Three Teams Nominated at Swedish Game Awards</h1> <article> <h1>Three Teams Nominated at Swedish Game Awards</h1> <p>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:01:00 GMT</p> <p>Swedish Game Awards will be held 8-9 September 2023 in Stockholm. Among the nominated games are three teams from the Department of Game Design!</p> <p><a href="https://www.gameawards.se/nominees-2023">www.gameawards.se/nominees-2023</a><br /> Fail Fail Succeed<br /> Ball Bash<br /> Haunted Heist</p> </article> <article> <h1>Nordic DiGRA (Digital Game Research Association)</h1> <p>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:23:00 GMT</p> <p><strong>The Nordic DiGRA Conference returns this spring 2023, this time in Uppsala. This will be a fully in-person two-day event on 27</strong>–<strong>28 April 2023. </strong>Almost half of our staff from the Department of Game Design will be attending and presenting.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Presentation at GDC in San Francisco</h1> <p>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 07:38:00 GMT</p> <p>Game Developers Conference, GDC, was held in San Francisco, California in May 2023 connecting the Global Game Development Community in one place. One of the speakers was Associate Professor Patrick Prax from the Department of Game Design, together with other colleagues.</p> </article> <article> <h1>SkillMill is presented in international conferences</h1> <p>Thu, 22 Sep 2022 11:18:00 GMT</p> <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 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. </p> <p></p> <p></p> </article> <article> <h1>Game Design at Almedalen Week</h1> <p>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 12:11:00 GMT</p> <p>Come listen to one or all of the seminars that the Department of Game Design is participating in during Almedalen Week 2022. </p> </article> <article> <h1>Co-creation of a Serious Game About Radiotherapy</h1> <p>Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:39:00 GMT</p> <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> </article> <article> <h1>Alumni Days December 9-10</h1> <p>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 09:25:00 GMT</p> <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> </article> <article> <h1>Congratulations, Professor Doris Rusch!</h1> <p>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 13:08:00 GMT</p> <p>The installation of new professors at Uppsala University is taking place in Uppsala this week. And among them is our very own first professor in Game Design, Professor Doris Rusch--Congratulations!</p> </article> <article> <h1>Game Devs of Color Expo: Kayode Shonibare-Lewis speaks on September 25, 2021</h1> <p>Fri, 17 Sep 2021 07:36:00 GMT</p> <p>One of the speakers at the <a href="https://www.gamedevsofcolorexpo.com">Game Devs of Color Expo</a>, teaches at the Department of Game Design, Kayode Shonibare-Lewis.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Upptalk with Professor Doris Rusch</h1> <p>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:05:00 GMT</p> <p>Listen to Uppsala University's first 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: "Game Design, Witches and Transformation".</p> </article> <article> <h1>Games that create meaning - interview with researcher and Senior Lecturer, Doris Rusch</h1> <p>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 13:35:00 GMT</p> <p>Doris Rusch, researcher and senior university lecturer at the Department of Game Design on Campus Gotland, describes how we can create games that evoke thoughts and deep, meaningful experiences.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Co-creative game design at TEDx Uppsala University</h1> <p>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 07:32:00 GMT</p> <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 – Co-creative Game Design' discusses how games are co-created by players and the possibilities and potential risks involved.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Game Educators Summit 2017</h1> <p>Fri, 12 May 2017 11:44:00 GMT</p> <p>HEVGA teams up with Uppsala University and Gotland Game Conference to expand international goals.