<link>https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news</link> <description /> <item> <title>SkillMill is presented in international conferences https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=1027128&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 <p><a href="https://uuglobal.shorthandstories.com/skillmill/index.html">SkillMill</a> is an app that helps students identify, understand, and verbalize their soft skills development. The app was developed in collaboration&nbsp;with representatives from several different Nordic universities together with game design students and project managers from the Department of Game Design with EU funding from Erasmus+ Programme.&nbsp;</p> <p></p> <p></p> Thu, 22 Sep 2022 11:18:00 GMT https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=1027128&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 2022-09-22T11:18:00Z Game Design at Almedalen Week https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=1018886&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 <p>Come listen to one or all of the seminars that the Department of Game Design is participating in during Almedalen Week 2022.&nbsp;</p> Wed, 15 Jun 2022 12:11:00 GMT https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=1018886&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 2022-06-15T12:11:00Z Co-creation of a Serious Game About Radiotherapy https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=1018228&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 <p>The Department of Game Design and the Department of Women's and Children's Health at Uppsala University co-created a serious game for children undergoing radiotherapy for cancer treatment. The project has received quite a bit of attention in Swedish and local media (available in Swedish only).</p> Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:39:00 GMT https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=1018228&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 2022-06-10T08:39:00Z Alumni Days December 9-10 https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=982040&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 <p>Meet former game design students and hear how their careers have developed after they left us. They have a lot of good advice for you and are always interested in hearing about your own projects and goals and expectations.</p> Fri, 03 Dec 2021 09:25:00 GMT https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=982040&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 2021-12-03T09:25:00Z Congratulations, Professor Doris Rusch! https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=979402&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 <p>The installation of&nbsp;new&nbsp;professors&nbsp;at&nbsp;Uppsala University is&nbsp;taking place in Uppsala this week. And among them is our very own first&nbsp;professor in&nbsp;Game Design, Professor Doris Rusch--Congratulations!</p> Tue, 16 Nov 2021 13:08:00 GMT https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=979402&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 2021-11-16T13:08:00Z Game Devs of Color Expo: Kayode Shonibare-Lewis speaks on September 25, 2021 https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=970860&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 <p>One of the speakers at the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gamedevsofcolorexpo.com">Game Devs of Color Expo</a>,&nbsp;teaches at&nbsp;the Department of Game Design, Kayode Shonibare-Lewis.</p> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 07:36:00 GMT https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=970860&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 2021-09-17T07:36:00Z Upptalk with Professor Doris Rusch https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=968794&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 <p>Listen to Uppsala University's first&nbsp;professor in Game Design, Professor Doris Rusch, in <a href="https://www.upptech.uu.se/upptalk-weekly">Upptalk Weekly</a>, 16 november, kl 12-12.30: &quot;Game Design, Witches and Transformation&quot;.</p> Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:05:00 GMT https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=968794&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 2021-09-10T08:05:00Z Games that create meaning - interview with researcher and Senior Lecturer, Doris Rusch https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=893478&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 <p>Doris Rusch, researcher and senior university lecturer at the Department of Game Design on Campus Gotland, describes&nbsp;how we can create games that evoke thoughts and deep, meaningful experiences.</p> Thu, 10 Sep 2020 13:35:00 GMT https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=893478&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 2020-09-10T13:35:00Z Co-creative game design at TEDx Uppsala University https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=689728&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 <p>Patrick Prax from the Department of Game Design was one of the seven speakers selected for the latest TEDx Uppsala University. His talk 'The Players make the Game &ndash; Co-creative Game Design' discusses how games are co-created by players and the possibilities and potential risks involved.</p> Mon, 22 Jan 2018 07:32:00 GMT https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=689728&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 2018-01-22T07:32:00Z Game Educators Summit 2017 https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=642296&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 <p>HEVGA teams up with Uppsala University and Gotland Game Conference to expand international goals.</p> Fri, 12 May 2017 11:44:00 GMT https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=642296&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 2017-05-12T11:44:00Z Summer school 2016 to focus on improving health through game design https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=555496&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 <p><strong>A two&nbsp;week course will be arranged this summer in Visby within the framework of EIT Health, an EU health research consortium where Uppsala University plays a leading role. The course allows students from a variety of fields to develop game concepts with the specific aim of encouraging a healthy lifestyle.</strong></p> Fri, 18 Mar 2016 08:12:00 GMT https://www.speldesign.uu.se/news?tarContentId=555496&rssTarget=500522&rssTitle=&newsDetailSiteNodeId=136126&newsListSiteNodeId=136126&showLeadIn=true&languageId=1 2016-03-18T08:12:00Z