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< Back Dr Abi Evans University of York Supervisor Abi Evans is a Lecturer in Interactive Media in the Department of Theatre, Film, Television, and Interactive Media at the University of York. Her research is at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Learning Sciences, exploring how technology can provide real-time adaptive scaffolding for the skills and processes associated with effective learning in a variety of settings. Abi is particularly interested in supervising students who want to create and evaluate games and immersive experiences for learning or develop approaches for measuring learning in games. Her current project focuses on developing experiences for people who are learning to code, specifically tackling barriers to learning such as imposter syndrome and misconceptions about coding concepts. Abi would also welcome students interested in games for learning in other disciplines and in informal settings as well as traditional academic disciplines. abi.evans@york.ac.uk Email Mastodon https://www.abigailevans.org/ Other links Website https://www.linkedin.com/in/abi-evans-7294379 LinkedIn BlueSky Github Themes Design & Development Immersive Technology Player Research - Previous Next

< Back Twitchchat: A dataset for exploring livestream chat Link Author(s) C Ringer, M Nicolaou, J Walker Abstract More info TBA Link

iGGi Partners We are excited to be collaborating with a number of industry partners. IGGI works with industry in some of the following ways: Student Industry Knowledge Transfer - this can take many forms, from what looks like a traditional placement, to a short term consultancy, to an ongoing relationship between the student and their industry partner. Student Sponsorship - for some of our students, their relationship with their industry partner is reinforced by sponsorship from the company. This is an excellent demonstration of the strength of the commitment and the success of the collaborations. In Kind Contributions - IGGI industry partners can contribute by attending and/or featuring in our annual conference, offering their time to give talks and masterclasses for our students, or even taking part in our annual game jam! There are many ways for our industry partners to work with IGGI. If you are interested in becoming involved, please do contact us so we can discuss what might be suitable for you. Riot Games

< Back 2021 iGGi Brochure Out now! The 2021 iGGi Brochure * lists profiles of all iGGi Researchers who actively participated in this year's iGGi Conference. Browse the linked pdf version (as well as the Students page on this site, of course) to find out more about individual iGGi PhD's current research. *Brochure design/layout by Timea Farkas Previous 8 Oct 2021 Next

< Back Deep visual instruments: realtime continuous, meaningful human control over deep neural networks for creative expression Link Author(s) M Akten Abstract More info TBA Link

< Back How do video games affect mental health? A narrative review of 13 proposed mechanisms Link Author(s) N Ballou, T Hakman, M Vuorre, K Magnusson, AK Przybylski Abstract More info TBA Link

< Back VERTIGØ: visualisation of rolling horizon evolutionary algorithms in GVGAI Link Author(s) R Gaina, S Lucas, D Perez-Liebana Abstract More info TBA Link

< Back Dr Andrew James Wood University of York Supervisor I am an interdisciplinary researcher at the University of York. My background is in Mathematical Physics but my interests are now in applying computational and mathematical techniques to interesting problems, mostly in Biology. This includes such topics as collective motion (particularly in interaction networks and the role of noise) and microbiology (particularly in metabolism, industrial biotechnology, spatial structure and plasmid dynamics) as well as modelling naval conflicts and glycosylation. I have a natural interest in games and am interested in the interface between games and science, be that in using games to do, or disseminate, science or in utilising mechanisms and insights from research to inspire games. Research themes: Game Analytics Game Design Games with a Purpose Gamification jamie.wood@york.ac.uk Email Mastodon https://ajamiewood.weebly.com/ Other links Website https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-wood-82460055/ LinkedIn BlueSky Github Themes Applied Games Design & Development Game Data - Previous Next

