{"id":789,"date":"2022-08-25T21:43:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T21:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp_dev\/?p=789"},"modified":"2025-04-14T15:50:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T15:50:33","slug":"the-new-arcade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/the-new-arcade\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Arcade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"905\" src=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TheNewArcade.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TheNewArcade.png 1024w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TheNewArcade-300x265.png 300w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TheNewArcade-768x679.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Kleback<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With platforms like Steam and Itch.io making independent games more accessible to the public, we&#8217;re starting to see a movement toward physical installations of indie games as well. The New Arcade pays tribute to arcade cabinet designs of the 80&#8217;s and 90&#8217;s, but infuses them with new interfaces, programmable lighting, and digitally fabricated components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this class, students will learn how to use the Unity game engine to design a simple arcade game. They&#8217;ll learn about aspects that separate an arcade game from other types of games, and interface their game with different kinds of hardware using microcontrollers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second half of the class, they will construct a new arcade experience using digital fabrication tools like laser cutters, and CNC machines. The class will culminate in a physical installation that showcases their game in a public gallery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With platforms like Steam and Itch.io making independent games more accessible to the public, we&#8217;re starting to see a movement toward physical installations of indie games as well. The New Arcade pays tribute to arcade cabinet designs of the 80&#8217;s and 90&#8217;s, but infuses them with new interfaces, programmable lighting, and digitally fabricated components.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-courses","category-tier-2-courses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6737,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions\/6737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}