Topics

The theme for the 2023 edition of JCSG is on the use of interactive stories in Serious Games. Contributions are particularly encouraged on how narrative elements can be used in Serious Games, e.g., to facilitate learning, immersion and engagement. Papers on other topics are also very welcome, including (but not limited to) the following.

Theory and technology: Scientific methods and concepts for

• design and development of serious games
• platform considerations (mobile platforms, game consoles, virtual, augmented and mixed reality, cross platform aspects, game engines, network and communication)
• cost-effective production of serious games (authoring tools, collaborative authoring, procedural content generation, middleware)
• personalized, adaptive serious games (user characteristics, player and gamer types, context models, personalization, player modelling, adaptive serious games)
• collaborative learning and training environments (multiplayer serious games, game mastering, games and social networks, collaboration, competition)
• interfaces and sensor technology in serious games (controllers and interfaces, bio sensors, motion controllers, novel interfaces across all platforms, location-based and ubiquitous technology)
• evaluation studies (evaluation methodologies and evaluation design, models and metrics, evaluation tools, effectiveness, efficiency)
• Serious Games Studies measuring the quality of particular Serious Games and/or Serious Games application areas
• surveys (serious games studies and outcomes, serious games effects, use of technologies)

Business: Market studies, potentials and barriers

• business models and market studies for serious games or serious games technologies
• grand challenges and obstacles for game developers and publishers, e.g., expectations and acceptance or ethic-legal issues and privacy

Best practice and application domains

• field reports, demonstrations and evaluation studies of Serious Games
• research prototypes and commercial games 'more than fun'
• games for health (personalized exergames, prevention, rehabilitation, cognition, movement)
• games for behaviour change (nutrition, lifestyle, environment-friendly mobility behaviour)
• social awareness games (security, gender-based violence, religion, climate, energy)
• games for learning and education (from kindergarten to higher education, vocational and workplace training) simulation and training (medical training, surgical simulation, disaster management, manufacturing, industrial applications)
• games for cultural engagement (e.g., history, art and music)

How to Submit

Please prepare your paper submission in the Springer LNCS format (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines) and use EasyChair (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=jcsg2023) for your submission.

All submitted papers will undergo a thorough peer-review process by the JCSG Program Committee. Accepted papers will be published by Springer in their LNCS series. At least one author of an accepted submission has to register and present at JCSG 2023.

Submission Types

• Full papers (12-15 pages) should describe novel unpublished scientific work relating to one or more of the topics listed above.
• Short papers (up to 6 pages) should describe best-practice results or new ideas and concepts, experiments.
• Demo papers (up to 6 pages) should describe experiments, demos of Serious Games, products/titles and prototypes.
• Poster papers (up to 6 pages) should describe new ideas, approaches and work in progress.

Accepted long papers and short papers are presented in the regular sessions with oral presentations. Poster and demo papers are presented in an open, interactive forum during poster sessions. Posters provide an opportunity to describe and discuss new ideas or work in progress. Demos provide an opportunity to show your work to (and receive feedback from) conference participants.

Papers should be formatted in the in LNCS one-column page format. Page lengths do not include bibliography, but they do include title and abstract.

All accepted papers (full papers, short papers, demo papers and poster contributions) will be included into the official LNCS proceedings published by Springer.

Important Dates