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Calls for Participation
Arts & Design Track
Submission deadline is August 10th, 2020 for papers and August 15th, 2020 for design cases.
The Arts & Design track focuses on receiving research papers related to the design, production, expression, and enjoyment of digital games in the form of papers, posters, and design cases.
Computing Track
Submission deadline is August 10th, 2020.
We invite contributions on all aspects of Computing for Games and Digital Entertainment. Contributions can be submited in the format of papers and posters.
Culture Track
Submission deadline is August 10th, 2020.
The Culture track addresses digital games on their most varied platforms. We also strongly encourage the submission of research that focuses on “analog” games – card games, board games, table RPGs, escape rooms, and live-action – as well as those which we identify as “mixed” (alternative, augmented, locative games, etc.).
Education Track
Submission deadline is August 10th, 2020.
You are invited to submit works for the SBGames 2020 Education track on the following topics: Literacy and literacy with games; Learning based on digital games; Evaluation of educational games; e-Sports and education; Games and distance education (or eLearning); Games and learning; Games and evaluation; Games in education; Gamification in education; Pedagogical principles of digital games; Design and development of digital games for education; Serious games.
Health Track
Submission deadline is August 10th, 2020.
The Health track is plural and consecrated for exchanges about game research and development, aiming to bring together researchers, developers, and those interested in the interface between games and health concerning its various dimensions, such as physiological, psychological, social, philosophical, collective, and ethical. Both digital and analog games are considered within the scope of this track.
Industry Track
Submission deadline is August 14th, 2020.
The Industry track configures an environment responsible for the connection between academia and industry, developing interfaces and discussions on the production and distribution of digital games. The track brings together researchers, developers, entrepreneurs, teachers, and students in a vast space of collaboration and exchange of ideas.
Games and Diversity
Submission deadline is August 10th, 2020.
The Diversity in Games activity is geared towards academic and industry discussions about the relationships between games (digital and analog), the people who play them (their senses and meanings), and the collectives that develop them. The activity emphasizes the population diversity and communities, different markers (gender, race, sexuality, class, disability, geography, etc.), and contexts of vulnerability and exclusion within the games.
GranDGamesBR
Submission deadline is August 10th, 2020.
Forum on Grand Research Challenges in Games and Entertainment Computing in Brazil.
The establishment of a common view on the theoretical and practical challenges in the field of Games and Entertainment Computing is currently required as a strategy for driving efforts regarding the existing problems faced by the Brazilian researchers and practitioners. With the aim of identifying research opportunities for the next ten years in the field of Games and Entertainment Computing in Brazil, SBGAMES 2020 presents a forum for discussions towards the Grand Research Challenges in Games and Entertainment Computing in Brazil – GranDGamesBR – organized by Prof. Rodrigo Santos (UNIRIO) and Prof. Marcelo da Silva Hounsell (UDESC).
CTDGames
Submission deadline is August 16th, 2020.
The CTDGames (Concurso de Teses e Dissertações do SBGames) provides an opportunity for researchers who have completed master’s or doctoral degree related to games and digital entertainment. The goals of CTDGames 2020 are to disseminate and award the best MSc dissertations and DSc thesis concluded from January to December 2019 related to games and digital entertainment.
G2 Workshop
Submission deadline is August 10th, 2020.
The G2 Workshop activity targets students who are taking the undergraduate course in any area (Bachelor, Degree or Technological), and who have developed works related to digital games. The goal is to promote contact between students and renowned experts in the field.
Tutorials
Submission deadline is August 21rd, 2020.
The purpose of the tutorials is to expand the knowledge in the fields related to Games. Tutorials sessions bring talks from specialists, opening new research topics to the community.
Arts Exhibition
Submission deadline is September 13rd, 2020.
The Arts Exhibition activity opens space for artists to expose their works in several categories, such as Concept Art, In Game Screenshot, BoardGame Art, and Artistic Experimentations and Fan Arts in Games.
Games Festival
Submission deadline is September 14th, 2020.
SBGames helds a games festival rewarding several categories, including “best VR game“, “best narrative” and “best audio“.
Student Volunteers
Submission deadline will be available soon.
The student volunteers keep running the event smoothly. They man the registration desk, help setting up demo sessions and provide support to the organizing committee. For the upcoming event, we need friendly and responsive volunteers to help us out.
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