Game Research Group
The game research group works on gameplay innovation, understanding player experience, and developing novel game creation tools.
We utilize and develop technologies such as AI, machine learning, and physics/biomechanics simulation, often combined with theories and models of motivation and emotion. Perhaps the most well-known project from the group is the Augmented Climbing Wall shown above, now developed and distributed commercially by the spin-off startup . The group is led by .
Group members
Laura Piispanen
Aleksi Ikkala
Esko Evtyukov
Yu-Jung Liu
Shamit Ahmed
Publications
Prabhav Bhatnagar, Markus Laattala, Supriya Dutta, Tom Cole, Perttu Hämäläinen
2025
FDG '25: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games
Markus Kirjonen, Adas Slezas, Supriya Dutta, Markus Laattala, Perttu Hämäläinen
2025
FDG '25: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games
Jaakko Väkevä, Perttu Hämäläinen, Janne Lindqvist
2025
CHI 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Yunpeng Bai, