Title: Reinforcement Learning for All: An Implementation Using Unreal Engine Blueprint Collection Notes: The creation of a competent AI system is just as hard as any software development, as the AI needs to respond precisely and rapidly to the developer's whims or...
Title: Enhancing Cognition with Video Games: A Multiple Game Training StudyAuthor: Adam C. Oei ,Michael D. PattersonAbstract: " BackgroundPrevious evidence points to a causal link between playing action video games and enhanced cognition and perception. However,...
Title: Archival adventuring Author: Melissa Kagen Abstract: "This article describes the ‘archival adventure’ mechanic, in which players assemble a story by piecing it together from the archival memorabilia left behind. I compare the use of this mechanic in immersive...
Title: Building the spear: A Demonstration in Faking and Remaking Real Feelings for an Imaginary WorkAuthors: Katherine Crighton, Naomi Jacobs, and Shivhan Szabo Published in: "Fandom and Platforms," edited by Maria K. Alberto, Effie Sapuridis, and Lesley Willard,...
Title: Benevolent Transgressive Play in Dungeons & Dragons [D&D] Authors: Premeet Sidhu and Marcus Carter Abstract: Background Research into transgressive play experiences in games has grown in recent years. In this article, we explore the potential for...
Title: Tabletop Role-Playing Games and Social Skills inYoung Adults Authors: Lily Spinelli Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between playing tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) and the creativity, self-efficacy, and social skills of the players....
Title: Therapeutic Use of Role-Playing Game (RPG) in Mental Health: A Scoping Review Authors: Daniel Luccas Arenas, Anna Viduani, and Renata Brasil Araujo Abstract: Background: Role-playing game (RPG) is a term that covers a series of forms and styles of games that...
Title: The Relation of Social Support to Depression in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games.Author: DUPUIS, E.C. and RAMSEY, M.A.Abstract: " It has been suggested that involvement in massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) provides users...
Title: Learning as immersive experiences: Using the four-dimensional framework for designing and evaluating immersive learning experiences in a virtual world.Author: De Freitas, S., Rebolledo-Mendez, G., Liarokapis, F., Magoulas, G. and Poulovassilis, AAbstract: "...
Title: Drawing the big picture of games in education: A topic modeling-based review of past 55 yearsAuthor: Cansu C. Ekin, Elif Polat, Sinan HopcanAbstract: " The literature of games in education has a rich and multidisciplinary content. Due to the large number of...
(Image attached, add to Featured Image)Title: Colorblind: On The Witcher 3, Rust, and gaming's race problemAuthor: Tauriq Moosa Collection Notes: What is the state of coloured races in video games? Why are they only subjected to a single slider of hues instead of the...
Title: Tevis Thompson On video game reviewsAuthor: Tevis Thompson Collection Notes: A Video game review requires a summation of the plot, mechanics, graphics, pacing, immersion, technical prowess and a lot more about the game. A simple Review is not always sufficient...
Title: Redditors prank AI-powered news mill with “Glorbo” in World of WarcraftAuthor: Benj Edwards Collection Notes: An overview of the collective action of Reddit users to break a bot-powered news site that would regularly scrape Reddit for "free" content. While the...
Title: Finding queer-friendly spaces in the world of TTRPGs Author: Michelle Villagracia Collection Notes: This article highlights queer spaces and how Table top role playing games (TTRPGS) can provide both a real life safe space for queer folks as well as a narrative...
Title: How Games Can Be Used in Therapy Author: Megan A. Connell Collection Notes: This article serves as a good introduction to Table Top Role Playing Games (TTRPGs) and highlights how it can be used in therapy. The author goes into how a therapist can, as the Game...
Title: How Dungeons & Dragons Can Help Members of The Neurodivergent Community Author: Lucas Maxwell Collection Notes: This article is a short, but interesting read about how an autistic school library has introduced Dungeons and Dragons to his school community...
Title: Pre-Production and Brainstorming OptimizationAuthor: Anjali Tyagi Collection Notes: Those working in IMGD are always brimming with incredible ideas. Imagination and inspiration play crucial roles for us. However, sometimes these mental images can be quite wild....
Title: How to write a GDDAuthor: Danielle Riendeau Collection Notes: A Game design document takes crucial position in game development. In fact, this document needs to be there before the whole team moves to the developing phase. This article introduces what a game...
Title: Combat system in gameAuthor: Sébastien Lambottin Collection Notes: Combat system is a very broad topic in video games. Sometimes it can be very simple, like “Rock, Paper and Scissors”. But sometimes, especially in 3A games, combat system can be extremely...
