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Up to 3 pages in the single-column ACM Journals Primary Template (see below for details). In the PCS submission, we will also ask for a brief rationale of why this submission is of interest to the CHI PLAY community, and a brief 250-word bio of the author(s).
Important dates (all times are 23:59 Anywhere on Earth or AoE)
| June 4, 2025 | Perspectives on Play papers submission deadline |
| July 9, 2025 | Notification |
| August 6, 2025 | DC camera-ready and video submission deadline |
Perspectives on Play (PoP) is an innovative track at CHI PLAY aimed at quickly communicating new ideas, reflections, or provocations within and beyond research. The track aims to spark engagement within the CHI PLAY community and adjacent spaces, inviting input from industry, academia, the indie world, and anyone with a stake in games research. We welcome short contributions from those with a unique, constructive, or critical take on game development, games user research, games education, gamification, player experience, or similar. Contributions can be lessons learned, critical opinions, (meta-)reflections on current practice, visions of how the community or our research may be shaped in the future, or anything else that invites and incites discussion. We also encourage new perspectives from folks in other fields that do not typically publish at or attend CHI PLAY, e.g., designers, scholars in the humanities, etc. to elicit conversation across disciplines.
The track does NOT invite new or in-progress empirical research – such work should be aimed at the Work in Progress (WIP) or Full Papers tracks – or courses on important methodologies and practical tools – such work should be aimed at the Connections track.
We invite bite-size but thought-provoking contributions that represent the above, to be submitted as follows:
SUBMISSION FORMAT
- Up to 3 pages in ACM Journals Primary Template, single-column manuscript style (excluding references and, optionally, acknowledgements or appendices)
- The Abstract in the submission should have max. 100 words
- Submissions are NOT anonymous; detailed instructions on formatting and submission can be found at Companion Proceedings Submission Guidelines.
- A brief rationale (2-3 sentences in response to a PCS system question) on how the contribution is not only of interest to the CHI PLAY community, but also provocative
- A 250-word biography of the author(s)/presenter(s) (in the PCS system)
REVIEW PROCESS
The review process will involve curation by committee, decided in a small PC meeting.
UPON ACCEPTANCE
Authors of Perspectives on Play papers will prepare a camera-ready version of the paper (potentially incorporating feedback provided by the reviewing committee), as well as a required 3-minute pre-recorded video of their presentation. Please see Video Guidelines for our recommendations about the video submissions.
DURING THE CONFERENCE
Perspectives on Play contributions are presented during dedicated sessions on the main stage and will offer an opportunity for authors to discuss their work with the community.
AFTER THE CONFERENCE
All accepted Perspectives on Play papers and the pre-recorded videos will be archived in the ACM Digital Library in the CHI PLAY 2025 Companion Proceedings.
QUESTIONS
Please direct any questions to pop@chiplay.acm.org.