[Commlist] Call for Abstracts - Towards Sustainable Game Design: The Game Needs to Change

*Call for Abstracts - Towards Sustainable Game Design: The Game Needs to 
Change*

Book chapters for an edited collection

Publisher: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group)

500 wordabstract deadline 15th of June 2024.

There are NOsubmission or processing fees for accepted manuscripts.


Mission:

Join us in contributing to a groundbreaking collection of research and 
white papers aimed at exploring the intersection of games and 
sustainability. We invite abstract submissions from both industry 
professionals and academics passionate about effecting positive change 
in the gaming sphere. Together, we’re making a book about moving beyond 
mere greenwashing to collectively work towards systemic solutions. Let's 
make games toward a sustainable world, sustainably!


In this upcoming publication, we seek to distinguish genuine 
sustainability efforts from mere green-washing tactics prevalent in the 
industry. Our editorial team will meticulously review abstract 
submissions, selecting those with potential to offer substantive 
insights and practical solutions to the pressing challenges of 
sustainability in gaming and a compelling vision for how we can achieve 
a sustainable future.


Our goal is to empower individuals and organizations across the games 
industry who are eager to make meaningful contributions towards 
sustainability. Through a blend of industry expertise and scholarly 
research, our book aims to provide actionable strategies and real-world 
examples to guide readers in integrating evidence-based sustainability 
principles into their professional endeavors and work for real, systemic 
change.


Possible Topics Include but are not Limited to:

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    Systemic approaches to sustainability

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    Production, processes and material conditions

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    Telling Stories for a Sustainable Future

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    Integrating Environmental Messaging and Learning into Game Mechanics

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    The unique challenges of games

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    Stories and visions of a sustainable game industry and future

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    Discipline-specific methods and practices

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    Impact-focused research on games and sustainability

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    Analyzed experiences or stories of designing for sustainability

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    Retrospectives on industry practice for sustainability game design

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    Collaborations between research and industry teams

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    Design theory or design practice theory

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Communication and Media Studies scholars are welcome.

To have your essay or research considered, please submit a 500 
wordabstract by 15th of June 2024. Email abstracts with the title “book 
submission” to (Clayton_Whittle /at/ outlook.com)


The Book:

For industry professionals, this book is a way to highlight both the 
challenges you are facing and your approach to them, to connect it to 
evidence-based research. For researchers, organizers, and activists, 
this offers the possibility for real-world impact and a chance to apply 
your findings in a concrete and impactful way. For all of us, it  
presents a chance to work with like-minded individuals on suggesting 
pragmatic solutions and to build a community for sustainability in the 
games industry.


As a book aimed at advising practice, essays and research will be 
organized into topic-focused sections. The editors will work with 
authors to organize essays appropriately. Editors will also provide a 
structure for each topic-focused section that frames the work of authors 
in the context of real-world stories, practical examples, and actionable 
advice. To facilitate this connected organization, and to also make sure 
that each contributor knows what is being said in the chapters before 
and after their own, we are planning a digital meeting between the 
editors and the contributors for each topic. In this meeting, we will 
give feedback to each other's draft texts, find connecting points, and 
strengthen the argument of the book, while meeting the people who are 
working in our exact field.


In order to respect your time and work, and to make such a meeting 
possible within the time-frame of the editing process, the editors are 
aiming for a fast turn-around for submissions within 2-3 weeks.


Contributions:

Chapters will be max. 8000 words written in accessible language. Shorter 
contributions, especially practice-based and design work, are also 
explicitly welcome. Specialist terms and concepts will be explained and 
there will be no assumption that the reader is a researcher or 
specialist in a given development field. That said, it will be possible 
to use scientific and other references. About 50 illustrations in black 
and white are available for the entire book. We accept submissions with 
multiple authors as well as more than one submission per author.


Given that we are expecting contributions from a variety of fields, 
chapters can look quite different from each other. Some might be 
academic text while others can be an explanation of a successful 
organization process or advice for impactful design. We strive to 
accommodate these differences in the structure of the book and encourage 
submissions with practice-based topics. The editors offer support to 
contributors who are not necessarily used to writing in order to support 
such submissions and help you tell your story. What exact form this 
support will take will be based on the need of contributors in 
collaboration with the editor team.


We’re very interested in contributions and perspectives from those 
actively working on game development projects, and we also recognize 
that game industry professionals may not have as much experience with 
the writing and editing processes involved with this project compared to 
contributors with a more academic background. As a 15-year game industry 
veteran who has more recently learned to research, write, and publish 
work in this space, editor Trevin York is on hand to support 
contributors who are similarly interested in sharing their processes 
through these types of written projects.


Editors and Publisher:

The book is to be published by CRC Press, in the Tyler and Francis 
Group, in 2026 with a release during GDC. The printed book will have the 
following ISBN: 9781032836195. It is edited by Dr. Patrick Prax, Dr. 
Clayton Whittle, and Trevin York. Patrick is Associate professor of Game 
Design at Uppsala University and has been working with sustainability in 
game design education and the game industry. Clayton is the co-chair of 
the IGDA Climate SIG and Ph.D. research consultant for transformational 
games. Trevin is the founder & director of Dire Lark, a game design for 
change studio. Clayton and Trevin are also the first authors of the 
Environmental Game Design Playbook by the IGDA Climate SIG.


Timeline:

Submission deadline for abstracts: 15th of June 2024

Submission format: 500 words excluding literature

Editor feedback: acceptance within three weeks, 7th of July

Peer feedback on in-progress chapters: 15th of October, submission 10th 
of October

Full chapter submission deadline: : 2nd of December 2025

Feedback within six weeks, 15th of January

Final submission deadline to editors: 15th of March 2025

Final Print Deadline: 01 May 2025

Publication: GDC 2026



Abstracts with the title “book submission” to be emailed to: 
(clayton_whittle /at/ outlook.com)


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