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Summer school 2016 to focus on improving health through game design</h1> <p>Fri, 18 Mar 2016 08:12:00 GMT</p> <p><strong>A two 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> </article> <article> <h1>New publications: Therapeutic and educational theory and role-playing games</h1> <p>Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:34:00 GMT</p> <p></p> <p>The Transformative Play Initiative has three new publications to share:</p> <ul> <li>Elektra Diakolambrianou and Sarah Lynne Bowman, "Dual Consciousness: What Psychology and Counseling Theories Can Teach and Learn Regarding Identity and the Role-Playing Game Experience." </li> <li>Josefin Westborg and Sarah Lynne Bowman, "GM Screen: The Didactic Potential of RPGs" and "Cheat Sheet: What We Can Learn from Edu-Larp and Other (Non-TT) RPGs." </li> </ul> </article> <article> <h1>Announcing Erasmus+ EDGE: Empowering Game Design Education with Transformative RPGs</h1> <p>Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:22:00 GMT</p> <p></p> <p>Announcing the launch of Empowering Game Design Education with Transformative Role-playing Games (EDGE) — An Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership in Higher Education! The EDGE consortium consists of Uppsala University (Sweden), Turku University of Applied Sciences (Finland), Dragons Nest (Greece), Chaos League (Italy), and Avalon Larp Studio (Norway).</p> </article> <article> <h1>Ritual: The Importance of Framing Transformational Experiences</h1> <p>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 19:49:00 GMT</p> <p></p> <p>Join us for our next lecture in the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series: "Ritual: The Importance of Framing Transformational Experiences” by Caro Murphy!</p> <p>When: Tuesday, October 3, 7-8:30PM Central European Summer Time (CEST)<br /> Where: Online on Zoom</p> <p>Register here: https://tinyurl.com/eh3462e5</p> <p>Link will be provided to registrants on the day of the event. </p> </article> <article> <h1>Introducing the Master's in Transformative Game Design (60 cr.)</h1> <p>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 19:37:00 GMT</p> <p></p> <p>The Department of Game Design is starting a Master's in Transformative Game Design (60 cr.) with an emphasis on the use of analog role-playing games as a vehicle for personal and social change!<br /> <br /> At the Department of Game Design, we are building upon our Certificate Track by offering a Master's programme of 60 credits. The courses are taught entirely online at half-speed (50% or 20 hrs per week), mostly asynchronously with video calls for playtesting.<br /> <br /> The Master's is intended for professionals who want to integrate RPGs into their leisure, educational, or therapeutic games, e.g. teachers, counselors, youth workers, spiritual directors, coaches, business trainers, etc.<br /> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Transformative Game Design: Freestanding Graduate Courses and Certificate 2023-2024</h1> <p>Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:07:00 GMT</p> <p>The Transformative Play Initiative at Uppsala University’s Department of Game Design is offering <strong>four (4) freestanding Master's level courses </strong>in <strong>Autumn 2023-Spring 2024</strong>!</p> <p></p> <p>These courses focus on the applied use of analog role-playing games as vehicles for personal and social change, whether facilitated in-person or in online environments. The courses are online, half-time, and freestanding. Anyone with a Bachelor’s degree can apply for the courses and take them from anywhere in the world.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Lecture: "Playing with Perspective: Metareflection and Immersion in Embodied Role-playing” by Hilda Levin</h1> <p>Wed, 25 Jan 2023 12:39:00 GMT</p> <p></p> <p>Join us for our next lecture in the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series: "Playing with Perspective: Metareflection and Immersion in Embodied Role-playing” by Hilda Levin!</p> <ul> <li>When: Tuesday, February 21, 7-8:30PM Central European Summer Time (CEST)</li> <li>Where: Online on Zoom</li> </ul> </article> <article> <h1>Event: "Forgotten Gems: Early Role-playing Game Theory" by J. Tuomas Harviainen</h1> <p>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 22:36:00 GMT</p> <p></p> <p>Join us for our next lecture in the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series: "Forgotten Gems: Early Role-playing Game Theory” by J. Tuomas Harviainen!