Richard Wetzel
@herr-wetzel.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Game Design at DePaul University; PhD; Serious Games; AR/VR; HCI; design ideation; he/him. https://hexlab.cdm.depaul.edu/
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DePaul University's School of Design seeks professional mentors for the Summer IMPACT Grant Program
More information & application at: tinyurl.com/2025IMPACTMe...
#design #designEducation #designforsocialimpact #designmentorship #applynow
More information & application at: tinyurl.com/2025IMPACTMe...
#design #designEducation #designforsocialimpact #designmentorship #applynow
May 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
DePaul University's School of Design seeks professional mentors for the Summer IMPACT Grant Program
More information & application at: tinyurl.com/2025IMPACTMe...
#design #designEducation #designforsocialimpact #designmentorship #applynow
More information & application at: tinyurl.com/2025IMPACTMe...
#design #designEducation #designforsocialimpact #designmentorship #applynow
Two of my grad students are looking for submissions for their #Queer Institute of Life and Triumph. They are happy for any submissions of #art in any shape or form.
itch.io/jam/quilt
itch.io/jam/quilt
QUILT — The Queer Institute of Life and Triumph
A game jam from 2025-05-21 to 2025-06-01 hosted by Land of Auks & trainspotter. Welcome to QUILT, a virtual museum of queer joy! We are two graduate students constructing a virtual museum to showcase ...
itch.io
May 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Two of my grad students are looking for submissions for their #Queer Institute of Life and Triumph. They are happy for any submissions of #art in any shape or form.
itch.io/jam/quilt
itch.io/jam/quilt
Come join us at DePaul in the game design program! We are looking for a term faculty - which means the contract will initially be for one year with the potential for renewal. Priority deadline is May 12th. #gamedesign #academic #job
apply.interfolio.com/166709
apply.interfolio.com/166709
April 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Come join us at DePaul in the game design program! We are looking for a term faculty - which means the contract will initially be for one year with the potential for renewal. Priority deadline is May 12th. #gamedesign #academic #job
apply.interfolio.com/166709
apply.interfolio.com/166709
Submit a design problem for our students to work on over the summer!
tinyurl.com/2025ImpactGr...
tinyurl.com/2025ImpactGr...
April 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Submit a design problem for our students to work on over the summer!
tinyurl.com/2025ImpactGr...
tinyurl.com/2025ImpactGr...
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We have a new position for someone with a strong computer science VR background to work on the PRESENCE project. This would be at the Event Lab, Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona.
If you are interested, you must apply through this website:
lnkd.in/d6QYQKYA
#VRcademicSky
If you are interested, you must apply through this website:
lnkd.in/d6QYQKYA
#VRcademicSky
March 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We have a new position for someone with a strong computer science VR background to work on the PRESENCE project. This would be at the Event Lab, Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona.
If you are interested, you must apply through this website:
lnkd.in/d6QYQKYA
#VRcademicSky
If you are interested, you must apply through this website:
lnkd.in/d6QYQKYA
#VRcademicSky
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Watched #BeastGames as class-prep (and so my students think I'm cool). $20 million spend on prizes; $20 spend on game design. So many weird design choices.
March 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Watched #BeastGames as class-prep (and so my students think I'm cool). $20 million spend on prizes; $20 spend on game design. So many weird design choices.
Mike's new game sounds really cool! Help Demeter find Persephone in this single player TTRPG.
📣 Announcing 📣
My Kickstarter Campaign for "And the Crops Withered" is live: bit.ly/crops-withered
Chronicle Demeter's journey to find her missing daughter in this solo TTRPG, inspired by Greek mythology.
#ostara #folklore #mythology #storytelling #TTRPG #kickstarter #witchcraft #games #zine
My Kickstarter Campaign for "And the Crops Withered" is live: bit.ly/crops-withered
Chronicle Demeter's journey to find her missing daughter in this solo TTRPG, inspired by Greek mythology.
#ostara #folklore #mythology #storytelling #TTRPG #kickstarter #witchcraft #games #zine
March 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Mike's new game sounds really cool! Help Demeter find Persephone in this single player TTRPG.
