CfP: 2025 International Conference on Games and Narrative

[Arts Communications]

The Games Institute is excited to announce the CfP for the upcoming International Conference on Games and Narrative 2025 (ICGaN'25).<https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/international-conference-games-and-narrative-2025> This year’s conference theme is “Adapt, Adopt, Adjust: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Adaptation, Storytelling, and Simulation.”

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.

Please find attached the CfP.

Submission Guidelines:

Paper or Video Essay Submissions

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)

Panel Submissions

500–800-word abstract describing The panel’s motivation Its goals and themes 150–200-word abstracts for each panelist’s contribution

Workshop Submissions

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, storytelling, etc.

Demo Submissions

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


·        Deadline: November 20th, 2024 | 11:59 pm according to your time zone [AOE]<https://time.is/Anywhere_on_Earth>.
·        Conference dates: March 3 - March 6, 2025.
·        Abstracts undergo single-blind review; submit via EasyChair<https://easychair.org/account2/signin?l=4542742165433924880>
·        Questions: icgan.submissions at uwaterloo.ca<http://icgan.submissions@uwaterloo.ca>
·        Feel free to use #ICGaN25 on social media!

Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and included in the conference proceedings.

Important Note: 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.

For more information on submission guidelines and the conference, visit the Conference Website<https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/international-conference-games-and-narrative-2025>. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at icgan.submissions at uwaterloo.ca<http://icgan.submissions@uwaterloo.ca>.

We look forward to receiving your submissions and welcoming you to ICGaN'25!
·        GI Staff

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