Topics include

• Theory & Technology
  Scientific methods and concepts for
  
  • game design (design principles, engagement, psychology and behaviour; game balancing; storytelling; formalisation of game descriptions, models and processes, game patterns)
  • game development (authoring processes, models, tools and frameworks; support for non-programmers and intermediaries, e.g. educators and trainers or therapists; game mechanics)
  • cost-effective production (procedural content creation; middleware; user generated content)
  • game platforms (engines, architectures and infrastructures; browser, online and mobile; communication; storage and retrieval, open repositories, re-use of game resources; security)
  • interfaces and sensor technology (game consoles, devices and controllers; intelligent user interfaces, multimodal interaction; VR/AR, location-based, pervasive, ubiquitous technology; non-visual senses: smelling, touching, hearing; vital sensors and parameters)
  • personalization and adaptation (player and learner models, profiling, game context; planning and AI, machine learning; intelligent tutoring, game mastering; games and social networks)
  • evaluation (methodologies, models and metrics; assessment, analytics and sense making of data, feedback mechanisms; effects and affects, game experience; effectiveness, efficiency)
• Best-Practice & Application Domains
  Field reports, demonstrations, case studies and surveys of Serious Games for..
  
  • well-being, prevention, rehabilitation and health treatment
  • learning, education and training, from kindergarten to workplace training (including competence development and skills and knowledge management)
  • engineering, manufacturing, visualization, architecture, planning
  • marketing, advertisement, tourism and cultural heritage
  • governance, innovation, participation and inclusion
  • meta analyses of serious games (socio-economic, technological; quality, security; effects)
  • standardisation (interoperability; game formats, rating, certification)
  • emerging technologies and their impact on serious games
  • business models and market studies