Aakoo

Finnish game scholar, PhD in game studies, founder of Finnish Game Jam & The Finnish Museum of Games, jamtivist, designer of playful things & design theory fan.

[Aakoo @aakoo]

"We built up systems and then we removed them to find better systems." #GDC #Pixeljunk

[Aakoo @aakoo]

Dear game scholars, make sure that you are submitting your GAME DEV papers to the FDG 2026 conference. The deadline is 15 Dec and this is a hard-deadline.

Me and @rillakhaled are chairing "Game Design, Studio Practices, & Novel Experiences Track" track!
https://t.co/gnqoUzPPRn

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@0jenzee0 What do we have to do to get you to Finland? 0:) 🙏

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Games Now! is live now! Two days of talks! Open for everyone! https://t.co/uxARUIccyl

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@TheJanePerry @suomenpelimuseo The pleasure was all mine (and museum's). I hope you had safe travel to home and will return to Finland soon!

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#CHIPLAY24 started yesterday. Incredibly inspirational talk last night at @suomenpelimuseo by Bafta winning @TheJanePerry. We need to understand also the process of voice actors in games in order to make better games (or just basically understanding games). #chi #chiplay #tampere

[Johanna Pirker @JoeyPrink]

omg omg omg https://t.co/7x6QTIaCsR is finally online!!! we are so excited to host the @FDGconf 2024 in Vienna (@univienna) and Graz (@tugraz)!!!!

the topic will be "accessible worlds, united through play"

SAVE THE DATE April 15-18 2025

and we are looking forward to seeing your latest games research here in Austria :-)

@faresK @katta_spiel @enibolas @TheJimWhitehead

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@RiotRMD Ah, sad to hear - but great you tried it out!

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@jeanette_falk You hacker now? :D

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@togelius Idea & team matters?

[Aalto University @AaltoUniversity]

Aalto University ranked number one in Finland in QS rankings! This year, our global ranking is 113th. 🎓 #AaltoUniversity #QSranking
https://t.co/9uEt7IqD3F

[Games Now! @gamesnowaaltofi]

GN! Exhibition Week (28th May - 6th June 2024) is showcasing 6 games from our 2 game jams of this academic year! Join us at Kumma Gallery, Kankurinkatu 5, Helsinki! Open for public daily 15:00-20:00, last day of gameplay on 6th June!

[Aakoo @aakoo]

I came to browse Twitter today because Facebook showed me 40 adverts and group posts (only one group I followed) between two real person. So wild.

[ICGJ'24 @icgj_conf]

The deadline for submissions is coming up on June 19! You can submit to four different tracks: full and short paper, event reports and interactive demos.

There is something for everyone! 🥳

Event reports and demos are especially suited for hackathon and game jam practitioners

[Aakoo @aakoo]

"Transfluct" refers to a phenomenon in gaming where the experience isn't constructed in a linear fashion based on how elements appear to us in real-time. Instead, it occurs in parallel and interconnected "trans-fluctuations." In this context, the game's elements influence our experience in a dynamic, fluctuating manner rather than following predetermined or linear patterns.

[Aakoo @aakoo]

@oulasvirta Fantastic! Also @SolipPark @perttu_h and I, got an honorable mention on Solip's comic method! Go @AaltoUniversity #CHI2024
https://t.co/3rMqp7MaJ2

[Aakoo @aakoo]

@nielsen_holly History of science (part of my masters education) has been trad. separating humanities from science. Latter meaning natural sciences and former including also Arts. In Finnish language, such difference does not exist. But there is arts (taiteet) and science (tieteet) divide.

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@RiotRMD GDC has become diverse. It used to be so much more homogenous. Now everyone gets a little bit of love and a little bit of hate. So many tastes and likes. However, I only heard positive on AW2 and Returnal - loads of love to Finland.

[Aakoo @aakoo]

I did not expect the @playdate #GDC24 talk would be the one making me cry this year. I am so happy I made the decision to order it to my hotel before the trip! Let me know if you need someone to run an amazing Playdate game jam up at Northern Finland with northern lights researchers and international game design students and I am game!

[ICGJ'24 @icgj_conf]

ICGJ 2024 is going to take place in Copenhagen this year, check out more info here: https://t.co/qgoEBlRl4E

We look forward to seeing your papers on hackathons and game jams 🤩

June 19: Paper submission deadline
October 10-11: pre-conference event and conference

[Aakoo @aakoo]

Day 4 of #GDC24. Had 10 free Game Design Praxiology books with me and just handed out the last one! It is 3pm, but I am NOW ready to party. I am also ready to go early to bed. :D