🎮 @amidos2006.bsky.social offered some techniques for procedural generation in 2D games at at ExpoVIT 2025 in Costa Rica. Watch the talk to learn what they are, how to use them, and also some ideas on how to combine them for your games. 🔻Hint #Stochastic #WFC #AI www.youtube.com/live/k9nVryZ...

Lovely to see our episode on play and games in utopia/dystopia featured here. We had a great time chatting with Stefano!

🏹The Hunger Games builds its narrative around a fictional game. What can the (fictional) games we play reveal about the values held by society? 🎙️ @gua-le-ni.com chats with @matthewleggatt.bsky.social & @dystopiajunkie.bsky.social on @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social 🔗 www.um.edu.mt/newspoint/li...

Can Generative AI really be creative? And how do we judge its creations? Join our free seminar on creativity & Generative AI with talks by @christophsalge.bsky.social , Dr. Anna Jordanous, and researchers from Institute of Digital Games and ICT. 🔗 Info & registration: www.um.edu.mt/newspoint/up...

Want to Attend GDC Festival of Gaming 2026? Apply for a GGJ Scholarship! 🌟 This scholarship is designed to support members of our global community who are passionate about game creation, collaboration, and learning. Read more & apply today 👉 buff.ly/zYUWytU #GDC #GameDev #IndieDev #Community

Explore the connection between #games, #technology and #architecture at this seminar jointly organised with the Department of Architecture and Urban Design. 🗓️ 5 November at 10:00 📍Design Studio, Block S, 4th Floor, Campus Hub www.um.edu.mt/newspoint/up...

🎮 @amidos2006.bsky.social was interviewed by @trueavatars.bsky.social at the @qgcon.bsky.social where he was presenting his game: Queen Boat. 🎧 Read more and listen to Ahmed’s interview 👉 game.edu.mt/blog/queen-b... #GameStudies #SeriousGames #LGBTQ #IndieGames

In case you missed it, I talked about my latest novel - a speculative sci-fi detective story - at the 'Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast.' Check it out! :) >> youtu.be/eFW_XltfW-k?... << @indigitalgames.bsky.social @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social @matthewleggatt.bsky.social

🪶 How can #gamedesign keep #folklore alive in new ways? 🏡 What do art styles tell us about homes in #games? 🌍 How can games open space for diverse perspectives? Our students and researchers were at #CEEGS Wrocław to explore these questions and more. #DiversityInGames #GameStudies

We're in the 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟱 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 in technical games research. But the ranking is 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿. A single digit that encompasses 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 by a small team working on #genAI, affective computing, #PCG, & more. 🔻Learn about the research behind the rank.

Did you miss the stream? You can still watch @gua-le-ni.com discuss What We Owe The Dead, philosophy, worldbuilding, and games with @konstantinosd.bsky.social on YouTube. Here's the video: www.youtube.com/live/uZQjsKK...

📢 Tomorrow I will be speaking about fictional games and speculative literature. Join us online at 17:30 CET [email protected] @konstantinosd.bsky.social @indigitalgames.bsky.social #gamestudies #scifi

Next Thursday (September 11th), join @florencesn.bsky.social & myself in discussing #game archaeology and speculative #fiction in relation to my latest novel! The presentation starts at 6 PM at Village Bookstore in Leeds (UK): >> villagebooks.co/blogs/blog/w... <<

Please we are still looking for more human data for our project :) Please send it to your students, repost it, play some #puzzlescript games. These ones suppose to be short and fun :) #research #ai #pcg #ml #study #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev #puzzle

I'll be joining @gua-le-ni.com at Village Books in Leeds on 11th September to talk about his book What We Owe The Dead, especially the fascinating game archaeology in it 👀

Reposting to get more participants in the user study! If you have around 30 minutes to play some games and answer some questions this weekend please click on the link to start the study.

Recommending this book by Gordon Calleja to game designers, especially those with some interest in academic discourse.

This week's newsletter focuses on the talks @tommy.aiandgames.com attended at @gameaischool.bsky.social. Cheers to @togelius.bsky.social and Georgios Yannakakis for running yet another successful event. www.aiandgames.com/p/massives-s... #GameDev #GameAI #EASEED #Massive #Rovio #King

Great tool by our researchers to help #AI students and researchers in comparing their algorithmic advancements (in #PCG, #LLMs #GenAI) with as little friction as possible. Full thread with links and explanation by @amidos2006.bsky.social 👇

Guess what has arrived in physical form? The second edition of the Artificial Intelligence and Games book by Georgios Yannakakis and me! 530 pages of everything you wanted to know about AI for games and games for AI. The pictures below illustrate our emotion while writing it, and after finishing.

Next week (on September the 3rd), I will be talking about my 2024 book at the @festivaletteratura.it >> www.festivaletteratura.it/it/home My talk will be in in Italian, and tickets are still available! >> www.clappit.com/biglietteria... << If you're in Mantova next week, come and say hi :)

🎮 Play games for science! Take part in our user study on CrawLLM, where you play 5 generated games and answer a handful of questions after each game. ▶️ tinyurl.com/w6k5an5j ♻️ Please share for science too! #GenAI #research #userstudy #PhD #LLM

It's been ten years since I defended my PhD at ITU - the community of researchers I met during my time there set me off on the academic path I'm still on, and it's great to be back this week to participate in this anniversary celebration. en.itu.dk/About-ITU/Pr...

We’re not just about making games, we're about #research. 🔬 Our strong research focus highlighted by StudyInternational.com as one of the programmes inspiring future #gamedesigners alongside Abertay and @nyugamecenter.bsky.social 🔗 studyinternational.com/news/3-unive...

