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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta @indigitalgames.bsky.social · 9d

Interested in the intersection of humanities and games join the discussion in our #digitalhumanities research group: www.um.edu.mt/research/dig...

@danielvella.bsky.social @gua-le-ni.com

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Digital Humanities Research Group

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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta @indigitalgames.bsky.social · 9d

🪶 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

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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta @indigitalgames.bsky.social · 9d

Special thanks to @mm-jj-nn.bsky.social for developing and maintaining these rankings, a resource that highlights the institutions driving technical games research and helps our community connect, collaborate, and push the field forward.

www.kmjn.org/game-rankings/

Institutions Active in Technical Games Research

www.kmjn.org

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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta @indigitalgames.bsky.social · 9d

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.

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D6 Learning @d6learning.bsky.social · 20d

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...

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Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · 24d

📢 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

D6 Learning @d6learning.bsky.social · 26d

Reserve your free seat for our first live event of the academic year!

Game designer, professor, and author @gua-le-ni.com discusses 'What We Owe The Dead', games, and philosophy with our @konstantinosd.bsky.social (on the 16th of September).

▶️ www.eventbrite.com/e/what-we-ow...

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Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · Sep 8

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... <<

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Ahmed Khalifa @amidos2006.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

Ahmed Khalifa @amidos2006.bsky.social · Aug 28

We (me, @smearle.bsky.social, @togelius.bsky.social) are working more to understand the relation between human solutions and the AI solutions in the #PuzzleScript games.

Help us by playing #online #puzzlescript games. No personal data is collected. Links are in the subsequent posts.

Sam Earle @smearle.bsky.social · Aug 27

We introduce PuzzleJAX, a benchmark for reasoning and learning. 🧩💡🦎

PuzzleJAX compiles hundreds of existing grid-based PuzzleScript games to hardware-accelerated JAX environments, and allows researchers to define new tasks via PuzzleScript's concise rewrite rule-based DSL.

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Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social · Sep 1

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 👀

Poster for event:
What We Owe The Dead
Book presentation and in conversation with Stefano Gualeni and Florence Smith Nicholls
Thurs 11th September
6-8pm
Village
10-12 Thornton's Arcade, Leeds, LS1 6LQ

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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta @indigitalgames.bsky.social · Aug 29

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.

Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta @indigitalgames.bsky.social · Aug 27

🎮 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

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Maurice Suckling @writegameread.bsky.social · Feb 25

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

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AI and Games @aiandgames.com · Jul 16

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

Massive's Snowcap, Rovio's all-in on GenAI, and how EA SEED Conducts Research | 16/07/25

A round-up of the 2025 AI and Games Summer School

www.aiandgames.com

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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta @indigitalgames.bsky.social · Aug 28

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 👇

Ahmed Khalifa @amidos2006.bsky.social · Apr 1

We (I, Matthew Barthet, Roberto Gallotta, Antonios Liapis, @togelius.bsky.social, Georgios Yannakakis) would like to announce the Procedural Content Generation Benchmark (PCG Benchmark).

The PCG Benchmark allows users working in PCG research to test their algorithms against a variety of games.

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Julian Togelius @togelius.bsky.social · Jun 22

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.

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Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · Aug 27

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 :)

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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta @indigitalgames.bsky.social · Aug 27

🎮 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

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Daniel Vella @danielvella.bsky.social · Aug 25

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...

25 Years of Games at ITU

This year, games research and education at the IT University of Copenhagen celebrates its 25th anniversary. The anniversary will be celebrated at ITU on 26 and 27 August, with talks and an exhibition ...

en.itu.dk

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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta @indigitalgames.bsky.social · Aug 18

Inspiration primarily delivered by @gua-le-ni.com, @danielvella.bsky.social, @amidos2006.bsky.social, Prof. Georgios Yannakakis, Prof. Gordon Calleja, Prof. Antonios, and Dr Costantino Oliva.

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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta @indigitalgames.bsky.social · Aug 18

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...

3 universities that’ll level up your game design career

The best game design programmes don’t just focus on game design – they explore and help you master the other aspects of making amazing games too.

studyinternational.com

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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta @indigitalgames.bsky.social · Aug 15

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

zoy against genocide @zoydraft.bsky.social · Apr 21

What do we as #mtgcube designers want players to pay attention to, and what design decisions might be distracting them?

Gordon Calleja's book convinced me that attention is more important to think about than complexity

zoydraft.tumblr.com/post/7814478...

What am I asking players to pay attention to?

I’m spending a chunk of my parental leave learning more about game design and my current read is Unboxed: Board Game Experience and Design by Gordon Calleja (The MIT Press, 2022, check your local...

zoydraft.tumblr.com

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Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · Aug 15

"[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)

Springer @springer.springernature.com · Aug 14

'Between Puppet and Actor: Reframing Authorship in This Age of AI Agents', by Yuqian Sun and Stefano Gualeni, examines the conceptual tensions in understanding #AI agents’ role in creative processes, particularly focusing on Large Language Models. bit.ly/4fGwN8U #BookSky

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D6 Learning @d6learning.bsky.social · Aug 4

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...

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Becky Guest @beckyguest.bsky.social · Aug 8

📢 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

Narrative in Board Games

think.taylorandfrancis.com

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iGGi CDT @iggi-phd.bsky.social · Jul 22

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!

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