Thesis Genius is a follow-up to my Social Genius name-learning game. Every year, graduating ITP students deliver their Masters thesis during Thesis Week. The Thesis Genius game created a entertaining method for learning and remembering which student worked on which thesis project. It was installed on a plasma screen in the lobby for several weeks leading up to the end of the semester. Hundreds of students played thousands of games and got to know each other’s work. This solidified community and social networks before the graduates and their newly minted Masters degrees launched themselves out into Manhattan.
Here is the code for version 1.2.3, written in Processing. The idea for this game was suggested by Clay Shirky.