< Back Player Research How might we use and combine diverse methods to understand how people experience games, interact with and through them, and are affected by them? Project areas include: Understanding and measuring player experience and motivation Using tools from neuroscience and psychology to understand emotion in game players Obtaining game player feedback without breaking immersion << Previous Theme page Next Theme page >> iGGi >>> People <<< relevant to this Theme: Doruk Balcı iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Player Research Read More Toby Best iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Game AI, Design & Development, Player Research Read More Dr Ivan Bravi iGGi Alum Game AI, Player Research Read More Steph Carter iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Applied Games, Design & Development, Player Research, Accessibility, Game Data Read More Dr Nick Ballou iGGi Alum Player Research, Game Data Read More Dr Valerio Bonometti iGGi Alum Player Research Read More Prof. Nick Bryan-Kinns Supervisor Applied Games, Creative Computing, Game Audio, Player Research Read More Dr Ignacio Castro Supervisor Game AI, Applied Games, Player Research, Game Data Read More Prof. Richard Bartle Supervisor Design & Development, Game AI, Player Research Read More Dr Anna Bramwell-Dicks Supervisor Game Audio, Player Research, Design & Development, Applied Games, Accessibility Read More Prof. Paul Cairns Supervisor Applied Games, Player Research, Accessibility, Game Data Read More Dr Guifen Chen Supervisor Creative Computing, Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Player Research Read More Load More iGGi People working in this Theme iGGi >>> Publications <<< relevant to this Theme: Building collaborative digital behavioural science: A cross-sector agenda from video games research S Norwood, N Ballou, T Földes, T Hakman, K Mansfield, M Vuorre, ... Open Science Framework, 2026 Dr Nick Ballou View Details All BANG, little buck: Need-related experiences are weakly linked with behavior in the video game domain N Ballou, TA Földes, M Vuorre, T Hakman, K Magnusson, AK Przybylski Open Science Framework, 2026 Dr Nick Ballou View Details From Breakups to Lethargy: Player Accounts of Third Variables Affecting Video Game Playtime and Wellbeing N Ballou, T Földes, T Hakman, AK Przybylski Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Dr Nick Ballou View Details POD/Post-anthropocentric design: World Oceans Day 2022 D Barrios-O'Neill, C Jarvis, N Binyamini Ben Meir, C Ramirez-Figueroa Nirit Binyamini Ben Meir View Details Tired and Wired: Sleep Deprivation Prevents Affective Renormalisation During Exposure to Ambiguous Threat E Sullivan, C McCall, M Croissant, LM Henderson, G Schofield, S Cairney Sleep Medicine 138, 107678, 2026 Dr Maximilian Croissant View Details Player Discretion is Advised: Designing for Rule-Changing Play D BALCI, J Iacovides, B Kirman Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Doruk Balcı View Details Load More iGGi Publications for this Theme Previous Next

< Back Evaluating generalisation in general video game playing Link Author(s) M Balla, SM Lucas, D Perez-Liebana Abstract More info TBA Link

iGGi Partners We are excited to be collaborating with a number of industry partners. IGGI works with industry in some of the following ways: Student Industry Knowledge Transfer - this can take many forms, from what looks like a traditional placement, to a short term consultancy, to an ongoing relationship between the student and their industry partner. Student Sponsorship - for some of our students, their relationship with their industry partner is reinforced by sponsorship from the company. This is an excellent demonstration of the strength of the commitment and the success of the collaborations. In Kind Contributions - IGGI industry partners can contribute by attending and/or featuring in our annual conference, offering their time to give talks and masterclasses for our students, or even taking part in our annual game jam! There are many ways for our industry partners to work with IGGI. If you are interested in becoming involved, please do contact us so we can discuss what might be suitable for you. National Science and Media Museum

< Back Win or learn fast proximal policy optimisation Link Author(s) DS Ratcliffe, K Hofmann, S Devlin Abstract More info TBA Link

iGGi Partners We are excited to be collaborating with a number of industry partners. IGGI works with industry in some of the following ways: Student Industry Knowledge Transfer - this can take many forms, from what looks like a traditional placement, to a short term consultancy, to an ongoing relationship between the student and their industry partner. Student Sponsorship - for some of our students, their relationship with their industry partner is reinforced by sponsorship from the company. This is an excellent demonstration of the strength of the commitment and the success of the collaborations. In Kind Contributions - IGGI industry partners can contribute by attending and/or featuring in our annual conference, offering their time to give talks and masterclasses for our students, or even taking part in our annual game jam! There are many ways for our industry partners to work with IGGI. If you are interested in becoming involved, please do contact us so we can discuss what might be suitable for you. COMIC Research

iGGi Partners We are excited to be collaborating with a number of industry partners. IGGI works with industry in some of the following ways: Student Industry Knowledge Transfer - this can take many forms, from what looks like a traditional placement, to a short term consultancy, to an ongoing relationship between the student and their industry partner. Student Sponsorship - for some of our students, their relationship with their industry partner is reinforced by sponsorship from the company. This is an excellent demonstration of the strength of the commitment and the success of the collaborations. In Kind Contributions - IGGI industry partners can contribute by attending and/or featuring in our annual conference, offering their time to give talks and masterclasses for our students, or even taking part in our annual game jam! There are many ways for our industry partners to work with IGGI. If you are interested in becoming involved, please do contact us so we can discuss what might be suitable for you. Enigmatic Studios

< Back Speeding up genetic algorithm-based game balancing using fitness predictors Link Author(s) M Morosan, R Poli Abstract More info TBA Link

< Back Using a Team of General AI Algorithms to Assist Game Design and Testing Link Author(s) C Guerrero-Romero, SM Lucas, D Perez-Liebana Abstract More info TBA Link

< Back Automating game-design and game-agent balancing through computational intelligence Link Author(s) M Morosan Abstract More info TBA Link

iGGi Partners We are excited to be collaborating with a number of industry partners. IGGI works with industry in some of the following ways: Student Industry Knowledge Transfer - this can take many forms, from what looks like a traditional placement, to a short term consultancy, to an ongoing relationship between the student and their industry partner. Student Sponsorship - for some of our students, their relationship with their industry partner is reinforced by sponsorship from the company. This is an excellent demonstration of the strength of the commitment and the success of the collaborations. In Kind Contributions - IGGI industry partners can contribute by attending and/or featuring in our annual conference, offering their time to give talks and masterclasses for our students, or even taking part in our annual game jam! There are many ways for our industry partners to work with IGGI. If you are interested in becoming involved, please do contact us so we can discuss what might be suitable for you. Bossa Studios

< Back Machine Learning with Applications Link Author(s) Charles Ringer, Sondess Missaoui, Victoria J Hodge, Alan Pedrassoli Chitayat, Athanasios Kokkinakis, Sagarika Patra, Simon Demediuk, Alvaro Caceres Munoz, Oluseji Olarewaju, Marian Ursu, Ben Kirman, Jonathan Hook, Florian Block, Anders Drachen, James Alfred Walker Abstract More info TBA Link

< Back SpecSinGAN: Sound Effect Variation Synthesis Using Single-Image GANs Link Author(s) A Barahona-Ríos, T Collins Abstract More info TBA Link