Call for Papers:

Foundations of Digital Games 2027 (FDG 27)
Melbourne, Australia
June 21-24, 2027
http://fdg2027.org/authorinformation.html

Deadlines for submissions:

• Workshop and Panel Proposals: November 16th, 2026
• Meta-data submissions (Full Papers and Abstract-Only): January 4th, 2027
• Full submissions (Full Papers, and Abstract-Only): January 11th, 2027
• Late-Breaking Work, Games and Demos, and Doctoral Consortium: March 8th, 2027

We are happy to announce the 22nd annual Foundations in Digital Games conference (FDG’27) will be held in Melbourne, Australia from June 21st to 24th 2027!

The 2027 conference theme is: “Bending, Breaking, Blaming: Negotiations with Games”. This theme asks researchers to consider negotiations broadly, including, but not limited to negotiation mechanics in gameplay, cheating and transgressive play behaviours, the various technologies used to modify and mitigate games, and the social-cultural negotiations of games and gaming communities.

We invite research from diverse disciplines and perspectives to submit their work for presentation at the conference. Submissions are encouraged to identify themselves under one of the following tracks:

• Technical Game Design, Development and Studio Practices
• Game Design Practices and Novel Player Experiences
• Game Analytics and Visualisation
• Game Artificial Intelligence, Player Characters and NPCs
• Game Criticism and Analysis
• Games Beyond Entertainment
• Games Pedagogy / Games & Society
• Generative AI and Games
• Game Spectatorship and Non-Player Experiences (NEW TRACK!)
• Tabletop Play and Design (NEW TRACK!)
• Game and Play Histories (NEW TRACK!)

Details about all the conference tracks are available [on the conference website]. Alignment with the conference theme is appreciated but not required for consideration in the programme.

IMPORTANT DATES

All deadlines are 23:59 AoE on the indicated date. All submissions must be in a PDF format and are to be submitted via EasyChair.

• Workshop and Panel Proposals – November 16th, 2026
• Acceptance Notifications (Workshop and Panel Proposals) – December 1st, 2026
• Meta-data submissions (Full Papers and Abstract-Only) – January 4th, 2027
• Full submissions (Full Papers, and Abstract-Only) – January 11th, 2027
• Acceptance notification (Full Papers, Abstract-Only) – March 1st, 2027
• Late-Breaking Work, Games and Demos, and Doctoral Consortium – March 8th, 2027
• Acceptance notifications (Late-Breaking Work, Games and Demos, DC) – April 12th, 2027

SUBMISSION DETAILS:

Submissions will be made via EasyChair, and all submissions are required to use the ACM Primary Article Template. Except for Workshops and Panels proposals and Doctoral Consortium applications, submissions will undergo a double-blind review process. All authors named on a submission are asked to contribute to the reviewing process.

More details about submission length, format, inclusion in proceedings and expected involvement at the conference can be found on our website: http://fdg2027.org/

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

General Chairs: Melissa Rogerson (The University of Melbourne) and Jussi Holopainen (City University of Hong Kong)

Programme Chairs: Phoebe Toups-Dugas (Monash University) and Sasha Soraine (The University of Melbourne)

MORE INFORMATION

Please visit http://fdg2027.org/