--- title: "The game’s the thing" url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-game-s-the-thing-th5bcnk7t source_url: https://news.mit.edu/2026/games-the-thing-kayode-dada-0819 type: article source: "MIT News" published: 2026-08-19T18:54:22.843Z updated: 2026-08-19T19:27:16.428Z tags: ["community", "game-design"] reading_time: 6 upvotes: 2 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The game’s the thing **[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 6 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary MIT senior Kayode Dada, a mechanical engineering major who has designed board games since high school, created a trading-card game called 'Campus Trade' used as an icebreaker during MIT Orientation. Working with a research designer at the MIT Media Lab's Center for Constructive Communication, he redesigned the game after observing that students traded cards without talking, adding tarot-sized cards with student artwork and icebreaker questions. Dada also blogs for MIT Admissions and serves as an orientation captain, and hopes to pursue a career in game design after graduation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What designing 54 computer science cards taught me about graphic design](https://daily.dev/posts/what-designing-54-computer-science-cards-taught-me-about-graphic-design-rvzstefjd) · Hacker News · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Celebrating dorm-to-market social entrepreneurship at MIT](https://daily.dev/posts/celebrating-dorm-to-market-social-entrepreneurship-at-mit-ir0rary7s) · MIT News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Over 1,000 MIT students inspired to work toward climate solutions](https://daily.dev/posts/over-1-000-mit-students-inspired-to-work-toward-climate-solutions-xbfic81ig) · MIT News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#community](https://daily.dev/tags/community), [#game-design](https://daily.dev/tags/game-design) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-game-s-the-thing-th5bcnk7t)