Emily Halina
@emilyhalina.bsky.social
☆ CS PhD student @ ualberta
☆ indie game dev + technical games researcher
☆ rhythm game fan, writer & composer
☆ infernal cape haver
☆ (she/her)
☆ indie game dev + technical games researcher
☆ rhythm game fan, writer & composer
☆ infernal cape haver
☆ (she/her)
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Do you like weird puzzles? You don't mind playing the first experimental iterations of a game? Like this post and DM me your mail, I'll have a surprise in your inbox everyday of December 🎁✨
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Do you like weird puzzles? You don't mind playing the first experimental iterations of a game? Like this post and DM me your mail, I'll have a surprise in your inbox everyday of December 🎁✨
AIIDE this year was incredible: I gained a lot of insight and spent a ton of quality time with new and old friends.
I'm filled with an incredible energy and excitement for work I haven't felt since the start of my PhD. Thank you all so much, and I hope to see you all again soon :)
I'm filled with an incredible energy and excitement for work I haven't felt since the start of my PhD. Thank you all so much, and I hope to see you all again soon :)
November 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
AIIDE this year was incredible: I gained a lot of insight and spent a ton of quality time with new and old friends.
I'm filled with an incredible energy and excitement for work I haven't felt since the start of my PhD. Thank you all so much, and I hope to see you all again soon :)
I'm filled with an incredible energy and excitement for work I haven't felt since the start of my PhD. Thank you all so much, and I hope to see you all again soon :)
I'm back with the last day of AIIDE 2025 live posting!
We're back to live (almost, because I was so engrossed I couldn't post during the talk) with Jonathan Schaeffer's keynote on the past, present, and potential future of Game AI.
What an amazing retrospective with insight into the future! I'll be thinking about this one for a while.
What an amazing retrospective with insight into the future! I'll be thinking about this one for a while.
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I'm back with the last day of AIIDE 2025 live posting!
Once again live posting AIIDE 2025 Day 2!
And we're back live with AIIDE 2025 day 2! We're starting off with a very exciting keynote from Luke Dicken @luked.bsky.social and Nadine Perez titled 'An Algorithm is Just the Start'.
Looking forward to getting some insight into the challenges in applying academic research to industry!
Looking forward to getting some insight into the challenges in applying academic research to industry!
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Once again live posting AIIDE 2025 Day 2!
Continuing the series, I'll be live posting about AIIDE day 1 all day today!
Hello everyone! Welcome to day 1 of AIIDE 2025, starting off with some opening remarks from Seth Cooper and Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social
Just like EXAG/INT, I'll be live posting throughout the presentations throughout AIIDE for those who cannot make it!
Just like EXAG/INT, I'll be live posting throughout the presentations throughout AIIDE for those who cannot make it!
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Continuing the series, I'll be live posting about AIIDE day 1 all day today!
EXAG/INT day 2 coverage is starting now!
Starting off Day 2 of EXAG with Mike Cook's @mtrc.bsky.social amazingly titled keynote 'Being Weird at the End of the World'. Really looking forward to this talk!
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
EXAG/INT day 2 coverage is starting now!
Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues in Edmonton this week for AIIDE! I'll be trying my hand at live tweeting the paper sessions at both the main conference and EXAG/INT, which I'll try to keep in this big reply thread (starting off tomorrow). @aiide.bsky.social @exag.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues in Edmonton this week for AIIDE! I'll be trying my hand at live tweeting the paper sessions at both the main conference and EXAG/INT, which I'll try to keep in this big reply thread (starting off tomorrow). @aiide.bsky.social @exag.bsky.social
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PROCJAM - the Procedural Generation Jam - is back for another year! Join us on itch.io this November for another week of making something that makes something - a bskybot, a videogame, a digital artwork, a dice table or something else!
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
PROCJAM - The Procedural Generation Jam
A game jam from 2025-11-21 to 2025-12-01 hosted by PROCJAM. Let's Make Something! PROCJAM - the Procedural Generation Jam - is a creative coding jam about making things that make things. This normally...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
PROCJAM - the Procedural Generation Jam - is back for another year! Join us on itch.io this November for another week of making something that makes something - a bskybot, a videogame, a digital artwork, a dice table or something else!
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
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Tune in to @roguelike.club in 3 hours for my talk about the analogy between physics and procedural generation! We'll see how generators can be solid, liquid or gaseous and why –just like Maxwell's Demon– designers are underrated little guys. 🍵🫖
October 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Tune in to @roguelike.club in 3 hours for my talk about the analogy between physics and procedural generation! We'll see how generators can be solid, liquid or gaseous and why –just like Maxwell's Demon– designers are underrated little guys. 🍵🫖
imagine myself as something beautiful
September 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
imagine myself as something beautiful
last night i finished silksong: one of the best games i've played in years, and a game that felt like it took 7 years to make! i found myself consistently impressed by the scale and care put into almost every aspect of the game, and overall a very satisfying experience
September 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
last night i finished silksong: one of the best games i've played in years, and a game that felt like it took 7 years to make! i found myself consistently impressed by the scale and care put into almost every aspect of the game, and overall a very satisfying experience
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@pyrofoux.bsky.social 🔢 SUDOHACK
knivesandpaintbrushes.org/younes
Play against the rules and solve the sudoku puzzles your way in SUDO HACK.
knivesandpaintbrushes.org/younes
Play against the rules and solve the sudoku puzzles your way in SUDO HACK.
