[Commlist] Call for Papers - Video Games: Industry, Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation

Call for Papers - Video Games: Industry, Entrepreneurship, Creativity 
and Innovation

Since its establishment in 2001, Game Studies have laid a solid 
foundation for understanding video games as a medium of communication 
and expression, as well as for identifying the key actors and processes 
involved in their creation, consumption, and reception. At the same 
time, the industry's maturation and technological advancements, along 
with the emergence of an increasingly diverse gaming community, present 
new challenges and the need for research and innovation in more specific 
areas of the field. Within this framework, both the video game industry 
and academia have developed a particular interest in topics such as 
entrepreneurship, authorship, creativity and innovation in indie video 
games.

Tripodos 59 aims to contribute to existing research on the state of the 
video game industry and to establish best practices and innovative 
proposals that drive success within the four key areas of 
entrepreneurship, authorship, creativity and innovation. Both empirical 
and theoretical contributions are welcome from researchers interested in 
Game Studies and digital creativity. While this issue places a special 
emphasis on the indie sector (given its strong intersection with these 
four areas), the call for papers is not exclusively limited to it. 
Contributions to all aspects related to the video game industry are 
welcome, including but not limited to the following topics:

- Aesthetic approaches to video games.

- The concept of authorship in video games within the creative and 
production process.

- Auteur theory in video games.

- Narrative in mainstream and indie video games.

- Local production video game ecosystems.

- Historical perspectives on the video game industry.

- Integration of indie games with emerging technologies.

- Video game design frameworks.

- Best practices for video game design and development.

- User experience in video games.

- Quality assurance (QA) in video games.

- Accessibility in video games.

- Video games and creation beyond entertainment: education, awareness, 
and well-being.

- Metrics and data analysis in the context of video games.

- Differences in communication and marketing strategies among video games.

- Business strategy differences in the mainstream and indie video game 
industry as a cultural sector.

- Entrepreneurship, incubators, and business strategies for the 
sustainable development of video games.

Publication in this journal is free of Article Processing Charges and 
does not impose any costs on the authors.

  Guest editors:

- Dr. Joan Arnedo Moreno

- Dr. Marta Fernández-Ruiz

- Dr. Carles Sora-Domenjó

- Dr. Lluís Anyó

  Deadline for articles: June 15th, 2025.
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Further information on the scope of the CFP and the submission 
process will be found HERE 
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l_P0ahzbgpcOkrcRKuBtGwdht4grX_ty/view>*.*

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