Title: Rise And Fall Of Full-motion VideoAuthor: Ken Horowitz Collection Notes: This article explores the reasons behind the decline of FMV games about 30 years ago from multiple perspectives including technology and gameplay. -Xingyu Zhou Availability: Outside...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wYTDjQxxa8 Title: How To Make A Game Alone (In 2024)Author: Thomas Brush Collection Notes: Do you have what it takes to do it all alone?Then this is where you start your journey. -Shubham Sharma Availability: Outside LinkURL:...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX8Jn3XPoWQ&list=PLX4tzu03GaAhmqEXUkA0ep5ihmTrNiTn9&index=16 Title: Taking an Axe to God of War GameplayAuthor: Jason McDonald Collection Notes: In this 2019 GDC talk, Sony Santa Monica Studio's Jason McDonald shares his...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEIX-EQNZuQ&list=PLX4tzu03GaAhmqEXUkA0ep5ihmTrNiTn9&index=8 Title: Cinematic Environment Production for Uncharted 4Author: Christian Nakata and Erick Pangilinan Collection Notes: In this 2017 GDC Art Direction Bootcamp session,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=v5DqmTtCPiQ Title: Who's afraidAuthor: Jacob Geller Collection Notes: A picture lives by companionship, expanding and quickening in the eyes of the sensitive observer. It dies by the same token...how often it must be...
Title: The PopupladyAuthor: Atlas Obscura https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFTU6Z_wbts This video is an interview with the Popuplady - Ellen G.K. Rubin who has thousands of collections of pop-up and moveable books from around the world. She shows her collection, her...
Title: Depression QuestAuthor: Isaac Schankler Collection Notes: Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships,...
Title: Escape Rooms Are Broken. Let's Fix Them.Author: AustinMcConnell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-0xodRL7ZE This is a really good video that talks about the current state of the escape room industry. More and more people want to join this industry, but not...
Title: Getting Started in Building Immersive EnvironmentsAuthor: Room Escape Artist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ooD0EYjNY In this video, Marise Watson and David Vella from The Cipher Room provide a detailed demonstration of how they conceptualize and design an...
Title: How Does One Make Pop-Up Books? | Matthew Reinhart | Talks at GoogleAuthor: Talks at Google https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbsH9_lgh8I In this presentation, renowned paper engineer Matthew Reinhart shares how he became a paper engineer and pop-up book...
Title: Why motion capture is harder than it looksAuthor: Vox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0mLfzbmqcg This video answers many questions about motion capture, like what it is, why actors often wear strange suits for motion capture, and what the little dots on the...
Title: Amazing True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner ShowsAuthor: https://www.thedinnerdetective.com/worcester/ Collection Notes: Solve a hilarious mystery while you feast on a fantastic dinner. Just beware! The culprit is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the room, and...
Title: Wine Tasting Collection Notes: Not a lot of people might think wine tasting as an interactive experience but it is an interactive experience that stimulates both your taste and olfactory. -Shubham Sharma Availability: Outside LinkURL:...
Title: The Little Prince Pop-up BookAuthor: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry I have both a regular version of "The Little Prince" book and a pop-up version. I must say, the visual and storytelling beauty of "The Little Prince" in the pop-up book is truly incomparable to just...
Title: Mansions of Madness Second EditionAuthor: Fantasy Flight Game This is the best Cthulhu-themed TTRPG I've ever played. It features rich map designs, intricate storytelling, detailed character models, and an accompanying app that allows players to directly...
Title: Omega MartAuthor: Meow Wolf When experiencing Omega Mart, from the outside, it looks just like a regular supermarket, but upon closer inspection, you'll notice that every item is quite unique, like pillows that look like bags of chips. Upon entering through the...
"Building the Spear (Cover)" by Shivhan Szabo, 2023. Title: Building the Spear: A Demonstration in Faking and Re-Making Real Feelings for an Imaginary WorkAuthor: Katherine Crighton, Naomi Jacobs, and Shivhan Szabo Collection Notes: My coauthors and I gave a...
Opening panel of xkcd comic #1350, "Lorenz", by Randall Munroe (CC). Title: Lorenz Author: Randall Munroe Collection Notes: "Lorenz" is an example of Randall Munroe's webcomic xkcd. Using the unique properties of the internet to create changeable content that can be...
Title: Punxsutawney Phil Groundhog Day Musical Tiktok TrendAuthor: Oliver Richman (olivesongs on Tiktok) Collection Notes: On February 3rd 2024, Oliver Richman made a Tiktok featuring a song he wrote about the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil. This was partially in...
Title: It Takes TwoAuthor: Hazelight Studios Collection Notes: It Takes Two is an insanely fun two player action platformer made by Hazelight Studios. The game's narrative follows a married couple struggling to stay together. They are magically turned into toys and...
Title: Brennan Lee Mulligan's WGA/SAG-AFTRA Strike D&D Game EventAuthor: Brennan Lee Mulligan Collection Notes: Brennan Lee Mulligan, creator of Dropout’s Dimention 20, ran a game of Dungeons and Dragons on a massive scale for a picketing event as part of the...
