Alex Snyder

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Computer Games

Alex Snyder’s Summary

Alex has dedicated himself to the long-term goal of pioneering educational and artistic games. To this end, Alex worked on one of the nation’s most well-known projects pushing this envelope - Foldit. The protein folding game, Foldit, uses game design to make complex scientific problems accessible and fun for lay people. Independently, Alex has been passionate about game development since before middle school and has released dozens of completed games and similar projects throughout the years.

Alex also dedicated his computer science thesis to developing the effectiveness of implementing and measuring learning in games, and runs the blog Evolution Live! which chronicles his continual exploration in game design. Evolution Live! discusses the ideas, opportunities and advances that are making an impact on the future of games as a tool for more than raw entertainment.

Alex Snyder’s Specialties:

Flash games, educational games, game design, user interface design, interaction design, physics programming, software development