GGC 2015: Games Are Not Movies by George Weidman Campus Gotland GAME 2024-10-18 | GGC 2015: Games Are Not Movies by George Weidman
GGC2023 Talks - Jenesee Grey - Game Designers and Community Managers Campus Gotland GAME 2023-09-12 | ...
GGC2023 Talks - Alex Sporny - Transitioning from School to Industry as a Game Designer Campus Gotland GAME 2023-09-05 | Transitioning from School to Industry as a Game DesignerAlex Sporny
GGC2023 Talks - Alexander Sinn - From a Local Esports Community to a Leading Esports Organisation Campus Gotland GAME 2023-08-29 | ...
GGC2023 Talks - Mirjam Eladhari & Hartmut Koenitz - Multi Method Analysis Campus Gotland GAME 2023-08-22 | When the hive mind goes to town with multi method analysis: MMA jams for deep understanding of games.Mirjam Eladhari & Hartmut Koenitz
GGC2023 Talks - Erin Shaver & Allison Funk - Inspiring Awareness Through Play Campus Gotland GAME 2023-08-15 | ...
GGC2023 Talks - Mikael Andersson - Clockwork Stories Campus Gotland GAME 2023-08-08 | Clockwork Stories: practical lessons for making simulators craft narratives.Mikael Andersson
GGC2023 Talks - Johannes Wadin - Assumptions, guesstimations and cutting yourself short Campus Gotland GAME 2023-08-01 | ...
GGC2023 Talks - Alexander Milton - How to get your game published (industry secrets unveiled) Campus Gotland GAME 2023-07-25 | How to get your game published (industry secrets unveiled)Alexander Milton
GGC2023 Talks - Matias Lopez - Efficient Feature Implementation in Free to Play Live Games Campus Gotland GAME 2023-07-18 | Matias Lopez - Efficient Feature Implementation in Free-to-Play Live Games
GGC Preview - The Social Grip Campus Gotland GAME 2023-07-13 | The team behind 'The Social Grip' talks about their upcoming game at GGC2023!
GGC2023 Talks - Ernest Adams - Ernest’s Farewell Campus Gotland GAME 2023-07-11 | Ernest’s Farewell: Things I Learned About Interactive Storytelling on GotlandErnest Adams
GGC Preview - Illume Campus Gotland GAME 2023-07-06 | The team behind 'Illume' talks about their upcoming game at GGC2023!
GGC2023 Talks - Andrea Brasch - Journey of a broke(n) developer Campus Gotland GAME 2023-07-04 | Journey of a broke(n) developer by Andrea Brasch
GGC Preview - MellowFizz Campus Gotland GAME 2023-06-29 | The team behind 'MellowFizz' talks about their upcoming game at GGC2023!
GGC2023 Talks - Marcel Bailleul - Leadership and the secret sauce to kickstart your career Campus Gotland GAME 2023-06-27 | Leadership and the secret sauce to kickstart your career in the gaming industry.Check out SkillMill here:erasmus-skillmill.comThe app helps you discover, understand, and talk about your Soft Skills development.
GGC Preview - Dont Save Me Campus Gotland GAME 2023-06-22 | The team behind 'Don't Save Me!' talks about their upcoming game at GGC2023!
GGC2023 Talks - Hartmut Koenitz & Mirjam Eladhari - Understanding Interactive Digital Narrative Campus Gotland GAME 2023-06-20 | Understanding Interactive Digital Narrative – how to overcome outdated concepts and create meaningful narrative experiences for the 21st centuryHartmut Koenitz & Mirjam Eladhari
GGC Preview - Coral Clean Up Campus Gotland GAME 2023-06-15 | The team behind 'Coral Clean up' talks about their upcoming game at GGC2023!"
GGC2023 Talks - Sam Spurlin - Brave New Work Campus Gotland GAME 2023-06-14 | Today we are kicking off "Talk Tuesdays" 🥳 with Sam Spurlin from The Ready.Sam is an organizational designer and talked about "Brave New Work: How to Level Up Your Organization Design and Craft A Better Way of Working".This talk is invaluable for everyone interested in building and leading teams and organizations that can perform in today's complex world.