Cover of Magic and Showmanship: A Handbook for Conjurers by Henning Nelms, 1969, Dover Books. Title: Magic and ShowmanshipAuthor: Henning Nelms Collection Notes: I'd been recommended Magic and Showmanship multiple times over the years as a fascinating alternate...
Title: The Warlock and the UnicornAuthor: Deborah Lerme Goodman Collection Notes: The Warlock and the Unicorn is a choose your own adventure book by author Deborah Lerme Goodman. The book follows a young girl as she tries to save her town of Flanders from a warlock...
Title: Serious Play - Literacy, Learning, and Digital GamesAuthor: Catherine Beavis, Michael Dezuanni, Joanne O'Mara Collection Notes: Serious Play is a book that was created as an outcome of a research project of the same name. The book provides a highly detailed...
Author: Jason Shreier Collection Notes: The Unsung heroes behind the games that make you feel heroic. The struggles and the achievements of the industry pioneers and the change that the industry calls for. -Shubham Sharma Availability: Outside LinkURL:...
Title: Watch me play : Twitch and the rise of game live streamingAuthor: T. L. Taylor Collection Notes: In 2011, during an era when social media was reshaping gaming, Twitch was founded. To this day, game streaming has become one of the most widely embraced forms of...
Title: Real-Time Rendering Author: Tomas Akenine-Möller (Author), Eric Haines (Author), Naty Hoffman (Author) Collection Notes: Before delving into my review, it's important to note that "Realtime Rendering" isn't a beginner-friendly guide to rendering. Instead, it...
Title: Tesla Suit Collection Notes: This VR suit can help us get more immersed in the VR games and also help with animation through motion capture technology inbuilt. -Shubham Sharma Availability: Outside LinkURL: https://teslasuit.io/ Citation for IMlibrary...
Title: [Something I try to keep in mind when making art that looks vintage is keeping a limited color pallette.]Author: possessedpasm Collection Notes: A handy reminder--and visual guide--toward the color palettes necessary to create vintage-looking printed art. As...
Title: TTRPG Safety ToolkitCurators: Kienna Shaw and Lauren Bryant-Monk Credits: "The TTRPG Safety Toolkit is a resource co-curated by Kienna Shaw and Lauren Bryant-Monk. The TTRPG Safety Toolkit is a compilation of safety tools that have been designed by members of...
Title: Some resources for learning rendering Collection Notes: Here is some videos introducing computer graphics and rendering, Also, I list some tools/websites that may help you to learn shaders. -Jiangwen Nong Availability: Outside LinkURL: About Graphics...
Title: Some websites for references of Game ArtAuthor: MBox, ArtStation Collection Notes: Here are some websites that people can find some references in game art. -Jiangwen Nong Availability: Outside LinkURL: MBox (Chinese website) : https://www.magesbox.com/works Art...
Title: DressXAuthor: https://dressx.com/ Collection Notes: This service offers individuals a unique method of combatting fast fashion - even faster fashion. Digital fashion reduces waste by reducing production. This format offers users the trendy fashion looks that...
Title: RiveAuthor: Rive, Inc. Collection Notes: An interactive animation creation engine. -Hannah Belan Availability: Outside LinkURL: https://rive.app/ Citation for IMlibrary commentary (MLA): Belan, Hannah. Annotation of "Rive." WPI Interactive Media Library, April...
Title: Neurodivergence and TTRPGs Interview with Melissa KagenInterviewer: Maddie Veccia Collection Notes: I interviewed the amazing Dr. Melissa Kagen on the topics of TTRPGs as they exist both in educational spaces and otherwise, and how they intersect with...
The change in the ever-changing industry.
by Xingyu(Sindri) Zhou, Yutong(Jenny) Li 1. Since the goal of our course is to establish an interactive media database or library, we need to delve deeply into the essence of interactive media. So could you please share some of your profound insights on interactive...
Title: Conversation between Professor Karen Stewart and John NongAuthor: Professor Karen Stewart, Jiangwen Nong Collection Notes: This is the recording of interview with Professor Karen Stewart. John Nong: The first question, professor, from your perspective, what is...
Title: Interview with Professor Charles RobertsAuthor: John Nong & Charles Roberts Collection Notes: Here is a recording of the interview with professor Charles Roberts. John Nong: Professor, from your perspective, what is the definition of interactive media?...
Interview with Dr. Melissa Kagen - What is it like to work within the field of IMGD? by William White 1. What does interactive media personally mean to you? "So I have a pretty expansive notion of interactive media. It's part of the reason why I like it as a term for...
Interview with Dr. Sarah Lucie; Interactive Media and Theatre Institutional Affiliation: Visiting Assistant Professor, Humanities & Arts, Worcester Polytechnic Institute by Kathleen Morrissey 1. What images, objects, or themes best symbolize the connection between...