August 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
@pyrofoux.bsky.social 🔢 SUDOHACK
knivesandpaintbrushes.org/younes
Play against the rules and solve the sudoku puzzles your way in SUDO HACK.
knivesandpaintbrushes.org/younes
Play against the rules and solve the sudoku puzzles your way in SUDO HACK.
this was a really lovely gift and it is immediately going on my corkboard (alongside @pyrofoux.bsky.social's postcard and the other keepsakes from Dagstuhl)
The postcard I made for @emilyhalina.bsky.social as part of @annetropy.bsky.social 's postcard keepsake game.
The elden ring pope turtle visits Dagstuhl seminar 25292
The elden ring pope turtle visits Dagstuhl seminar 25292
July 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
this was a really lovely gift and it is immediately going on my corkboard (alongside @pyrofoux.bsky.social's postcard and the other keepsakes from Dagstuhl)
having an amazing time at Dagstuhl so far! it's an honor to be invited and to be surrounded by such amazing researchers and friends :)
4th pic is me after being awake for 24+ hrs to get here
4th pic is me after being awake for 24+ hrs to get here
July 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
having an amazing time at Dagstuhl so far! it's an honor to be invited and to be surrounded by such amazing researchers and friends :)
4th pic is me after being awake for 24+ hrs to get here
4th pic is me after being awake for 24+ hrs to get here
this is exactly what i needed to read today: i feel like over the last few months i've lost being silly due to work and life, and it's starting to hurt my soul 😔 here's to posting more and being silly
PSA:
1. If you are not silly, it is vital you become silly
2. If you are silly, you must stay silly
2. If you used to be silly but have stopped, you must make all efforts to return to silliness
1. If you are not silly, it is vital you become silly
2. If you are silly, you must stay silly
2. If you used to be silly but have stopped, you must make all efforts to return to silliness
March 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
this is exactly what i needed to read today: i feel like over the last few months i've lost being silly due to work and life, and it's starting to hurt my soul 😔 here's to posting more and being silly
Reposted by Emily Halina
We are very pleased to announce that AIIDE'25 will be back at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from November 10-14! Paper deadline June 21 AOE. Join us with your work at the intersection of AI and Digital Entertainment!
sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
AIIDE 2025
The 21st AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE 2025) is the next in an annual series of conferences showcasing interdisciplinary research on modeling,...
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March 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We are very pleased to announce that AIIDE'25 will be back at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from November 10-14! Paper deadline June 21 AOE. Join us with your work at the intersection of AI and Digital Entertainment!
sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
here at the Vancouver aquarium with my friend the giant otter
March 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
here at the Vancouver aquarium with my friend the giant otter
got master ball tier after learning VGC over the winter break! pokemon is very fun :3
January 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
got master ball tier after learning VGC over the winter break! pokemon is very fun :3
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wow, cave story is 20!! this game really changed my brain when i first played it. it made me realize i can make games too! and it's a game you can just download for free on your computer!
December 21, 2024 at 12:06 AM
wow, cave story is 20!! this game really changed my brain when i first played it. it made me realize i can make games too! and it's a game you can just download for free on your computer!
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We’re running a study (Pro00129448) on adaptive strategy agents in games and we would like to invite you all to participate! Visit sites.ualberta.ca/~toume for more details (English speakers, only 18 and older)! The study should take up to 15 minutes to complete (~10m of gameplay, ~5m survey)!
December 3, 2024 at 8:57 PM
We’re running a study (Pro00129448) on adaptive strategy agents in games and we would like to invite you all to participate! Visit sites.ualberta.ca/~toume for more details (English speakers, only 18 and older)! The study should take up to 15 minutes to complete (~10m of gameplay, ~5m survey)!
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Honored to keynote EXAG this morning, talking about Kitfox and procedural generation. My experiences with proc-gen are a bit "wandering guy in Pulp Fiction meme" but that's okay. Progress as non-linear is an essential truth.
Today at #AIIDE24 we have the EXAG workshop, which starts with a keynote talk by @tanyaxshort.bsky.social! If you haven't already, be sure to follow @exag.bsky.social.
November 19, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Honored to keynote EXAG this morning, talking about Kitfox and procedural generation. My experiences with proc-gen are a bit "wandering guy in Pulp Fiction meme" but that's okay. Progress as non-linear is an essential truth.
my bisky profile is under construction! trying to find all my old mutuals from cursed website, please enjoy pretzel ruka in the meantime
November 18, 2024 at 2:38 PM
my bisky profile is under construction! trying to find all my old mutuals from cursed website, please enjoy pretzel ruka in the meantime