Interesting thoughts on Prof. Calleja's most recent book, using his perspective to think about @zoydraft.bsky.social Magic: the Gathering cube design goals. @mightyboards.bsky.social

"[The] person responsible for putting some of those books up for sale explains how, with ChatGPT, he created a 119-page novella about alien factions in a far-off galaxy warring over a human-staffed brothel titled 'Galactic Pimp: Vol. 1' in less than a day." (p. 51)

Mark your calendars: September 16 - We’re chatting live with @gua-le-ni.com about games, philosophy, and stories, starting from his new book 'What We Owe the Dead'. Join the discussion! • YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/uZQjsKK... • Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/what-we-ow...

📢 Cogent Arts & Humanities open access article collection now live: Narrative in Board Games 🎲 Guest Advisor Professor Gordon Calleja @indigitalgames.bsky.social think.taylorandfrancis.com/article_coll... @tandfresearch.bsky.social

We're thrilled to introduce our first keynote talk! @gua-le-ni.com will deliver the talk - On Games as Conceptual Tools! Check out www.iggi2025.org/speakers for more details about Stefano and his talk!

Wonderful workshops complete and looking forward to the week-long programme at DiGRA 2025 @indigitalgames.bsky.social Excited to talk about games, historiography, We. The Revolution, and Assassin's Creed Syndicate!

It was a true honor to give the keynote at DiGRA 2025 at the University of Malta. The audience was deeply moved, some in tears and many asked: “What can we do to help Palestine?” That question alone meant so much. #DiGRA25

For our friends and fellow academics in York, Prof. Stefano Gualeni will be at the iGGi Conference on 10th and 11th September 2025 as a keynote speaker!

🎓✨ APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN! ✨🎓 Tell your friends, tell your cat, tell that one person who always says, “I’ve been meaning to apply…” to pursue MSc. in Digital Games at the Institute of Digital Games!

DiGRA 2025 Evening Events! 🌙 30th June, 2025: 1. Public Discussion – Games at the Crossroads: fb.me/e/4FduL4zPS 🧷Aula Magna, Valletta Campus 2. SCRIVERE FANTASCIENZA MENTRE FUORI IL MONDO BRUCIA” – Book Talk [IN ITALIAN]: shorturl.at/PH8Go 🧷 IIC, St. George’s Square, Valletta (Malta) #DIGRA2025

Mark your calendars! 30/06 18.30 CET, as part of DiGRA 2025 at the University of Malta, I'm thrilled to be co-chairing Games at the Crossroads - a public discussion with a great lineup of speakers! Livestreamed on Zoom, free attendance - just sign up to receive the link: forms.gle/jmwCWyLQtof5...

DiGRA Announcement! 📣📣 Excited to share that both the Conference Programme and the Evening Events schedule are now live. Start planning your trip—we can’t wait to see you soon! 📅Conference Programme: easychair.org/smart-progra... 🌙 Evening Events: digraconference2025.org/schedule-eve...

When East, West, and the Mediterranean Meet: A Global Conversation in Game Studies! Join Prof. Gualeni as we host an engaging conversation with two international game studies scholars: Prof. Martin Roth (Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto) and Erick Verran (University of Utah, Salt Lake City).

👀👀👀 Truly thrilled to show host delegates from different parts of the world as we immerse in important research in Game Studies here in Malta!

What happens when machines begin to feel? Honored to host Prof. Björn W. Schuller, a leading voice in Affective Computing, as he explores emotion and Generative AI. The talk will examine the development of large language models and multimodal systems to recognise and respond to human emotion.

Next week I will be talking about my new novel in Belgium! 📢 Join me and Elly McCausland in a conversation about science fiction and climate imaginaries in Ghent on May the 27th, at the bookstore Paard van Troje. The event starts at 19.:30!

Travelling to #DiGRA25 with family? We'll be offering childcare services at the conference venue! Details and registration form here: digraconference2025.org/conference-c...

"How to do philosophy with (science) fiction" Here are some reflections on writing weird novels as scholarly outputs (with thanks to @marcusarvan.bsky.social). >> newworkinphilosophy.substack.com/p/giacomo-pe... <<

𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 For those based in Ghent, Belgium: On May the 27th, Prof. Gualeni will engage in a dialogue with 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐜𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 (University of Ghent) in an event where science fiction narrative intertwines with the crises and questions of our time: fb.me/e/5vOz6At1K

Prof. Stefano Gualeni gave an engaging talk on his latest philosophical work called, 'What We Owe the Dead'. Read more here: www.setmargins.press/books/what-w...

📢 We are pleased to invite you to an online workshop exploring recent developments in Procedural Content Generation (PCG) — a key area in AI and game research focused on algorithmically generating digital content. 🗓️ Date: 14 May 2025 🕘 Time: 09:00–12:00 CET 🌐 Location: Online

Queen Boat – A Game That Tells the Untold Developed by Dr. Khalifa, Queen Boat dives into the infamous 2001 Cairo 52 arrests. Experience the fear, stigma & isolation of being queer in Egypt. This game is about survival, identity & unfinished fights for justice.

'What We Owe the Dead' is the title of my new #scifi novel. In the aftermath of a climate catastrophe, the book follows strange detective case and deals with themes such as the notion of personhood and the social use of #games. > www.setmargins.press/books/what-w... < (photos by Annette Behrens)

Matthew Barthet’s journey from MSc to PhD at IDG highlights his growth in AI and research. Starting in 2021, his MSc in Digital Games led to the AI4Media project, where he co-authored papers and collaborated globally, showcasing the opportunities at IDG. Admissions NOW open: shorturl.at/tChrp

📢 DiGRA News: One Week Left for Early Bird Registration 📢 The early bird fee is available until midday on Friday, 4 April 2025 (CET). Register before the deadline to take advantage of the reduced rate: digraconference2025.org/conference-r...