# Design & Development

How might we advance game-making with new design and development insights, methods, tools, and techniques?

Project areas include:

- Integrating the physical and the digital in games
- Co-designing games with players who lack technical expertise
- Designing and understanding the impact of persuasive games

## iGGi >>> People <<< relevant to this Theme:

### Doruk Balcı

iGGi PG Researcher  
Available for placement  
# Design & Development, Player Research  
[Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/doruk-balci)

### Toby Best

iGGi PG Researcher  
Available for placement  
# Game AI, Design & Development, Player Research  
[Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/toby-best)

### Steph Carter

iGGi PG Researcher  
Available for placement  
# Applied Games, Design & Development, Player Research, Accessibility, Game Data  
[Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/stephanie-carter)

### Dr Tom Cole

iGGi Alum + Supervisor  
# Game AI, Design & Development  
[Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/dr-tom-cole)

### Prof. Richard Bartle

Supervisor  
# Design & Development, Game AI, Player Research  
[Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/prof-richard-bartle)

### Dr Anna Bramwell-Dicks

Supervisor  
# Game Audio, Player Research, Design & Development, Applied Games, Accessibility  
[Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/dr-anna-bramwell-dicks)

### Dr Guifen Chen

Supervisor  
# Creative Computing, Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Player Research  
[Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/dr-guifen-chen)

### Dr Mike Cook

Supervisor  
# Game AI, Design & Development, Creative Computing  
[Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/dr-mike-cook)

### Nirit Binyamini Ben Meir

iGGi PG Researcher  
Available for placement  
# Applied Games, Design & Development, Creative Computing  
[Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/nirit-binyamini-ben-meir)

### Dr Terence Broad

iGGi Alum  
# Creative Computing, Design & Development  
[Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/terence-broad)

### Karl Clarke

iGGi PG Researcher  
Available for placement  
# Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Player Research  
[Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/karl-clarke)

### Prof. Peter Cowling

Supervisor  
# Game AI, Applied Games, Design & Development  
[Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/prof-peter-cowling)

### iGGi >>> Publications <<< relevant to this Theme:

###### POD/Post-anthropocentric design: World Oceans Day 2022

D Barrios-O'Neill, C Jarvis, N Binyamini Ben Meir, C Ramirez-Figueroa

[Nirit Binyamini Ben Meir](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/nirit-binyamini-ben-meir)  
[View Details](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=d8tqduMAAAAJ&pagesize=100&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=d8tqduMAAAAJ:ufrVoPGSRksC)

###### Tired and Wired: Sleep Deprivation Prevents Affective Renormalisation During Exposure to Ambiguous Threat

E Sullivan, C McCall, M Croissant, LM Henderson, G Schofield, S Cairney  
Sleep Medicine 138, 107678, 2026

[Dr Maximilian Croissant](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/maximilian-croissant)  
[View Details](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=QvyM3RgAAAAJ&pagesize=100&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=QvyM3RgAAAAJ:WF5omc3nYNoC)

###### Player Discretion is Advised: Designing for Rule-Changing Play

D BALCI, J Iacovides, B Kirman  
Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

[Doruk Balcı](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/doruk-balci)  
[View Details](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=HW1A3ssAAAAJ&pagesize=100&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=HW1A3ssAAAAJ:qjMakFHDy7sC)

###### Beyond the Spotlight: Co-Designing AI for Theatre Audience Communication

A Pedrassoli Chitayat, S Carter, BA Robertson, J Hook  
Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

[Dr Alan Pedrassoli Chitayat](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/alan-pedrassoli-chitayat)  
[View Details](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=YfuBda0AAAAJ&pagesize=100&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=YfuBda0AAAAJ:3fE2CSJIrl8C)

###### Post-anthropocentric design lab (PADLab).

D Barrios-O'Neill, M Pauzner, O Kutok, O Stadnuk, N Binyamini Ben Meir, ...

[Nirit Binyamini Ben Meir](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/nirit-binyamini-ben-meir)  
[View Details](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=d8tqduMAAAAJ&pagesize=100&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=d8tqduMAAAAJ:eQOLeE2rZwMC)

###### "SAM"-School Attachment Monitor for the Assessment of Attachment in Children aged 4-8

MJ Saiger, Y Aleid, H Minnis, A Vinciarelli, S Brewster  
Proceedings of the 24th Interaction Design and Children, 752-756, 2025

[Dr Michael Saiger](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/michael-john-saiger)  
[View Details](https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3713043)