< Back Dr Mariana Lopez University of York Supervisor Dr Mariana Lopez is a researcher in the field of sound design. She works on two main fields: accessibility and heritage. Her work on accessibility focuses on how sound design can be used to create accessible experiences for film and television audiences with sight loss, providing an alternative to traditional Audio Description practices. She was the Principal Investigator of the project Enhancing Audio Description funded by the AHRC. In the field of heritage, she focuses on acoustical heritage, by exploring how acoustic measurement techniques, computer modelling and the recreation of soundscapes can help us understand the sonic experiences of our ancestors. She was the Principal Investigator of the British Academy-funded project – The Soundscapes of the York Mystery Plays. Related to these fields she is supervising and has supervised projects in the field of mental health in connection to the creative arts; interactive installations; serious gaming and its impact on sustainability; accessibility and gaming; and sound design in participatory theatre, among others. Research themes: Game Audio and Music Games with a Purpose Sound and accessibility Equality and social justice Acoustical heritage Sound installations mariana.lopez@york.ac.uk Email Mastodon https://marianajlopez.com/ Other links Website https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mariana-lopez-9a229096 LinkedIn BlueSky Github Themes Applied Games Game Audio - Previous Next

< Back Dr Nathan John Queen Mary University of London iGGi Alum After graduating with a MEng in Computer Science from the University of Bristol, Nathan joined the games industry as a programmer, working for Climax Studios, Gaming Corps and Freejam, before moving to a career as a general software engineer, while still developing indie games on the side. His experiences across a range of industries sparked a passion for testing, and left him wondering if there were was to improve the automated testing in game development. Borne from an experiment Nathan had performed training AIs to play his indie game WarpBall, in which he found the agents solved for exploits in the authored AI rather than playing the game well, his research project proposes a novel method for improving the quality of behaviour of human authored agents by pitting them against trained agents and observing what bad behaviours/exploits the trained agents reveal. Authored agents refer to AI agents whose actions are explicitly designed by programmers using traditional techniques such as Utility functions, Behaviour Trees and state machines; trained agents refer to agents whose behaviour is learned by playing many games against the authored agents. n.m.john-mcdougall@qmul.ac.uk Email Mastodon Other links Website https://www.linkedin.com/in/vethan4/ LinkedIn BlueSky Github Supervisors: Dr Jeremy Gow Dr Laurissa Tokarchuk Themes Design & Development Game AI - Previous Next

< Back Evaluating the Effects on Monte Carlo Tree Search of Predicting Co-operative Agent Behaviour Link Author(s) J Walton-Rivers Abstract More info TBA Link

< Back Dr Charline Foch University of York iGGi Alum Charline first came to the UK in 2011 to study English and Film Studies at King’s College London, before going on to a MSc in Film, Exhibition and Curation at the University of Edinburgh. By chance, accident or fate, she stumbled into the games industry, working in an independent game studio in Berlin, where she touched upon customer support, community management, content writing and QA for a new MMORPG. This experience gave her the push to start a PhD in video games. In her spare time, she is an avid film viewer, volleyball player, and amateur artist. Charline’s research focuses on how people conceptualise failure, with an emphasis on its perceived positive, desirable effects on player experience. Throughout her PhD, she has conducted research among video games players to gain a better understanding of what they perceive as the purpose and value of failure in the games they play; and conducted research among video games developers to gain a better understanding of what processes, obstacles, and ideas go into the design and implementation of failure in their games. With a focus on single-player, more narrative-driven games, she has used this research to design a cards-based design toolkit to support game designers in approaching the question of fail states and player experience in the early stages of the game development process, helping them reflect on the intersection between failure, game mechanics, storytelling, and player experience when working on their games. Aside from her PhD, Charline has also worked with the Digital Creativity Labs on the PlayOn! project, a European project gathering 9 theatres across Europe working on immersive technologies (VR, AR, apps for audience participation...) and theatre productions. During her time at PlayOn!, she has worked on the connections between the games industry and the performance arts, investigating how technology, game design principles, and theatre can work together, and what barriers practitioners face when attempting to reconcile all sides in a single production through experimentation and collaboration. charline.foch@york.ac.uk Email https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@chafoch Mastodon https://charlinefoch.carrd.co Other links Website https://www.linkedin.com/in/charline-foch-97196663 LinkedIn BlueSky Github Supervisor: Dr Ben Kirman Featured Publication(s): “The game doesn't judge you”: game designers’ perspectives on implementing failure in video games “Slow down and look”: Desirable aspects of failure in video games, from the perspective of players. Themes Design & Development Player Research - Previous Next