GGC 2023 - Award Ceremony Campus Gotland GAME 2023-06-14 | Relive the Award Ceremony of Gotland Game Conference 2023.
GGC Preview - Martyr Of Carnage Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-25 | Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023The team behind 'Martyr Of Carnage' talks about their upcoming game at GGC2023!
GGC Preview - Lyric Run Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-25 | Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023The team behind 'Lyric Run' talks about their upcoming game at GGC2023!
GGC Preview - Several Raccoons in a Trenchcoat Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-24 | Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023The team behind 'Several Racoons in a Trenchcoat' talks about their upcoming game at GGC2023!
GGC Preview - Bullet Dance Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-24 | Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023The team behind 'Bullet Dance' talks about their upcoming game at GGC2023!
GGC Preview - All The Way Home Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-23 | Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023The team behind 'All the way home' talks about their upcoming game at GGC2023!
Staff Highlight - Ray Whitcher Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-23 | "Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023Ray Whitcher, one of the lecturers at Uppsala University's game design department, shares his knowledge about game design and gives students a few tips."
GGC Recap - Fail Fail Succeed Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-20 | Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023The team behind 'Fail Fail Succeed' (itch.io/jam/gotland-game-conference-2022-showcase/rate/1492932) is talking about their experience at GGC2022 and give a little teaser about their plans for GGC2023.
GGC Recap - AMIDC Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-20 | Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023The team behind 'AMIDC' (itch.io/jam/gotland-game-conference-2022-showcase/rate/1501751) is talking about their experience at GGC2022 and give a little teaser about their plans for GGC2023.
GGC Recap - Väsen Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-19 | Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023The team behind 'Väsen' (itch.io/jam/gotland-game-conference-2022-showcase/rate/1398302) is talking about their experience at GGC2022 and give a little teaser about their plans for GGC2023.
GGC Recap - Twinsect Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-19 | Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023The team behind 'Twinsect' (itch.io/jam/gotland-game-conference-2022-showcase/rate/1483550) is talking about their experience at GGC2022 and give a little teaser about their plans for GGC2023.
GGC Recap - TeddysTale Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-18 | Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023The team behind 'Teddy's Tale' (itch.io/jam/gotland-game-conference-2022-showcase/rate/1506825) is talking about their experience at GGC2022 and give a little teaser about their plans for GGC2023.
GGC Recap - Staff Pointer Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-18 | Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023The team behind 'Staff Pointer' (itch.io/jam/gotland-game-conference-2022-showcase/rate/1504517) is talking about their experience at GGC2022 and give a little teaser about their plans for GGC2023.
GGC Recap - Rug Racers Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-17 | Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023The team behind 'Rug Racers' (itch.io/jam/gotland-game-conference-2022-showcase/rate/1503344) is talking about their experience at GGC2022 and give a little teaser about their plans for GGC2023.
GGC Recap - Its Been 3 Months Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-17 | Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023The team behind 'It Has Been Three Months' (itch.io/jam/gotland-game-conference-2022-showcase/rate/1263863) is talking about their experience at GGC2022 and give a little teaser about their plans for GGC2023."
GGC Recap - Fish Off Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-11 | Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023The team behind 'Fish Off!' (itch.io/jam/gotland-game-conference-2022-showcase/rate/1507778) is talking about their experience at GGC2022 and give a little teaser about their plans for GGC2023.
GGC Recap - Axelerate Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-10 | "Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023The team behind 'Axelerate' (itch.io/jam/gotland-game-conference-2022-showcase/rate/1501537) is talking about their experience at GGC2022 and give a little teaser about their plans for GGC2023."""
GGC 2023 - Play Testing Day (2/2) Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-08 | "Check out our talented students as they put their games to the test before the highly anticipated Gotland Game Conference 2023!Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023 "
GGC 2023 - Play Testing Day (1/2) Campus Gotland GAME 2023-05-03 | Get Tickets to GGC 2023: ti.to/campus-gotland-game/ggc2023Check out our talented students as they put their games to the test before the highly anticipated Gotland Game Conference 2023!
