Workshops @ FDG2011 (to be held on June 28th, 2011)

• Evaluating Player Experience in Games
  
  
  Licia Calvi, NHTV
  Lennart Nacke, University of Saskatchewan
  Anders Drachen, Copenhagen Business School 
  
  
  This workshop focuses on analyzing quantitative and qualitative methods for evaluating player experience in games. This includes psycho-physiological measures, as well as the use of quantitative game metrics to supplement user experience methods. The ultimate goal is to clarify the relationship between user experience and game design.
  
  
  
• Procedural Content for Computer Games
  
  
  Joris Dormans, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
  Michael Mateas, University of California, Santa Cruz
  Ian Parberry, University of North Texas
  Gillian Smith, University of California, Santa Cruz
  Julian Togelius, ITU Copenhagen
  Jim Whitehead, University of California, Santa Cruz
  R. Michael Young, North Carolina State University
  
  
  This workshop focuses on advancing the state of the art in computational techniques for creating content for computer games. It will bring together researchers to present and discuss novel research results in procedural content generation.
  
  
  
• Video Game Accessibility: Extreme Interaction Design
  
  
  Eelke Folmer, University of Nevada
  Sri Kurniawan, UC Santa Cruz
  Lennart Nacke, University of Saskatchewan
  
  
  Players with disabilities could benefit from the social, educational and health opportunities offered by video games. Exploring access solutions for the most extreme" players opens the opportunity for discovering interaction solutions that may beneficial for any user. This workshop aims at building an active research community in this emerging field.