Matt Bethancourt, senior TAM instructor and director of the TAM program, his wife, Lisa Bethancourt, and Danny Rankin, CTD graduate and TAM instructor, exhibited two games at the sold-out XOXO festival, in Portland, Oregon, Sept. 6鈥�9. 听
Both Matt and Danny say it鈥檚 a 鈥渉uge honor鈥� to show their games at XOXO, a conference that describes itself as "an experimental festival for independent artists and creators who work on the internet.鈥�
Their games, 鈥淏usy Work,鈥� created by the Bethancourts, and 鈥淩avine,鈥� developed by Danny Rankin were well received. 鈥淚t鈥檚 crazy that two ATLAS games were there,鈥� says Matt Bethancourt, who also directs the Whaaat!? Lab, a new space for game design and development at the ATLAS Institute. 鈥淚t shows we are doing really good work.鈥澨�
Busy Work, winner of IndieCade17 Media鈥檚 Choice Award, is a satire of mundane office work, where players send as many emails as possible while constantly being interrupted by phone calls. It's offered by "Mouse & the Billionaire," the Bethancourts' name for their creative firm. Ravine is a board game where players who have survived a plane crash need to be strategic and cooperative to survive. Ravine recently shipped to backers of a Kickstarter campaign held in early spring, 2018.听
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