through 6:00 PM each day, with breaks included. Game Nights happen on Thursday and Friday nights from 7:30 until you tap out.

  FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLAYTEST GAMES AND A DETAILED SCHEDULE CAN BE FOUND AT THIS LINK.

  PRICING

  Become a member to save money on your registration! Individual memberships start at just $25. 

  CONFERENCE REGISTRATION 

  Consortium Member	$50
  Non-Member	$75

  There is no early discount or late fee, regardless of when you register, but we ask that you sign up for the conference by Friday, June 27, 2025.

  ROOM & BOARD & TRAVEL

  The closest airport is Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) in Grand Rapids, about one hour away from the Ferris State Campus. 

  Unlike years past, housing and meals will be off-campus, and at your discretion. For lodging, choose any of the nearby hotels (see a map here),

  Coffee and beverages will be available during the conference, but breakfast (before 9:00 am), lunch (12:30-2:00) and dinner (6:00-7:30) will be on your own at any of the fast food or casual restaurants nearby. This map shows many options within a 15-minute walk of campus.

  The Reacting Consortium Board, in its sole and absolute discretion, reserves the right to bar any person from the Reacting Faculty Lounge on Facebook and from participation in any Reacting Consortium event.

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• Save the Date! 2025 Game Development Conference

  • Start
    July 10, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • End
    July 12, 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan

  
  

  Save the date for the 2025 Game Development Conference hosted by Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan July 10-12, 2025. While we're still finalizing details, we encourage you to hold these dates to plan accordingly so you can be sure to join these exciting game development opportunities. Start working on your new game pitches now!

  See our 2024 Conference event page for previous programming and pricing details. 

  Though unlikely, these dates may still be subject to change. 

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