Florence Smith Nicholls

@[email protected]
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Games AI PhD @ QMUL
Story Tech @ Die Gute Fabrik
~Generative Archaeology Games~
They/Them
#archaeogaming #gamedev
Websitehttps://florencesmithnicholls.com/
Gameshttps://florencesmithnicholls.itch.io/
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/florencesn
Florence Smith NichollsMar 10

Long time no see Mastodon! Back on here to advertise myself and Mike Cook are co-organising the first Games and Archaeological Play (GAP) Workshop at FDG! The aim of the workshop is to bring together a broad range of researchers and practitioners who are interested in archaeology and games, from interpretive mechanics, puzzle design, games and play preservation, to reception studies, code archaeology and field studies. Let's bridge the gap between archaeology, game studies and HCI.

Short papers due April 5th, zines due June 10th!

https://gapworkshop.org/call-for-papers-and-zines/

#archaeogaming #archaeology #gaming #gamedev

Florence Smith NichollsJan 30, 2023

As promised, here's a blog post about our recent Generative Archaeology game survey, including the truth about "the sandstorm":

https://florencesmithnicholls.com/2023/01/29/look-on-my-survey-ye-mighty-and-despair-a-player-study-post-mortem/

#archaeology #archaeogaming #gamedev #pcg #roguelike #hci

Look on My Survey, Ye Mighty, And Despair! A Player Study Post-mortem

Florence Smith Nicholls
Florence Smith NichollsJan 25, 2023

Last call for this study-the survey will close at the end of today (GMT)

https://peoplemaking.games/@florencesn/109727512714958075

#archaeology #archaeogaming #gamedev #procgen #hci

Florence Smith Nicholls (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Call for Participants! As part of my PhD project on generative archaeology games, I’m conducting a study on player responses to a short game about exploring an abandoned village. Anyone over 16 years old can take part, and the survey is 10 minutes long: https://tinyurl.com/4yjpfs8h (Please play on PC as the game is not mobile compatible) #archaeology #archaeogaming #gamedev #hci #roguelike

People Making Games
Florence Smith NichollsJan 23, 2023

Update: This survey will close on Wednesday so get your responses in before then!

In light of interest in the project I'm also planning to publish a post-mortem blog post soon after, stay tuned! 👀​

https://peoplemaking.games/@florencesn/109727512714958075

#archaeogaming #archaeology #gamedev #phd #research #procgen #hci

Florence Smith Nicholls (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Call for Participants! As part of my PhD project on generative archaeology games, I’m conducting a study on player responses to a short game about exploring an abandoned village. Anyone over 16 years old can take part, and the survey is 10 minutes long: https://tinyurl.com/4yjpfs8h (Please play on PC as the game is not mobile compatible) #archaeology #archaeogaming #gamedev #hci #roguelike

People Making Games
Florence Smith NichollsJan 21, 2023

Call for Participants!

As part of my PhD project on generative archaeology games, I’m conducting a study on player responses to a short game about exploring an abandoned village.

Anyone over 16 years old can take part, and the survey is 10 minutes long:

https://tinyurl.com/4yjpfs8h

(Please play on PC as the game is not mobile compatible)

#archaeology #archaeogaming #gamedev #hci #roguelike

Player Responses to Generative Archaeology Games: Participant Survey

Thank you for your interest in our study! This form has three parts. In the first, if you are happy to, you will provide your consent to take part in the study and for us to collect your responses. In the second, we'll ask you to play a short videogame that will also anonymously collect data relating to your time spent in the game, how you moved through the game space and what you interacted with. This data will be linked with your survey responses via a code that you will input in the survey form. In the third, we'll ask some questions about your experience with the game. If you have any questions or concerns, please email: [email protected] This study has been cleared by King's College London's research review board. Ethical review reference number:MRA-22/23-35186 Form Date: 20/01/2022

Google Docs
Florence Smith NichollsJan 17, 2023

Submit to The Interactive Pasts conference!

🖋️250 word abstracts for 15 min presentations
🌇 24-26 May 2023 at Leiden University
🆓 No registration fee
💵 €100 payment for each submission
📖 Plans for open access publication
🕑 Deadline 31st Jan

More information here:
https://interactivepasts.com/call-for-contributions-tipc3/

#archaeogaming #CFP

The Interactive Pasts Conference 3: CfP – Interactive Pasts

Florence Smith NichollsDec 16, 2022

I'm on the Critical Distance podcast talking about the archaeological survey I did In Elden Ring:

https://critical-distance.com/2022/12/16/florence-smith-nicholls-keywords-in-play-episode-25/

#archaeology #archaeogaming #eldenring #games

Florence Smith-Nicholls | Keywords in Play, Episode 25

Download “Keywords in Play” is an interview series about game research supported by Critical Distance and the Digital Games Research Association. This epsiode we speak with Florence Smith-Nicholls …

Critical Distance
Florence Smith NichollsNov 18, 2022
ArchaeogamingNov 9, 2022

#archaeogaming citation of the day (what will be the first of many, many books and articles written by people working at the intersection of #archaeology and games):

Florence Smith Nicholls and Michael Cook. 2022. “The Dark Souls of Archaeology: Recording Elden Ring.” In Proceedings of Foundations of Digital Games ‘22: Athens, Greece. ACM: New York. arXiv:2204.10949v1 [cs.HC], pp. 1–10.

#EldenRing #DarkSouls

Florence Smith NichollsNov 18, 2022
Charline FochNov 9, 2022
Hello #gamedev folks! I'm a video games researcher at the University of York in the UK, researching how people experience failure in games (especially story-driven ones), and how we can explore design strategies around it. Also recently started making games in my spare time and hoping to make more. I'm new to Mastodon and very much looking forward to seeing what everyone is up to in this community! 🎉
Florence Smith NichollsNov 18, 2022

Hello Mastodon!

I'm an archaeologist turned game AI PhD student and games writer!

Here's a blog post I did for Die Gute Fabrik about archaeology as environmental storytelling:

https://gutefabrik.com/onecoolthing-florence-smith-nicholls-environmental-storytelling/

#archaeology #gamedev

#OneCoolThing: Florence Smith Nicholls

Part of #OneCoolThing: Die Gute Fabrik Story Tech Florence Smith Nicholls considers environmental storytelling from an archaeological perspective.

Die Gute Fabrik