Call for Paper

ICDGAI´ 27, İstanbul, Türkiye, May 20-21, 2027

The Digital Games and Artificial Intelligence (ICDGAI) conference invites researchers, educators, and practitioners to submit original research contributions. We welcome submissions in the form of full and short papers, posters, demos, PhD consortium applications, and proposals for panels, competitions, and workshops. ICDGAI welcomes contributions from all disciplines dedicated to advancing the knowledge base regarding the development of machine learning and AI-powered games through innovation, including digital game design departments, computer science, engineering, mathematics, natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, art, and design. We particularly look forward to receiving scientific work from academics and researchers working on AI and machine learning methods used in games.

Theme: New Research for AI-Powered Games.

The special theme of ICDGAI 2027 is "New Research for AI-Powered Games". This theme highlights a core strength of ICDGAI by exploring the dual role of AI-powered games as both an object of study and a powerful tool for discovery, it aims to bridge the gap between game and human interaction by applying scientific and humanistic approaches to AI-powered game research.

New research on AI-powered games treats games as controlled systems—or "experimental vessels"—in which we can conduct tests and experiments on human psychology, performance, and sociocultural dynamics, and learn from them. Functioning as observable environments that simulate human behavior, these games serve as effective models for learning, health, life, and entertainment. From this perspective, we expect research to include, for example:

Analytic and AI research to create persuasive agents to simulate human decision-making processes or human behavior;

Examining content from Games Beyond Entertainment, demonstrating how serious games can serve as effective models for learning, health, education, life, and industry;

Design and development work that creates new mechanics specifically to illuminate and observe particular human responses or sociocultural phenomena;

We encourage research on AI-powered games that focuses on the analysis, design, and development of games, critically examining them and improving the technologies and applications used to create them, thereby enabling the creation of more engaging, effective, and meaningful experiences.

We also want to see:

Technical contributions that provide new tools, engines, and platforms (e.g., VR/AR) for creating more advanced and engaging games;

Humanities-based critiques that examine games to analyze how AI-powered games reinforce, reflect, and question societal norms, ideologies, and cultural values, and solutions developed for these critiques;

Research that improves game design practice through the scientific examination of AI-powered game development practices, patterns, mechanics, and aesthetics.

While all work related to AI-powered digital games is welcome, special emphasis will be placed on work related to this year's theme. Themes are open to interpretation; if you believe your work falls under this theme, please indicate this during the application process.