</p> <p>When: Tuesday, January 24, 7-8:30pm Central European Time (CET)<br /> Where: Online on Zoom</p> </article> <article> <h1>Event: Restorying Trans Game Studies: Playing with Memory, Fiction, and Magic for Transformative Identity Work</h1> <p>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 11:00:00 GMT</p> <p></p> <div>Join us for our next lecture in the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series: “Restorying Trans Game Studies: Playing with Memory, Fiction, and Magic for Transformative Identity Work" by Theresa Jean Tanenbaum!</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <ul> <li>When: November 29, 2022, 7-8:30pm</li> <li>Where: Online on Zoom</li> </ul> </article> <article> <h1>Transformative Play Initiative Seminar 2022: Program and Registration</h1> <p>Thu, 23 Jun 2022 18:38:00 GMT</p> <p></p> <p>Registration is now live and the programme is available for the in-person and online tracks for the Transformative Play Initiative 2022!</p> <p><strong>Where:</strong> Cramérgatan 3, Room B51, 621 57, Visby, Sweden<br /> <strong>When: </strong>October 20-21, 2022<br /> <strong>Online: </strong>Zoom</p> </article> <article> <h1>Transformative Play Initiative Roundtable -- Spring 2022</h1> <p>Thu, 05 May 2022 11:33:00 GMT</p> <div></div> <div></div> <p>Join us for our next roundtable in the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series, this time with Lauri Lukka, John Stavropoulos, Elektra Diakolambrianou, Yeonsoo Julian Kim, and Katrin Geneuss!</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><strong>When: </strong>Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 7:00 – 8:30 pm CEST (Central European Summer Time).<br /> <strong>Where: </strong>Online on Zoom</p> </article> <article> <h1>Event: Town Hall / Spring 2022</h1> <p>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:11:00 GMT</p> <p></p> <div> <div> <p style="margin-left:0px">Announcing our second Town Hall Meeting in the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series! Town Halls feature lightning talks from experts in the field to spark conversation, as well as group discussions among community members interested in the use of analog role-playing games as vehicles for lasting personal and social change. We welcome you to share experiences, brainstorm ideas, and network at this game design think tank.</p> <div>When: Tuesday, April 19, 2022, 7 – 9:00 PM CEST</div> <p style="margin-left:0px">Where: Online on Zoom</p> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Call for Papers: Transformative Play Initiative Seminar 2022</h1> <p>Mon, 21 Mar 2022 11:45:00 GMT</p> <p style="text-align:center"></p> <p>Announcing the Transformative Play Initiative Seminar at Uppsala University Campus Gotland in Sweden, October 20-21, 2022! Organized by the Games & Society Lab at the Department of Game Design with financial support from the Sustainable Heritage Research Forum (SuHRF), this hybrid online and in-person event will feature short academic presentations by researchers and practitioners in the fields of Role-playing Game Studies and adjacent activities. The theme for this seminar is <strong>Role-playing, Culture, and Heritage.</strong></p> <div></div> <p style="text-align:center"></p> <div></div> </article> <article> <h1>“To Play or Not to Play: Edu-Larp in Curricular Settings" by Katrin Geneuss</h1> <p>Thu, 17 Mar 2022 16:42:00 GMT</p> <p>Join us for our next lecture in the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series: “To Play or Not to Play: Edu-Larp in Curricular Settings" by Katrin Geneuss!<br /> When: March 29, 2022, 7 – 8:30 PM Central European Time (CET)<br /> Where: Online on Zoom</p> </article> <article> <h1>Event: "Journey into Fear: Horror as a Vehicle for Healing and Transformative Play" by Yeonsoo Julian Kim</h1> <p>Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:26:00 GMT</p> <p>Join us for our next lecture in the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series: "Journey into Fear: Horror as a Vehicle for Healing and Transformative Play” by Yeonsoo Julian Kim!<br /> When: March 15, 2022, 7 – 8:30 PM Central European Time (CET)<br /> Where: Online on Zoom</p> </article> <article> <h1>Event: "Beyond the Couch: Psychotherapy and Live Action Role-playing” by Elektra Diakolambrianou</h1> <p>Wed, 16 Feb 2022 11:23:00 GMT</p> <p><br /> Join us for our next lecture in the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series: "Beyond the Couch: Psychotherapy and Live Action Role-playing” by Elektra Diakolambrianou!