Go while you can!
Heya! You might have seen that this is going to be the final year for @nowplaythis.bsky.social; there's a little post here about why, and about how glad we are to have stuck around for this long nowplaythis.net/2025/03/20/o...
On Wrapping up Now Play This
If you're reading this, you've probably already seen that 2025 is going to be the last edition of Now Play This.
We’ve had a pretty good run of it, as weird little game festivals go: ten years, eleve...
nowplaythis.net
March 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Go while you can!
Our MFA Game Design students will be showing their thesis games on March 13th from 5-8 in the Jarvis Center in Chicago's Loop. Swing by, celebrate, and play some games! Light refreshments will be served! www.eventbrite.com/e/school-of-...
February 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Our MFA Game Design students will be showing their thesis games on March 13th from 5-8 in the Jarvis Center in Chicago's Loop. Swing by, celebrate, and play some games! Light refreshments will be served! www.eventbrite.com/e/school-of-...
No Pun Included is not only one of the best board game review channels - they also produce highlights like this video where they look at the "fact" that the funnest part of board games is opening the box. By reading academic papers! And the original author responds in the comments. Great work!
All I will tell you about our new video is that it is about arousal.
Enjoy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFCU...
Enjoy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFCU...
This is Arousal
YouTube video by No Pun Included
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February 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
No Pun Included is not only one of the best board game review channels - they also produce highlights like this video where they look at the "fact" that the funnest part of board games is opening the box. By reading academic papers! And the original author responds in the comments. Great work!
Got into my office despite this.
February 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Got into my office despite this.
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Tickets for Hawkins go on sale tomorrow, Sunday 1/26, at 5pm Central.
Don't blink or you might miss out. 👀 #larp #immersivetheatre #hawkins
Don't blink or you might miss out. 👀 #larp #immersivetheatre #hawkins
January 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Tickets for Hawkins go on sale tomorrow, Sunday 1/26, at 5pm Central.
Don't blink or you might miss out. 👀 #larp #immersivetheatre #hawkins
Don't blink or you might miss out. 👀 #larp #immersivetheatre #hawkins
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This is the real Gamergate
After a 'Path of Exile 2' livestream earlier this month all but confirmed that Elon Musk is outsourcing tedious hours of gameplay so he can pilot extremely leveled-up RPG characters and rank on global leaderboards, he admitted as much to a random YouTuber and acted like it was no big deal.
Musk Confesses to Letting Other Gamers Boost His Stats
Elon Musk confirmed in messages on X that he relies on other gamers to level up his characters in 'Path of Exile 2' and 'Diablo IV.'
www.rollingstone.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is the real Gamergate
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Want to do a 🎓 PhD in 🎮 games and 📊 data?
I have a 💸 studentship for you:
Unpacking Casual Game Engagement Across Time Scales.
@ Imperial College London w/ Nottingham University & King (of Candy Crush), deadline March 1. Sadly, UK home students only.
To learn more: bit.ly/casual-phd
Pls share!
I have a 💸 studentship for you:
Unpacking Casual Game Engagement Across Time Scales.
@ Imperial College London w/ Nottingham University & King (of Candy Crush), deadline March 1. Sadly, UK home students only.
To learn more: bit.ly/casual-phd
Pls share!
Other PhD Scholarships Available in Design Engineering
Please see below for current funding opportunities in the department:
bit.ly
January 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Want to do a 🎓 PhD in 🎮 games and 📊 data?
I have a 💸 studentship for you:
Unpacking Casual Game Engagement Across Time Scales.
@ Imperial College London w/ Nottingham University & King (of Candy Crush), deadline March 1. Sadly, UK home students only.
To learn more: bit.ly/casual-phd
Pls share!
I have a 💸 studentship for you:
Unpacking Casual Game Engagement Across Time Scales.
@ Imperial College London w/ Nottingham University & King (of Candy Crush), deadline March 1. Sadly, UK home students only.
