Earlier this month, the Chicago office spent an evening playing immersive games at Activate, a new gaming facility in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. The venue features 11 different game rooms, each supporting a series of fully immersive, group-based challenges, from collaborative puzzles built around a wall of over 400 light-up buttons to navigating a maze of 180 straight lasers or making your way across a floor grid of more than 500 touch-activated tiles. Each game emphasizes a different skill set and requires teamwork to win, making it an ideal setting for team building.
New Faces at the Party
Naturally, our guests of honor and newest team members were in attendance, including: Systems Engineer Luke Horwath, IT team members RJ Hughes and Conor Mitchell, Annabel Tevonian from Recruiting, Kaitlyn Heistand from the Chicago Admin team, and me, Hannah Overhiser, the newest addition to the Marketing team.
The rest of the Chicago office came out in full force to put their skills to the test, and by the end of the evening, everyone walked away with a sense of accomplishment, new connections, and a favorite immersive game.
What Your Favorite Game Says About You
When I started at DMC, I was surprised that my packed onboarding schedule didn’t include a personality test of some kind. Yet, as I moved between different groups of DMCers at Activate throughout the evening, it became clear that different people naturally excelled at different games—revealing interesting aspects of each of our personalities.
It’s possible that DMC’s Spring 2026 new hires may have participated in personality tests without even knowing it. Find out which Activate game resonates with you in the descriptions below.
Laser
Laser is a tactical game requiring players to move quickly through a laser maze or shoot a series of targets with laser guns. Players successfully reach higher levels when they clear mazes and hit targets.
If Laser was your favorite Activate game, you likely have a flair for the dramatic and a love for being in the action. Beneath the excitement, though, you’re thoughtful and deliberate, watching closely and moving with purpose once you spring into action.
Key Traits: Dramatic, Thoughtful, Agile
Mega Grid
The Mega Grid room featured a floor with 500 touch-sensitive LED tiles and light-up buttons along the walls. As the floor tiles light up, players must step on or avoid certain tiles to complete levels in the game.
If Mega Grid was your favorite game at Activate, you are great at making the quickest and best decision when faced with multiple choices! Your ability to pick a direction and stick to it is your superpower, and others recognize your intuition and integrity.
Key Traits: Decisive, Collaborative, and Fast-acting
Pipes
Pipes is a game of collaboration. The room features 24 pipes with NeoPixel screens and touch-activated buttons. Players have 5 seconds to identify the correct pipe, toss the ball to their teammate, and put it in the correct portal.
If you liked Pipes, you’re an effective communicator, highly strategic, and agile. You’re good at making quick connections and finding the right person to help you achieve a task—a real team player.
Key Traits: Communicative, Strategic, Purposeful
Press
Press features a room full of light-up, interactive buttons. Players must collaborate to memorize color sequences, scan the room for the correct buttons, and press them all before time expires.
If you excelled at Press, you are detail-oriented, collaborative, and communicative. You are comfortable working in a group setting, sharing your ideas, but you also aren’t afraid to lead when the opportunity arises.
Key Traits: Detail-oriented, Collaborative, Discerning
Scan
Players interact with touch screens to move digital objects between portals. Progressing to higher levels requires matching the objects on each player’s screen with the objects shown on the room’s hub screen.
If Scan was your favorite game, you excel at creating order out of chaos. Highly organized and analytical, you spot connections others might miss and act decisively once the solution becomes clear.
Key Traits: Organized, Analytical, Quick-thinking
Strike
Players throw balls at targets as they appear on a wall-sized screen. As levels progress, the targets evolve in shape, size, and speed, challenging players’ reaction time and precision.
Players who gravitate toward Strike are fast, focused, and precise. Once you lock onto a goal, you don’t miss. You’re driven by determination and know exactly which steps to take to succeed.
Key Traits: Precise, Determined, Focused
Conclusion
During my interviews with DMC, I kept hearing how much the company values its culture. After just a month on the team, that commitment is already clear. The effort that goes into bringing people together is genuine, and the Activate Welcome Party was a perfect example of how DMC regularly invests in its culture, encouraging everyone to connect, experience something new, and, most importantly, have fun.
And if you’re wondering what my favorite Activate game was, it was Laser.
Great culture starts with great people
At DMC, our culture is based on the belief that the best solutions come from teams that enjoy working together. Learn more about DMC’s company culture and view our open positions.