Game Jam in Burs Campus Gotland GAME 2023-03-07 | We organized a game jam with the Burs hembygdsförening (the village association) as a part of their culture digitalization project.As part of the jam, 30 of our students traveled to Burs, Gotland's oldest settlement. There we hiked around the countryside for three hours, looked at historical sites, got lectures, and had some food in between.The following weekend we got to jamming, and five teams showcased their creations. You should play their games here:EMBER OF RESTquob-interactive.itch.io/ember-of-restCHRONICLES OF BURSbrianlb.itch.io/chronicles-of-bursDISCOVERING STAVGARDseal-of-spades.itch.io/discovering-stavgardHEATHEN TREASUREsprw66.itch.io/heathen-treasureSTAVAR'S ESCAPEfmbarry.itch.io/stavars-skatt
Alumni Talks - Episode3: Linus De Witt (Team Velocita) Campus Gotland GAME 2022-12-01 | In this second episode, we are talking to Linus De Witt.Linus left the education in June 2021 and is now working on Octane Remix, the debut game of Team Velociate, a studio he founded with friends in the last year of his education.His literature recommendation is "The Lazy Project Manager: How to be twice as productive and still leave the office early" by Peter Taylorthelazyprojectmanager.comIf you also want to study game design on a picturesque island in the baltic sea, check out the Department of Game Design:https://www.speldesign.uu.se/education/
Alumni Talks - Episode2: Mateusz Sieradziński (Keepsake Games) Campus Gotland GAME 2022-10-26 | In this second episode, we are talking to Mateusz Sieradziński.Mateusz left the education in June 2020 and is now working as a Game and Level Designer on the debut game of Keepsake Games.His literature recommendation is "The Gamer's Brain: How Neuroscience and UX Can Impact Video Game Design" by Celia Hodent.http://thegamersbrain.comIf you also want to study game design on a picturesque island in the baltic sea, check out the Department of Game Design:https://www.speldesign.uu.se/education/
Alumni Talks - Episode1: Teemu Laiho (Fingersoft) Campus Gotland GAME 2022-10-21 | In this inaugural episode, we are talking to Teemu Laiho.Teemu graduated from the education in June 2022 and is now working as a Live Ops Content Trainee on Hill Climb Racing 2 for Fingersoft.If you also want to study game design on a picturesque island in the baltic sea, check out the Department of Game Design:https://www.speldesign.uu.se/education/
Tom Apperley - Gamework/Sexwork: Domestic Playbour in the Covid era Campus Gotland GAME 2022-06-14 | The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the intertwining of gaming and intimacy. Already present, but suddenly intensified by months of quarantine and/or self-isolation. The potentials of this new situation were perceived by entrepreneurial sex workers, leading to a proliferation of adult content, and challenges for many existing platforms to either exclude or embrace such content.This paper explores history of the multiple periphery roles of sex workers in the gaming industry. It considers this history against the contemporary intersections of gaming and sex work to reflect on what is counted as games work and how platforms’ efforts to implement distinctions has further entrenched inequality in game cultures.Thomas Apperley is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies at Tampere University. He conducts research on digital games and playful technologies with an emphasis on their impact and influence on culture, particularly areas such as social policy, pedagogy and social inclusion.gotlandgameconference.com/2022/program/gamework-sexwork
GGC 2022 - Award Ceremony Campus Gotland GAME 2022-06-12 | See all the winners at: gotlandgameconference.com/2022/the-awardsYou can download and play all games on the Itch.io showcase: itch.io/jam/gotland-game-conference-2022-showcase/entriesTracks:nanobii - HYPER★DRIVE, (Used with permission - thanks a ton!)OCRemix 2769 - Castlevania "I Am Dracula (Club Mix)" OC ReMixOCRemix 3612 - Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past "A Link to the Future" OC ReMixOCRemix 2328 - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time "Thunderstruck" OC ReMixOCRemix 3853 - Splatoon "Full Sleeve [InK Me uP]" OC ReMixOCRemix 445 - Zanac SpaceDance OC ReMixOCRemix 2180 - Secret of Monkey Island "Voodoo, Roots 'n Grog" OC ReMixOCRemix 633 - Castlevania "Castlemania" OC ReMixOCRemix 3892 - Mario Kart 7 "Rainbow in Your Eyes" OC ReMixOCRemix 463 - Super Mario Land Reel Big Mario OC ReMixOCRemix 3898 - Mega Man 2 "Air Man's 9-bit Rock and Roll" OC ReMixOCRemix 2520 - Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker "Full Mast" OC ReMixOCRemix 439 - Super Mario World SwankyVegas OC ReMixhttp://ocremix.orgnanobii.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-fantasy.http://nanobii.com
