Game Changer Awards Best in Class

SMALLab-NY and Institute of Play game designer Kyle Li and his collaborators Albert Dang and Stephanie Tang, have won Best in Class: Innovation Award in the Digital Media and Learning Competition's Game Changers category. The Game Changers category aims to create new game play experiences that activate Science, Technology, Engineering and Math learning using the popular video games LittleBigPlanet™ and Spore™ Galactic Adventures. The competition is administered by HASTAC and supported by the MacArthur Foundation.

The team's winning game, Sackboys and the Mysterious Proof, was voted by the public to be the most innovative game in a competition with 800 entries. In Sackboys and The Mysterious Proof, LittleBigPlanet™ players must escape from the Proof family's century-old mansion by solving a series of puzzles using geometric reasoning. With puzzle mechanics driven by geometric theorems, players convert geometric concepts from the classroom into active knowledge through collaborative play inspired by precision learning. Congratulations to Kyle and the whole Sackboys team!