Game development and research laboratory on the basis of the IT Faculty of Kazakh-British Technical University (KBTU).
29/08/2024
Haven't heard from us in a while? Please note, that we post our updates in English on our official LinkedIn page, the latest news and memes are waiting for you on Instagram, and lively discussions are in our Telegram chat. Links in comments. Let's keep in touch 🫶
Yours playfully,
GameLab KBTU
07/12/2023
Hooray!
26/09/2023
We are truly honoured to share the results of our collaboration with UNICEF Innovation for removing gender barriers in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts & math) education. Within our LEVEL UP program we’ve released an introductory online course on video games and gamification. The best 50 students of the first batch of this course were invited to Kazakh-British Technical University for a gamification hackathon and offered their awesome solutions for a real-life problem. Read the full article on our LinkedIn page
19/08/2023
Cheers to all of the participants of the first gamification hackathon held at Kazakh British Technical University by GameLab KBTU and UNICEF in Kazakhstan!
01/07/2023
On June 27-28 GameLab KBTU together with Almaty IT Community Club held events for managing partners of The Games Fund, one of the leading venture funds investing in video games. On June 27, Maria Kochmola and Ilya Eremeev met with representatives of Kazakhstan businesses at KBTU, and the next day, they attended an informal brunch with the local IT community at Gorelnik Gorge.
During the official meeting at KBTU, the fund's managing partners noted that they consider the Central Asian game development market to be one of the most promising in the present time.
14/05/2023
Will share some insights on banking gamification on May 26. The link for registration is in the 1st comment.
08/05/2023
On Friday we've opened the registration for our introductory online course "LEVEL UP" developed together with UNICEF Kazakhstan for supporting young girls in STEAM education. Soon will be sending the instructions for entering the course platforms. Meanwhile, we are waiting for all Kazakh and Russian speaking youngsters interested in game development and gamification (registration link in the first comment to this post) 🫶
25/04/2023
Some backstage moments from our Video games and Gamification course within the UNICEF program for supporting young women in STEAM âš¡
19/04/2023
We are glad to announce that the girls from our mentoring program will talk at ITU Girls in ICT Day on April 27th. The international event is organised by UNICEF and UNDP to support girls around the globe in information and communication technologies field.
Adel, Aida and Indra will talk about their experience in game development and inspire other girls from all over the world to join the game makers squad 🔥
25/03/2023
Online meeting with Elena Morina, founder and CEO of Ravenage, video games publisher specialising in independent developers will be held on March 30, 18:00. Grab your unique chance to discuss any questions about funding, publishing and promoting indie games in an informal atmosphere with an awesome specialist! The meeting will take place on the GameLab KBTU Discord server (follow the link in the first comment).