2. We need a BUG to fix the system!

3. Güven Çatak (Dr.)
Founder & Coordinator of BUG

4. BUG is a game lab project, started by
Communication Design Department
of Bahcesehir University, located at
BAU Galata, Istanbul.

5. Focusing on video games and playful
experience design, BUG sets out to fill in
the blanks and aims to be a
communication, research and education
platform for the game scene in Turkey.

6. Game.Doc: Game Scene in Turkey
(in collaboration with xm:lab, HBK Saar, 2011)

7. Playful Interactions
by Eric Rosenbaum & Michael S. Welch
(in collaboration with MIT Media Lab, Lifelong Kindergarten, 2012)

8. Game Workshops
(a 3-week summer boot camp, 2012)
521 applicants
41 participants
31 instructors
60 hours of class

9. Game Workshops
(a 3-week summer boot camp, 2012)

10. Game Workshops
(a 3-week summer boot camp, 2012)
BUG produced 7 teams & 7 games.

11. GameX 2012
BUG won the Best Indie Game award.

12. BUG network in Berlin
BAU Berlin
Wooga
HTW Berlin Games Lab
Computer Spiele Museum
A Maze Indie Game Festival

13. BUG Game Studies

14. BUG 2013 events
Global Game Jam Istanbul

15. BUG 2013 events
Hack the Hackathon

16. BUG 2013 events
Design Jam

17. BUG 2013 events
Gamification Workshop

18. BUG 2013 events
BUG founded its student army

19. BUG 2013 events
Games for Events

20. BUG 2013 events
UCLA Game Lab
Polemical Game Design Workshop

21. BUG 2013 events
Patrice Desilets masterclass
(Creative Director of Assassin’s Creed)

22. BUG 2013 events
International Conference of
Interactive Digital Storytelling
icids.bahcesehir.edu.tr

23. BUG 2013 events
Mark Rein-Hagen masterclass
and playtest of his new game ‘I am Zombie’

24. BUG 2014 events
Global Game Jam Istanbul

25. BUG Game / Gamification Projects
Sinan The Master Architect
client: Turkey Building Information Center
a gamified mobile app for experiencing the works of famous architect

26. BUG Game / Gamification Projects
Forest of Wealth
client: Turkish Ministry of Forestry
an edugame, targeting villagers for raising awareness on certain products

27. BUG Current / Future Projects
a promotional game for the BAU
Communication Design Department
an edugame project for
Museum of Islamic Arts, Berlin

28. Thank you!
guven.catak@bahcesehir.edu.tr
facebook/buggamelab
vimeo.com/buggamelab
bug.bahcesehir.edu.tr