The 11th International Conference on Videogame Sciences and Arts will be held on November 27-29, organized by the Department of Communication and Art of the University of Aveiro, DigiMedia research centre and the Society of Video Games Sciences (SPCV). The annual conferences of the SPCV promote the scientific gathering of researchers in Portugal. These conferences are attended by researchers and professionals in the expanded field of videogames — Multimedia, Communication, Technology, Education, Psychology and Arts — to disseminate work and exchange experiences between the academic community and with the industry.
In 2009 the conference was held at University of Aveiro. 2019 will mark the coming back after 10 years. We intend then to show a thorough roadmap of the evolution of the national and international game research during these 10 years, as also ideas and speculations for the next 10 years.
Also, this time we plan going full international, using as working language English, for the CFP, the website, as the Proceedings. Therefore, if you've never participated in one Videojogos, this may be the best time to do it. We are calling for papers on games research from all over the world.
We welcome research proposals, long and short papers, and demos. All presenting new scientific results, innovative technologies, best practices, or improvements to existing techniques and approaches in the multidisciplinary research field of Games Research.
Suggested research topics for contributions include, but are not limited to:
Papers (short and full) must be in English. Only submissions that receive high ratings in the review process will be selected for publication by the Program Committee.
All submissions should follow the Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) format (see "Information for Authors of Springer Computer Science Proceedings"). Use the Microsoft Word template for Mac or for PC. Add to your final submission the Consent to Publish.
We welcome the submission of innovative Demos within the areas of interest covered by the conference.
Proposals are made online via a Google form and should provide a clear description of the work and a URL (e.g. WeTransfer, Google Drive, etc...) for access to relevant media assets.
Submission deadline: July 31, 2019 August 20, 2019
Author notification of the review: September 20, 2019 September 26, 2019
Submission of the print-ready version: October 5, 2019
VJ2019 conference: November 27-29, 2019
Demo Registration: September 30, 2019 October 8, 2019
Demo Communication of Acceptance: October 15, 2019
"Planning and Processes for Game Development"
When commercial game development goes wrong, it usually goes wrong due to process failures. Developers make avoidable mistakes in planning and organizing their projects that lead to delays and cancellations. In this talk, Ernest Adams will explain how to plan your development and how to avoid the pitfalls that cause games to fail before they are even released.
Ernest W. Adams is a game designer and professor at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, with an extensive professional activity in the field of digital games, having published "Fundamentals of Game Design" (2014) and "Game Mechanics: Advanced Game Design" (2012).
“Teaching AI through retrogaming”
Computer Science is in high demand, yet students do not have the necessary motivation and drive to go through theoretic AI concepts. Book examples are outdated, students struggle to understand the use cases. On the other hand students love computer games, and feel a natural drive to grasp the algorithms behind them. Stateof- the-art computer games are nonetheless too complex for beginner students to grasp. Diogo Gomes will explain how he uses classic computer games to teach AI algorithms and keep his students fully motivated.
Professor at the Dep. Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, University of Aveiro, Portugal. In the last 15 years has participated in more then 10 EU funded projects in the area of Telecommunication Services & Application Development. He has recently been teaching Artificial Intelligence to Graduate students through the development of AI-Agents capable of playing classic games such as Poker, Snakes, Pacman and Bomberman.
The conference will be held at the CCCI building of the University of Aveiro.
Early Bird Registration: Ends October 25th
Full registration: 150€ (early) / 200€ (late) *
One author per paper
Associate members of the SPCV: 100€ (early) / 150€ (late) *
Authors, or presenting members of the SPCV association
Poster registration: 75€ (early) / 90€ (late) *
One author per poster
Reduced registration: 50€ (early) / 75€ (late)
Regular participant (non-authors and co-authors)
Demo registration: 25€ (early) / 50€ (late)
One author per demo
Workshop registration: 20€ (one) / 30€ (two) / 45€ (three)
Minimum of 6 and maximum of 20 participants
Dinner registration: 20€
* Registration includes the conference dinner and social events.
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The Workshop "Being a 'Visual Novel' storyteller with Fungus Unity 3D" aims to provide the skills needed to design and develop "visual novels" and graphic adventures using the Unity Fungus extension. It is intended for beginners at Unity, interested in Interactive Narratives. This Workshop is divided into the following modules: 1. What are Visual Novels, 2. Examples of Visual Novels, 3. Designing Visual Novels, and 4. Developing Visual Novels in Unity 3D.
Liliana Vale Costa is a researcher at DigiMedia - Digital Media and Interaction Research Centre and invited lecturer in Editorial Media, at the University of Aveiro. She is a passionate about research, digital painting, games and interaction design. During her PhD in Information and Communication in Digital Platforms and internship at the Disruptive Media Learning Lab, Coventry University, she has been involved in research related with the use of games for health-related wellbeing and active ageing. She is deeply involved into proxemics in phygital spaces, game-based psychotherapy, transmedia storytelling, and digital wellbeing.
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Along two hours, participants will be challenged to build the narrative of a game focused on the theme “Microplastics”.
For this participants will use the game element cards - which contain detailed explanations of each game element - and a Rapid Game Design Document,with information on how to use and articulate the several cards cards. As it is possible to explore the game element cards freely, the Rapid Game Design Document will be used only if participants decide to use it.
A set of Cards presenting specific information on the theme of microplastics will be given to each participant, releasing them from the task of finding information about the theme.
The Gamers4Nature project aims to design and operationalization of a set of strategies that prepare and encourage an active participation of the youngest audience in game creation, while promoting knowledge about environmental preservation and biodiversity conservation. Being involved in creating games promotes the learning of skills that are necessary to achieve this goal (related to game development tools, programming languages, art styles) but also presents an opportunity to develop knowledge and skills that are not merely technical. In addition, by engaging potential players themselves as creators of games, there is a greater prospect that this message reaches the intended audience and with far greater relevance.
This project includes a Toolkit to Game Design, with a set of cards addressing several game elements designed to support users in the construction of the game narrative; and a set of cards with information about microplastics.
Room 40.2.5
(CCCI - DeCA UA)
Introductive workshop about hobby board games, known as modern board games. In the session will be held sequences of games and presentation of content related to the history of board games, with the associated contemporary cultural phenomenon and the main mechanics and themes, considering the main types of games existing and produced today. It is expected participants will be able to understand the differences in design and characteristics and be able to research more information about the theme of board games and application in the development of new projects.
Workshop developed within the Project Flavourgame
Session Chair: Nelson Zagalo
Session Chair: Licinio Roque
Session Chair: Carlos Martinho
Session Chair: Leonel Morgado
Session Chair: Beatriz Legerén
Session Chair: Ana Isabel Veloso
Session Chair: Ana Amélia Carvalho
Best Paper
Best Poster
Best Demo
A selection of some nearby hotels
40€ per night
26min.
10min.
Rua Engenheiro Silvério Pereira da Silva 2-4-6, 3800-175 Aveiro
234 096 107
61€ per night
23min.
8min.
Rua de Viana do Castelo 4, 3800-275 Aveiro
234 421 885
55€ per night
27min.
9min.
Av. Dr. Lourenço Peixinho 119, 3800-166 Aveiro
234 346 030
40€ per night
19min.
9min.
R. do Principe Perfeito 18, 3810-087 Aveiro
234 376 150
48€ per night
27min.
8min.
R. das Velas 20, 3800-246 Aveiro
234 043 859
Conference chair: Ana Isabel Veloso
Scientific chair: Nelson Zagalo
Organizing chair: José Nunes
