Topics for this conference include, but are not limited to:

– Development methodologies
– Design issues
– Controversial issues – we welcome debate and dissension, for example; games as art, entertainment as purely for monetary returns etc
– Special Effects
– Animation
– Mobile and ubiquitous games and entertainment
– Serious Games –applications, critiques
– Philosophical issues
– Prototypes
– Social and cultural uses of/for Play
– Tools and technologies
– Skills, strategy, rules and chance
– Genre
– Immersiveness and engagement
– Research methodologies in creative practice
– Usability and playability
– User/player centered design
– Psychological, social, and cultural differences in perception and participation
– Communities, networks, social interaction and social capital
– Cross-cultural and intercultural approaches
– Assessment of exploratory learning approaches
– Emerging practices