<br /> When: Feb 22, 2022, 7 – 8:30 PM Central European Time (CET)<br /> Where: Online on Zoom</p> </article> <article> <h1>Coming in 2022-2023: Freestanding Graduate Courses and Certificate in Transformative Game Design</h1> <p>Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:06:00 GMT</p> <p>The Transformative Play Initiative at Uppsala University’s Department of Game Design is offering <strong>four (4) freestanding graduate-level courses </strong>in <strong>Autumn 2022-Spring 2023</strong>!</p> <p></p> <p>These courses focus on the applied use of analog role-playing games as vehicles for personal and social change, whether facilitated in-person or in online environments. The courses are online, half-time, and freestanding. Anyone with a Bachelor’s degree can apply for the courses and take them from anywhere in the world.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Event: "Innovating for Growth: Designing a Culture of Safety in Games" by John Stavropoulos</h1> <p>Sun, 30 Jan 2022 21:55:00 GMT</p> <div> <div> <p style="margin-left:0px">Join us for our next lecture in the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series: "Innovating for Growth: Designing a Culture of Safety in Games” by John Stavropoulos!</p> </div> <div> <p style="margin-left:0px">When: Feb 8, 2022, 7 – 8:30 PM Central European Time (CET)<br /> Where: Online on Zoom</p> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Event: "Designing Intensity: A Case Study of an Extraordinary 24h Scenario Session” by Lauri Lukka</h1> <p>Tue, 18 Jan 2022 15:13:00 GMT</p> <div> <div></div> <div></div> <p>Join us for the first lecture in our Spring 2021 season of the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series: "Designing Intensity: A Case Study of an Extraordinary 24h Scenario Session” by Lauri Lukka!</p> </div> <div> <p>When: January 18, 7 – 8:30 PM, Central European Time (CET)<br /> Where: Online on Zoom</p> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Event: Town Hall / Fall 2021</h1> <p>Thu, 02 Dec 2021 14:30:00 GMT</p> <div> <p style="margin-left:0px">Announcing our first Town Hall Meeting in the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series! This event will feature group discussions and networking opportunities for people interested in using role-playing games as vehicles for change, as well as three excellent lightning talks to spark conversation.</p> <p style="margin-left:0px">When: Tuesday, December 7, 2021, 7:00 – 9:00pm Central European Time.<br /> Where: Online on Zoom</p> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Event: Roundtable / Fall 2021</h1> <p>Fri, 29 Oct 2021 11:15:00 GMT</p> <p>Join us for our first roundtable in the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series, this time with Whitney “Strix” Beltrán, Johanna Koljonen, Diana J. Leonard, Jaakko Stenros and Allen Turner!</p> <p>When: Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 7:00 – 8:30 pm Central European Time. <br /> Where: Online on Zoom</p> </article> <article> <h1>Event: "Disrupting Monkey, Laughing Raven: The Magic of the Trickster's Dance" by Allen Turner</h1> <p>Thu, 14 Oct 2021 13:46:00 GMT</p> <p></p> <p>Join us for our next lecture in the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series: "Disrupting Monkey, Laughing Raven: The Magic of the Trickster's Dance” by Allen Turner!<br /> <br /> When: Tuesday, October 26, 7-8:30pm Central European Time (CEST)<br /> Where: Online on Zoom</p> </article> <article> <h1>Transformative Play Initiative at Knutepunkt</h1> <p>Wed, 06 Oct 2021 10:23:00 GMT</p> <p><br /> Members of The Transformative Play Initiative are presenting at the Edu-larp Conference (4 October 2021) and at the Knutepunkt conference in Oslo (7-10 October 2021).</p> </article> <article> <h1>Event: "Why Do Humans Play? Exploring the Functions, Benefits, and Meanings of (Dark) Play" by Jaakko Stenros</h1> <p>Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:43:00 GMT</p> <p></p> <p>Join us for our next lecture in the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series: "Why Do Humans Play? Exploring the Functions, Benefits, and Meanings of (Dark) Play" by Jaakko Stenros.<br /> <br /> When: Tuesday, October 12, 7-8:30pm Central European Time (CEST)<br /> Where: Online on Zoom</p> </article> <article> <h1>Event: Playing for Pain: Benefits, Pitfalls, and Strategies for Role-playing Marginalized Characters</h1> <p>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 21:29:00 GMT</p> <p><br /> Join us for our next lecture in the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series: "Playing for Pain: Benefits, Pitfalls, and Strategies for Role-playing Marginalized Characters” by <strong>Diana J. Leonard</strong>!