We aim to activate 21st century citizens who engage deeply with the world. We do it by leveraging the power of games.
We bring together game design, rigorous research practices and strong interdisciplinary partnerships to create, study and promote game-based materials, strategies and systems as critical tools for personal and social development.
Institute of Play is a registered 501(c)(3) corporation. We were founded in 2007 by a group of game designers looking to apply game design principles to challenges outside the field of commercial game development. Within six months funding was secured to start up an innovative new public school in New York City, called Quest to Learn.
Since then we’ve learned a lot about learning and engaging people of all ages. And we’ve expanded into a full-service design lab, working with leaders in education, business and government to pioneer new models of engagement, learning, problem solving and participation.
We’re always looking to learn more and apply what we’ve learned in new ways. We’re eager for new games to play and new people to play with, so contact us to start a conversation.
