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Teen Game Lab: Dream It, Build It, Play!

Intro to Video Game Design with Flowlabs

2026-04-23 16:00:00 2026-04-23 17:30:00 America/Chicago Teen Game Lab: Dream It, Build It, Play! Learn how to make your own videogame with Flowlabs. Create and customize characters, design game levels. No coding required! Come in and start building your own video game world. Martin Luther King Branch - Makerspace

Thursday, April 23
4:00pm - 5:30pm

Add to Calendar 2026-04-23 16:00:00 2026-04-23 17:30:00 America/Chicago Teen Game Lab: Dream It, Build It, Play! Learn how to make your own videogame with Flowlabs. Create and customize characters, design game levels. No coding required! Come in and start building your own video game world. Martin Luther King Branch - Makerspace

Learn how to make your own videogame with Flowlabs. Create and customize characters, design game levels. No coding required! Come in and start building your own video game world.

Learn how to make your own videogame with Flowlabs. Flowlabs is a website that lets you make 2D video games. Create and customize characters, design game levels, and choose your own video game logic. No coding required! Come in and start building your own video game world.

Martin Luther King Branch

Phone: 414-286-3000
Branch manager
Tiffany Thornton

Hours
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Today's hours

Closed

Mon, Apr 13 12:00PM to 8:00PM
Tue, Apr 14 12:00PM to 8:00PM
Wed, Apr 15 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Apr 16 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Apr 17 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Apr 18 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Apr 19 Closed

Upcoming Events

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Mon, Apr 20, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room
A story Time designed especially for adults!

Mon, Apr 20, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Area
Story time for children, families, and child care centers.

Tue, Apr 21, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Makerspace
Create your own characters and objects for video game art. Bring them to life with simple movement using frame-by-frame animation.

Tue, Apr 21, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Study Room 115 and 117
A Death Café is a place for people of all ages to discuss issues related to death and dying, while sharing a warm drink and a sweet snack.

Tue, Apr 21, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Makerspace
Drop into the Makerspace to work on your next project. Get hands on with creative activities and explore your interests.

Wed, Apr 22, 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Room
Chair Yoga

Wed, Apr 22, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Study Room 115 and 117
Game, snack, hang. Bring a friend to your local library to decompress after school !

Wed, Apr 22, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Area
Calling all architects! Enjoy open building time with Magna-Tiles, LEGO Bricks, blocks, and construction straws. Challenge yourself or your friends to build something new!

Thu, Apr 23, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Area
Story time for children, families, and child care centers.

Thu, Apr 23, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Makerspace
Learn how to make your own videogame with Flowlabs. Create and customize characters, design game levels. No coding required! Come in and start building your own video game world.

Cancelled
Fri, Apr 24, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Come make and enjoy a quick mug meal! All materials provided.

Mon, Apr 27, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Area
Story time for children, families, and child care centers.

Tue, Apr 28, 12:00pm - 2:30pm
Resource Table 1
Employ Milwaukee will be at the library to share information about employment opportunities, paid training programs, and much more!

Tue, Apr 28, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Makerspace
Step right up and have a hand in building our Makerspace Cardboard Carnival! Join us in creating interactive games with cardboard, glue and other art supplies.

Tue, Apr 28, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Makerspace
Drop into the Makerspace to work on your next project. Get hands on with creative activities and explore your interests.

Wed, Apr 29, 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Room
Chair Yoga

Wed, Apr 29, 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Resource Table 1
Employ Milwaukee will be at the library to share information about employment opportunities, paid training programs, and much more!

Wed, Apr 29, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Study Room 115 and 117
Game, snack, hang. Bring a friend to your local library to decompress after school !

Cancelled
Wed, Apr 29, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Calling all architects! Enjoy open building time with Magna-Tiles, LEGO Bricks, blocks, and construction straws. Challenge yourself or your friends to build something new!

Thu, Apr 30, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Area
Story time for children, families, and child care centers.

Thu, Apr 30, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Makerspace
Join us as we bend the rules on tabletop gaming classics. In this workshop we will play classic board games like chess and Uno.

Sat, May 02, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Area
Story time for children, caregivers, and child care centers.

Mon, May 04, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Makerspace
On Maker Mondays, drop in for a library led activity in our new makerspace.

Mon, May 04, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room
A story time designed especially for adults!

Mon, May 04, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Area
Story time for children, families, and child care centers.

Tue, May 05, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Study Room 114
A place to work on your favorite fiber arts or mending project

Wed, May 06, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Study Room 115 and 117
Game, snack, hang. Bring a friend to your local library to decompress after school !

Wed, May 06, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Community Room
Join members of the community for a series of readings from selected Agatha Christie novels, followed by a lively discussion.

Wed, May 06, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Area
Calling all architects! Enjoy open building time with Magna-Tiles, LEGO Bricks, blocks, and construction straws. Challenge yourself or your friends to build something new!

Thu, May 07, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Study Room 114
Savvy Caregiver helps family caregivers acquire and strengthen knowledge, skills and attitudes to empower them to be more intentional, strategic and responsive in their care role.
Register

Thu, May 07, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Area
Story time for children, families, and child care centers.

Cancelled
Sat, May 09, 10:30am - 11:15am
Calling all fans of music and mermaids! Join us for a mermaid read-aloud, then we'll make a surprise instrument, and then use our instruments to make amazing music.

Mon, May 11, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Area
Story time for children, families, and child care centers.

Wed, May 13, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Study Room 115 and 117
Game, snack, hang. Bring a friend to your local library to decompress after school !

Cancelled
Wed, May 13, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Calling all architects! Enjoy open building time with Magna-Tiles, LEGO Bricks, blocks, and construction straws. Challenge yourself or your friends to build something new!

Thu, May 14, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Area
Story time for children, families, and child care centers.

Thu, May 14, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Community Room
Savvy Caregiver helps family caregivers acquire and strengthen knowledge, skills and attitudes to empower them to be more intentional, strategic and responsive in their care role.
Register

Fri, May 15, 3:30pm - 4:15pm
Community Room
Join us for a special visit with acclaimed children's author, Natasha Tarpley, as she shares The Me I Choose to Be!

Sat, May 16, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Community Room
Are you excited to help young children start to learn letters? Are you interested in how to teach the alphabet in a developmentally appropriate manner?
Registration opens Monday, April 27 2026 at 12:00am

Sat, May 16, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Study Room 114
Join Gaming Guide Ira Lee and become part of an adventuring party where you'll use your imagination, creativity and your wits to explore - and possibly survive - an epic quest in a fantasy world.

Sat, May 16, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Area
Story time for children, caregivers, and child care centers.

Mon, May 18, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room
Start your growing season strong--learn how to choose containers, prep soil, and master the basics of planting from seed.
Register

Mon, May 18, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Study Room 114
A story time designed especially for adults!

Tue, May 19, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Study Room 114
A Death Café is a place for people of all ages to discuss issues related to death and dying.