Lissa Holloway-Attaway - Games are Trouble but that’s not the end of the story Campus Gotland GAME 2022-06-12 | Games are trouble, worlds of trouble. They problematize, legitimate, disrupt, and enchant through their storytelling powers, their playful engagements, and their imaginative capacity to take us in and out of realities. But they are also in trouble, and at an important apex, both in terms of their position within the academy and in industry, but also as they exist in a (media) world of increasing complexity and threat: (post?) global pandemic, in the grips of climate change impact, war, and social and cultural re-visioning of identities (#metoo, Black Lives Matter, decolonial activism, and shifts in power/gender relations, to name a few). How is it possible for games to respond, reply, and intervene in such sites of troubling dynamic change? How can they rewrite a potentially dark end of the story? Drawing on ‘troubled’ game histories and using new materialist and decolonial perspectives, I will try to illustrate the ways that games can move us in and out of complexity, but also position us as designers, educators, researchers, and players to speculate about and create an important future of change to create a more joy-full, game-filled world.gotlandgameconference.com/2022/program/games-are-trouble
Phoenix Perry - Bespoke videogame controllers Campus Gotland GAME 2022-06-12 | This talk investigates the creation of bespoke alternative controller (alt ctrl) games in the alt ctrl game community, arguing that bespoke controllers made for small audiences at exhibitions and performances can be understood as examples of a critical, feminist praxis and an approach to interface design that creates new audiences, experiences, and circuits of expression. It will begin with a discussion of feminist praxis and its critical relationship with ableist approaches to interface design that produce gaming peripherals for mass markets. Then it situates the authors experiences and work in the in the alt ctrl community at the intersection of feminist praxis, mass manufacturing and craft epistemologies, and the coming together of a variegated, multidisciplinary set of artists interested in applying hardware, software design, play, and user experience skills to the production of handmade cultural objects. Finally, it uses the authors experiences in the alt ctrl community to insist that bespoke controllers can provide a starting point for thinking about the roles that handmade cultural objects can play.gotlandgameconference.com/2022/program/bespoke-videogame-controllers
Allen Turner - Play, Breathe, Grace, Art Campus Gotland GAME 2022-06-12 | We live in a world that doesn’t really give much respect to the need for play. It, play, is often treated as a disposable thing that we become more and more disconnected from as we age and attempt to perform maturity in our world. We engage the world with pragmatic seriousness and goal oriented interactions in an attempt to claim our safe space within our various social strata. In those safe spaces, what little play we hold onto also becomes very goal oriented. It’s locked into containers of distraction that celebrate our participation with achievements and awards; urges us to buy the next and newest version; appetizers us to place on leaderboards; and encourages us to embrace false scarcities scrambling to get special trinkets that we can tie to our identities and continue to confirm and replicate the traumas of colonization and capitalism. This kind of play becomes habit forming and exhausting, but rarely leads us to joy. Game designer, youth worker, teacher, performer, and relative to the world, Allen Turner, will talk about how play might be one of the great medicines that is hiding in plain sight. Through an exploration of games, roleplay, metaphor, parable and anecdotal experiences of using play to find ways to push against and redefine our traumas and narratives, Turner will invite us to find a place for play in our healing modalities, use it to catch our breath and see our own beauty, and to recognize where play already resides in our personal ecologies and how to bolster it up.TW: Discussions of child abuse, depression, suicidal ideation, sex and sexual play.gotlandgameconference.com/2022/program/play-breathe-grace-art
Olle Jansson - Opening Remarks Campus Gotland GAME 2022-06-12 | gotlandgameconference.com/2022https://www.speldesign.uu.se/
GGC 2022 Showreel Campus Gotland GAME 2022-05-29 | All student games that were exhibited at the Gotland Game Conference 2022!gotlandgameconference.com/2022You can download and play all games on the Itch.io showcase: itch.io/jam/gotland-game-conference-2022-showcase/entriesMusic:HYPER★DRIVE, by nanobiinanobii.comUsed with permission - a thousand thanks!
