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The Games Institute is excited to announce the CfP for the upcoming <span style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);">
<b><u><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/international-conference-games-and-narrative-2025" id="OWA050d5186-583e-fec0-d677-d34d82b7026e" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/international-conference-games-and-narrative-2025" data-outlook-id="52a60257-0310-42fd-92f7-4a3784e5ac5f" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);">International
Conference on Games and Narrative 2025 (ICGaN'25).</a></u></b></span> This year’s conference theme is “Adapt, Adopt, Adjust: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Adaptation, Storytelling, and Simulation.”</div>
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Researchers from a variety of disciplines, such as humanities, digital media, human-computer interaction, culture studies, psychology, computer science, communication studies, engineering, etc are invited to submit their papers to discuss the plethora of factors
impacting games and interactive storytelling. </div>
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Please find attached the CfP.</div>
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<b>Submission Guidelines</b>:</div>
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Paper or Video Essay Submissions</div>
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300–800-word abstract outlining the work Individual or co-authored presentations can be either finished works or works-in-progress (i.e. dissertation research, or original, incomplete work from on-going research)</div>
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Panel Submissions</div>
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500–800-word abstract describing The panel’s motivation Its goals and themes 150–200-word abstracts for each panelist’s contribution</div>
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Workshop Submissions</div>
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500–800-word abstract including: The workshop’s motivation Its goals and themes Schedule and structure of workshop activities; and Any components that are needed to run it Workshops can also include game jams, the creation or teaching how to use design tools,
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Demo Submissions</div>
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250-word abstract outlining video/analogue game creation or interactive narrative experience in the demo Link to 3-minute demo of the interactive artefact No citations needed</div>
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· Deadline: November 20th, 2024 | 11:59 pm <span style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);">
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· Conference dates: March 3 - March 6, 2025.</div>
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· Abstracts undergo single-blind review; <span style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);">
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· Questions: <span style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><u><a href="http://icgan.submissions@uwaterloo.ca" id="OWAe6f2e0f7-dac1-12b1-8d23-e5ac6f579c75" class="OWAAutoLink" title="http://icgan.submissions@uwaterloo.ca" data-outlook-id="55dcc551-88f7-4fd0-a271-d863486c8cd6" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);">icgan.submissions@uwaterloo.ca</a></u></span></div>
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· Feel free to use #ICGaN25 on social media!</div>
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Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and included in the conference proceedings.</div>
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<b>Important Note</b>: Registration for the conference will open once the CfP have been reviewed and decisions released. You will receive further details about registration after your submission has been reviewed and approved.</div>
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For more information on submission guidelines and the conference, visit the<span style="color: rgb(14, 14, 14);"><b><u><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/international-conference-games-and-narrative-2025" id="OWAff840211-b47c-9163-5808-75581e3bb5e1" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/international-conference-games-and-narrative-2025" data-outlook-id="51db9843-771a-48fa-abf0-30311e7fcbdf" style="color: rgb(14, 14, 14);"> Conference
Website</a></u></b></span>. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at
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We look forward to receiving your submissions and welcoming you to <b>ICGaN'25</b>!</div>
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