Föreläsningar
12:00 - Välkomna till GameDev on Campus!
12:05-12:30 - Joel Fällbom (Future games),
The hidden psychology of level design
Learn how level designers are using UX-principles and the underlying psychology based concepts such as spotlight of attention, saliency and affordance to guide players through digital worlds
12:35-13:00 - Arzu Guneysu (Inst för datavetenskap),
Play Your Way to Better Health: The Power of Gamified Therapy and Training
Arzu Guneysu reveals how gamification transforms healthcare, using game elements like points and challenges to make therapy engaging and motivating, fostering a fun, patient-centered experience.
13:05-13:30 - Gustav Grund Pihlgren (Inst för datavetenskap),
AI för dataspelskaraktärer
Trots en explosion av AI forskning verkar fiender och karaktärer i dataspel lika dumma som alltid. Vad skiljer AI i dataspel från andra områden? Kan det kan vara smart att AI i dataspel är dum?
13:40-14:00 - Cezara Pastrav (Inst för datavetenskap),
Play with purpose: games as tools for exploring complex problems
Social simulations are used to reproduce real-life settings in order to obtain a better understanding of the social world, often tackling complex problems like the effects of policy intervention, urban planning, climate adaptation or crisis management. However, the more complex a simulation becomes, the more difficult it is to communicate the inner workings and explain the results to stakeholders. However, there are plenty of games out there just as complex as any of our simulations, if not more, and they manage this communication perfectly well. As such, we believe (serious) games could provide an immersive, interactive environment for stakeholders to experiment, collaborate, and explore solutions to complex real-world problems without real-world risks. Built on top of simulations of real-life dynamics and constraints, these games could allow players to adopt diverse perspectives, test hypotheses, and understand the impact of their decisions. This talk will go over a couple of work-in-progress games our research group is currently developing, in particular the development of a new green neighborhood in Umeå. Your feedback is welcome, both during the talk and during the hands-on workshop afterwards.
14:00-14:30 - Fortsätter som workshop efter föredraget
