Mount Holyoke College • Vista • Spring 2013, Vol. 18, No. 1


:: 34 students :: 24 hours :: lots of code


Real-World Experience: Game On
In late January, computer science students from throughout the Five Colleges gathered at Mount Holyoke for Global GameJam, a 24-hour event that challenges participants worldwide to collaboratively design and build video games. The theme for this year’s event, which brought together jammers at 321 sites in 63 countries, was the “sound of a heartbeat.” It was the second time that MHC’s Computer Science Club has hosted Global GameJam.


“The beautiful thing about this process is that you work as if you’re in the real world—planning, designing, programming, and incorporating sound and art,” said Sam Tulimat ’13.


Other Computer Science Club activities this year have included speed mentoring sessions with MHC alums working in the information-technology industry. These helped the majority of graduating computer science majors secure jobs with technology companies.

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