Game Makers Lab Activity & Facilitation Guide

Game Makers Lab is more than an activity—it's a facilitation framework.

Rather than presenting residents with a finished game, this guide invites them to become the designers. Participants select materials, create rules, test ideas, solve problems, and refine their creations together while the facilitator guides the process through thoughtful questions instead of predetermined answers.

Inside you'll find a complete facilitation framework, setup ideas, real-life case studies, therapeutic reflections, and practical guidance for encouraging creativity, collaboration, flexible thinking, and meaningful engagement.

No two groups will create the same game—and that's exactly the point.