Preliminary programme

Session Timing


  • 08.30-17.00   Registration
  • 09.00-09.15   Welcome Address and Introduction to GAME-ON'2024
  • 09.15-10.00   Keynote
  • 10.00-10.30   Coffee Break
  • 10.30-12.30   Session
  • 12.30-14.00   Lunch
  • 14.00-15.00   Workshop
  • 15.00-15.30   Coffee Break
  • 15.30-17.00   Session
  • 17.00-18.00   Exhibition

  • 08.30-12.00   Registration
  • 09.00-10.00   Keynote
  • 10.00-10.30   Coffee Break
  • 10.30-12.30   Session
  • 12.30-14.00   Lunch
  • 14.00-15.00   Tutorial
  • 15.00-15.30   Coffee Break
  • 15.30-17.00   Workshop
  • 17.30-19.00   Conference Visit
  • 20.00-23.00   Conference Dinner

  • 08.30-09.00   Registration
  • 09.00-10.00   Tutorial
  • 10.00-10.30   Coffee Break
  • 10.30-12.30   Session
  • 12.30-12.45   Closing Session

Keynotes

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Simulation in Video Games - Why going off the Deep End is good, actually

Mikael Andersson, Paradox Interactive, Stockholm, Sweden

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How Game-Based Learning Transforms Robotics, Coding, and Engineering Learning

Jennifer Javornik, Filament Games, Madison, USA

Tutorials

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From A Community Center to a Game Education Sandbox

Güven Çatak, Digital Game Design Department, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey

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Dungeons and Dragons in the Classroom: Teaching Narrative Design

Barbaros Bostan, Digital Game Design Department, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey

Workshops

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XR for Social Impact

Oytun Kal, Digital Game Design Department, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Türkiye

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Design Pillars for VR Games

Zafer Masalcı, Digital Game Design Department, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Türkiye

Sessions

Game Environments Design and Worldbuilding

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A Guideline Study for Serious Game Design to be used in the Therapy of Abused Children

Güven Çatak, Bahcesehir University, Dep. of Digital Game Design and Meral Didar Güzelkara, Beykoz University, Dep. of Digital Game Design, Istanbul, Turkey

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The War never Changes but the Medium does: Worldbuilding Aspect of FALLOUT Franchise in Terms of Transmedia Storytelling

Ertuğrul Süngü, Bahcesehir University, Communication Faculty, Digital Game Design Department and Deniz Özyurda-Ergen, Yasar University, Communication Faculty, Department of New Media and Communication, Istanbul, Turkey

Game Analysis

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‘Being There’ and Immersion in Digital Games a Phenomenological reading on Measurement Methods

Burcin Genis-Ergun Bahcesehir University Faculty of Communications Istanbul, Turkey

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Football Data Analysis: The Predictive Power of Expected Goals (xG)

Marco Roccetti and Filippo Berveglieri, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, and Giuseppe Cappiello, Dept. of Management, University of Bologna, Italy

Affective Gaming

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Modelling Stress Levels in Combat NPCs

Joseph Roper and Salma ElSayed, School of Design and Informatics SDI, Abertay University, Dundee, Scotland

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Simulating Societal Flux: Designing Affective Games amid Technological Acceleration

Cansu Nur Simsek Department of Visual Communication Design Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey

Player Experience

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From Perception to Performance: Understanding Player Influence in Dynamic Gaming Environments

Barbaros Bostan and Tunga Gökhan Şahinler, Bahcesehir University, Dep. of Digital Game Design, Istanbul, Türkiye

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A Visual Perception Taxonomy and Experimental Methodology Proposal for Investigating Players’ Spatial Experience and Navigation

Gökçe Yalçınkaya Doma and Güven Çatak, Bahçeşehir University, Dep. of Digital Game Design, Istanbul, Turkey

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Impact of Tutorials on Player Experience: A Hitman 3 Study

Umut Karlıklı, Galatasaray University, Media & Communication Studies, and Çakır Aker, Bahcesehir University, Dep. of Digital Game Design, Istanbul, Turkey

GAME VR and Video Performance

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Enhancing Presence in Virtual Reality Environments through Wind Simulation and Immersive Sound Effects

Muhammad Javed Ramzan and Zeynep Burcu Kaya Alpan, Institute of Graduate Education and Şenol Pişkin Mechanical Engineering, Istinye University Istanbul, Turkiye

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Eco Switch VR – Multilingual Ecological Activity Learning Game supporting VR Goggle

Kohei Ito and Yoshihiro Okada, Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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Higher Order Trajectory in Versatile Video Coding for Improved Video Game Streaming Performance

Olukunle Mobolaji Akinola, Jake Montanarini and Diana Vallverdu, Department of Computer Arts and Technology Norwich University of the Arts Norwich, United Kingdom

Exhibition

Board Games and Digital Games Showreel
Ertuğrul Süngü and Zafer Masalcı, Digital Game Design Department, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Türkiye