Month: November 2025

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Calling All Alumni: Share Your Post-Graduation Journey

The Higher Education Video Game Alliance is running a new international survey to understand how game-dev graduates are doing after finishing their studies. So to all former GAME-students still reading here, if you have 15–20 minutes to spare, please consider filling it in and helping out the research community.

There are some small perks too: the first 200 eligible respondents get a $5 Amazon gift card, and everyone who completes the survey before November 30, 2025 is entered into a draw for five $50 gift cards.

Survey link is here!

Your responses help HEVGA advocate for better programs, funding, and support for future students. Thanks for taking part!

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From Playfulness to Preparedness: Financial Crisis Simulations

Join us at Gotland Game Hub (GGH) this Wednesday for a talk by Mikael Wendschlag, Researcher at the Department of Economic History, Uppsala University.

🗓 When: Wednesday, 13:00–17:00
📍 Where: H-Building, Campus Gotland (Strandgatan 7, the Old Residence)

15:00 – Short Talk:
“From Playfulness to Preparedness: Playable Interactive Simulations for Financial Crisis Resilience”

Mikael’s talk is part of the seminar series at the Focus Area of Games and Creativity, Gotland Research Forum. It explores how an online financial crisis game is being developed to be fun to play while also:

·       Training financial system stakeholders in crisis management

·       Testing regulatory frameworks

·       Serving as a learning tool in higher education

This talk highlights a new collaboration between Mikael and researchers Eliel Camargo-Molina and Lina Sörs Emilsson at the Game Design Department, combining financial research, digital interactive design, and playfulness to explore crisis preparedness through playable simulations.

Program Highlights – Nov 19 at GGH:

·       13:00 – Doors open: Coffee, snacks, networking, and game demos

·       15:00 – Mikael Wendschlag’s talk

·       15:30 – Open Mic: Share your projects, ideas, and experiments

·       17:00 – Wrap-up: Leave inspired and energized