To learn more: bit.ly/casual-phd
Pls share!
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Here is a collection of stuff I learned over the years about direction and production of games 🧭
These worked for me, hopefully it can inspire or be useful to you.
Thread with #gamedev tips starts here 1/
🧵
These worked for me, hopefully it can inspire or be useful to you.
Thread with #gamedev tips starts here 1/
🧵
December 18, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Here is a collection of stuff I learned over the years about direction and production of games 🧭
These worked for me, hopefully it can inspire or be useful to you.
Thread with #gamedev tips starts here 1/
🧵
These worked for me, hopefully it can inspire or be useful to you.
Thread with #gamedev tips starts here 1/
🧵
Wow! Finally got around to watching #Sense8! Such a great queer and emotional show by the #Wachowskis and #Straczynski. Unfathomable that #Netflix cancelled it. At least we got a movie to conclude it.
December 5, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Wow! Finally got around to watching #Sense8! Such a great queer and emotional show by the #Wachowskis and #Straczynski. Unfathomable that #Netflix cancelled it. At least we got a movie to conclude it.
Finished season 2 of #StarTrek #Prodigy. Mindnumbing that #Paramount cancelled it! Such a great show and VERY Star Trek! Highly recommend watching!!! Hope #Netflix picks it up for a third season!
December 1, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Finished season 2 of #StarTrek #Prodigy. Mindnumbing that #Paramount cancelled it! Such a great show and VERY Star Trek! Highly recommend watching!!! Hope #Netflix picks it up for a third season!
Finally got #Balatro. Very fun and well-designed Solitaire Poker Roguelike. Similar game, but instead of cards you have dice to roll: #DiceyDungeons. Has some cool character and enemy designs!
November 29, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Finally got #Balatro. Very fun and well-designed Solitaire Poker Roguelike. Similar game, but instead of cards you have dice to roll: #DiceyDungeons. Has some cool character and enemy designs!
Climate experts at #COP29 playing #Daybreak. One of my favorite #boardgames at the moment - will surely play it again with my students in class. #seriousgames #gameswithapurpose
abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wi...
abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wi...
In a board game, climate experts work to save the world, which diplomats at COP29 try in real life
While diplomats negotiated at the United Nations climate talks in Azerbaijan, climate experts played a board game where players are supposed to work together to combat global warming
abcnews.go.com
November 24, 2024 at 12:46 AM
Climate experts at #COP29 playing #Daybreak. One of my favorite #boardgames at the moment - will surely play it again with my students in class. #seriousgames #gameswithapurpose
abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wi...
abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wi...
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There are so many great starter packs to help newcomers to find the community. I just created one for HCI + Games, hope this can be helpful to find us also here on Bluesky. Many are missing, so please let me know if you like to be added. go.bsky.app/CTm8Qea
November 17, 2024 at 9:11 AM
There are so many great starter packs to help newcomers to find the community. I just created one for HCI + Games, hope this can be helpful to find us also here on Bluesky. Many are missing, so please let me know if you like to be added. go.bsky.app/CTm8Qea
Are you interested in doing a PhD in Human-Centered Design (which could be focused on #AR #VR #XR or #SeriousGames)? Come to the virtual info session November 21st!
Program details: www.cdm.depaul.edu/academics/Pa...
Registration for event: grad.depaul.edu/register/?id...
Program details: www.cdm.depaul.edu/academics/Pa...
Registration for event: grad.depaul.edu/register/?id...
PhD in Human Centered Design
One of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive programs, DePaul University's College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM) offers undergraduate and graduate programs in a wide and diverse range of ...
www.cdm.depaul.edu
November 15, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Are you interested in doing a PhD in Human-Centered Design (which could be focused on #AR #VR #XR or #SeriousGames)? Come to the virtual info session November 21st!
Program details: www.cdm.depaul.edu/academics/Pa...
Registration for event: grad.depaul.edu/register/?id...
Program details: www.cdm.depaul.edu/academics/Pa...
Registration for event: grad.depaul.edu/register/?id...