Category: Events

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    Spring Game Jam @ Matfyz 2024 – Green Edition 🥗 Hosted by ragnor8k, psychedelia, Amanita Design THEME: FUNGIPUNK The art which hides the theme for this year’s game jam was done by the wonderful Veronika Zacharová from Amanita Design. We will officially reveal the theme at the beginning of the Game Jam. WHAT? The Matfyz Spring Game Jam 2024 is a traditional 48h…

  • Greening Games at GDS Prague 2023

    Greening Games at GDS Prague 2023

    Game Developers Session is the oldest Central European conference dedicated to games development, game technologies, business and marketing. GDS Prague regularly hosts 1000+ game developers, producers and journalists. Over 150 game studios are participating every year. Two of our team members participated in the 2023 edition. Sonia Fizek gave a talk “Greening Games. Designing and…

  • Greening Games at Sustainability Nexus Conference

    Greening Games at Sustainability Nexus Conference

    The 2023 Sustainability Nexus hybrid conference, was held on November 15th and based in Cologne and all across Europe/ The event serves as a dynamic meeting point for global industry leaders, rallying to address pressing challenges around environmental impact, social issues, inclusion, and diversity. Sonia Fizek was presenting at the conference in the Trailblazers section.…

  • Greening Games Education. How to approach environmental issues in video game-related courses?

    Greening Games Education. How to approach environmental issues in video game-related courses?

    The workshop is a multiplier event presenting of our project results so far. The event is hosted within the framework of the CEEGs 2023: Meaning and Making of Games Conference. The leading question we want to ask in this workshop is: “What does it mean to teach “green gaming”? What should the students know and…

  • Greening Games at the Gamescom Congress 2023

    Greening Games at the Gamescom Congress 2023

    Greening Games at Gamescom Since the conception of the United Nations’ Playing for the Planet Alliance in 2019, more video games have engaged with the topic of climate crisis, one of the biggest challenges of our times. However, to fully grasp the power of games and play to change the reality around us, we should…

  • Greening Games at the GDC 2023: Educators Summit

    Greening Games at the GDC 2023: Educators Summit

    Today, on March 21st 2023, the Greening Games’ project leader Sonia Fizek is presenting at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, USA. Sonia is participating in a session on Teaching Sustainability and Game Design: From the Low-Hanging Fruits to the Root of the Problem. Speakers: Patrick Prax, Clayton Whittle, Trevin York, Sonia Fizek…

  • Greening Games at CEEGS 2022

    Greening Games at CEEGS 2022

    On the 13th of September, our colleagues organized a workshop focused on the intersections of sustainable futures and the game industry. The workshop was part of the established Central and Eastern European Game Studies conference in Tallinn, Estonia, which unites Game Studies scholars from Central, Eastern, but also other parts of Europe. The workshop was…

  • Games&Climate Summit at the Clash of Realities 2022

    Games&Climate Summit at the Clash of Realities 2022

    Since 2006, the International Conference on the Art, Technology and Theory of Digital Games, or the Clash or Realities, has offered a thriving forum for transferring knowledge from research to politics and the public, focusing on media-pedagogical issues. The event is organized this year for the last final time and includes a variety talks related…

  • Green Games: (Un)Sustainability of Digital Play panel at the 14th DiGRA conference in Kraków

    Green Games: (Un)Sustainability of Digital Play panel at the 14th DiGRA conference in Kraków

    On Friday, July 8th 2022, members of the Greening Games team together with our collaborators from the Nordic Alliance for Sustainability in Games, will be presenting at the 14th Digital Games Research Conference in Kraków, Poland. The hybrid panel will focus on the questions related to sustainability of digital play. Digital games are entangled within…