Call for Papers
We invite submissions on any aspect of Chinese games, game industries, game design and gaming cultures. We also invite submissions from people located in the Chinese-speaking region who are researching any aspect of games. The conference encourages papers from students and early career researchers. We also welcome papers as well as demos from game industry workers.
The Chinese DiGRA conference facilitates networking amongst game scholars working in the Chinese-speaking region. Therefore, apart from the above topics we also encourage submissions from scholars located in the Chinese-speaking region working on any aspect of game research.
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Format
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Submissions can be in English or Chinese.
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Please submit a maximum 350-word (or 600-character) abstract.
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Important dates
October 2: Deadline for submissions.
October 17: Decisions announced. Presenters receive additional practical information on how to record and submit their presentations (we recommend PowerPoint with voiceover or the free and open software OBS [Open Broadcast Software]).
October 18: Conference registration opens.
November 7: To facilitate subtitling, we ask all presenters to send us a video (or a PowerPoint presentation with voiceover) and transcript of their presentation in advance. We will translate and subtitle the video/PPT with voiceover. The recorded videos will be made available to the conference attendees shortly before and during the conference, followed by live Q&A sessions.
November 26 and 27: Conference.
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Submissions
Please email a pdf version of a maximum 350-word/600 character (excluding references) abstract no later than October 2, 2022 to:
Please make sure to include “CDiGRA2022 Submission” in the subject line of your message.
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Abstracts will be selected by conference and program chairs based on their academic rigour and relevance to the themes of the conference. Note that the abstracts do not need to be anonymous. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by October 17. Accepted authors will have an opportunity to submit their full papers for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings. For questions regarding paper submission and the topics of the conference, or questions on the conference, please contact Gabriele.Aroni@xjtlu.edu.cn.