Abstract strategy board game, 1v1

Essom was awarded Best Game Design, shared with Hamla, at the 2025 Gotland Game Conference!

Team:
- Guido Salustri



The department of Game Design at Uppsala University, campus Gotland
Abstract strategy board game, 1v1
Essom was awarded Best Game Design, shared with Hamla, at the 2025 Gotland Game Conference!
Is the glass half-full or half-empty? What does you answer say about you? Explore your outlook on life by filling glasses with your friend Tea-Total in Hydrodynamics of Hope & Optimism (in short, H2O). But are you ready to hear those answers? Are you reeeeeeeeeally sure?
Hydrodynamics of Hope & Optimism was awarded Best Presentation at the Gotland Game Conference 2025!
3D warehouse horror game where real-life blinking shifts the environment and drives gameplay.
Vigil was awarded a Jury Spotlight at the Gotland Game Conference 2025.
Designing Fear: Voluntary Control of Involuntary Inputs in Horror Games
From 18 August
Reception fully open. Monday – Thursday 08:00 – 16:30, Friday 08:00 – 15:30. Welcome information for international students available. Staff from Student services and IT-support have drop-in hours.
18 August
Welcome email to all new students.
27-28 August
Recommended arrival days for international students. Shuttle service from Visby airport and Visby ferry terminal for certain arrivals (registration required).
29 August
Orientation Day in Maltfabriken, 09:00-12:30, designed for international students.
30 August
Gotland history lecture 15:15-16:15 with Mikael Norrby.
30-31 August
Guided walking tours around medieval Visby with the university guide Mikael Norrby.
1 September
Welcome Ceremony 14:00 in S:t Nicolai Ruin. Assemblage 13:30 at Rindi Castle.
5 September
A free ride on one of the tourist trains. Departures 12:00 and 12.30 outside the main entrance.
3-12 September
Lamningen – welcome activities arranged by Gotland Student Union Rindi.
27 and 28 September
Free bus trip in the countryside with Mikael Norrby as guide, at 11:00-15:00.
7 October
StudentExpo – mini fair around lunch with student services, the student union and others.
More information is published at cg.uu.se/welcome