Gigantic Mechanic is an experience & game design studio.
We work with museums, cities & brands to create deeply engaging, interactive experiences through social & physical play that participants will talk about and cherish for years to come.
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We’re a small game and experience design studio committed to delivering engaging new experiences.
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Follow along with us as we design, prototype, playtest and build new games.
President Obama speaks glowingly of the Senate Immersion Module
President Obama, Vice-President Biden, Senator McCain and host of other Senators, Governors and politicians were on hand for the dedication of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute on March 30 in Boston. So were we. All of the speakers, from Vice-President Biden, to Senator Lott to Senator Warren gave inspiring speeches, touching on Senator Kennedy’s legacy, […]
Switching Tracks: Improvising Play on the New York Subway
Photo by Cameron Blaylock If there’s anything that we at GM have learned over years of making live games, it’s that no design survives contact with the real world — and real players. You can scope out your venue for hours; bounce every last idea off your colleagues; polish your game mechanics until you’re sure they […]
GM and Sesame Workshop at the New York Public Library
We had so much fun presenting alongside our friends at Sesame Workshop this week, at Sesame Street: A Digital Playground. Not only did we get in a couple of good rounds of Boxheads, but we premiered a brand new game for a lecture hall full of people: Use Your Words, the world’s first massively multiplayer […]