</p> <p><strong>When: </strong>Sept 21, 2021, 7:00-8:30pm Central European Summer Time (CEST)<br /> <strong>Where:</strong> Online on Zoom</p> </article> <article> <h1>Event: The Personal and the Political: Playing and Designing for Transformation in Nordic Larp</h1> <p>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 15:17:00 GMT</p> <p>Join us for our next lecture in the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series: "The Personal and the Political: Playing and Designing for Transformation in Nordic Larp” by <strong>Johanna Koljonen</strong>!</p> <ul> <li><strong>When</strong>: September 7, 2021, 7-8:30pm Central European Summer Time (CEST)</li> <li><strong>Where</strong>: Online on Zoom</li> </ul> <p></p> <p></p> </article> <article> <h1>Event: Everything is the Self: Designing Character Ensembles for Player Catharsis</h1> <p>Wed, 07 Jul 2021 15:47:00 GMT</p> <p></p> <p>Join us for our first lecture in the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series, "Everything is the Self: Designing Character Ensembles for Player Catharsis" by award-winning game designer and depth psychologist Whitney <strong>"Strix" Beltrán</strong>!</p> <ul> <li><strong>Date: </strong>Tuesday, July 13</li> <li><strong>Time: </strong>19.00-20.30pm Central European Summer Time (CEST)</li> <li><strong>Online on Zoom</strong></li> </ul> </article> <article> <h1>Announcing the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series</h1> <p>Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:34:00 GMT</p> <p class="image-center"></p> <p><br /> We are pleased to announce the Transformative Play Initiative Event Series at Uppsala University's Department of Game Design. Starting in July 2021, the series will feature monthly events, including lectures and roundtables, from prominent thinkers and practitioners interested in using role-playing games as vehicles for change. We will also hold Town Hall Meetings for group discussions and lightning talks from community members on topics pertaining to transformative play. These events will take place on Zoom and will be archived in YouTube for posterity. </p> </article> <article> <h1>The Games & Society Lab Speaker Series: Cale Passmore</h1> <p>Mon, 21 Jun 2021 07:40:00 GMT</p> <p class="image-center"></p> <p><strong>The Games & Society Lab speaker series continues! </strong><br /> <strong>The series invites practitioners and researchers in and around game design to present their work, thoughts, and process. In this episode, Cale Passmore talks about discrimination and representation in digital games and gives us a set of best practices they’ve developed.</strong></p> </article> <article> <h1>The Games & Society Lab Speaker Series: Marie Jarrell</h1> <p>Wed, 12 May 2021 10:22:00 GMT</p> <p class="image-center"></p> <p>The Games & Society Lab speaker series continues! <br /> The series invites practitioners and researchers in and around game design to present their work, thoughts, and process. In this episode, Dr. Marie Jarrell talks about embodied identification, the connection you get from controlling a game character. Can playing games change the way we see ourselves? Can it change how we see the people around us?</p> <p></p> </article> <article> <h1>The Games & Society Lab Speaker Series: Henrike Lode</h1> <p>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 12:00:00 GMT</p> <p class="image-center"></p> <p>The Games & Society Lab is happy to announce the first episode of our new Speaker Series! <br /> The series invites practitioners and researchers in and around game design to present their work, thoughts, and process. In this first episode, Henrike Lode talks about perseverance, experimental prototyping and some of the joys and challenges of being a game developer.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Game or Watch</h1> <p>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:58:00 GMT</p> <p>We're excited to announce new cutting-edge research published by the journal IEEE Transactions on Games by our own Joshua Juvrud and Magnus Johannson, along with Gabriel Ansgariusson and Patrik Selleby! This study measures what happens in the mind when participants watch and play video games.</p> <p class="image-center"></p> </article> </main></body></html>