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Hybrid Hybrid Event

The Nutty Arcade: Gamifying Squirrel Census Data

March 26 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Hybrid Hybrid Event

Join us in celebrating NYC Open Data Week by playing with squirrel data! 🐿️ Presented by Kiley Matschke (Post-Baccalaureate Fellow, Barnard College Vagelos Computational Science Center), this workshop will explore the intersection of data visualization and gameplay using real Squirrel Census data. 📊 Participants will learn how to use the game engine LÖVE to work creatively with data through the lens of game design principles. 👾🎮 This workshop is open to people from all backgrounds and coding levels! Beginner friendly. This event is being held hybrid online and in-person at Barnard College. Due to security measures at Barnard College requiring Barnard/Columbia IDs to enter campus, we ask that those who are not affiliated to please attend via Zoom!

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Details

Date:
March 26
Time:
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Pre-requisites
This event is open to beginners and folks of all backgrounds. Anyone who would like to follow along should bring a laptop and download Visual Studio Code (https://code.visualstudio.com/Download) and the LÖVE game engine (https://love2d.org/) ahead of time. We will be using both of these throughout the workshop to develop our data visualization + video game!
Public Dataset(s)
NYC Open Data Week Multi-Park Squirrel Count - Squirrel Data
Event Materials
https://github.com/barnardcsc/Spring-25-The-Nutty-Arcade-Gamifying-Squirrel-Census-Data

Venue

Zoom / Milstein Center at Barnard College
3009 Broadway Room 516 (5th Floor)
New York, NY 10027
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Phone
(212) 854-3953
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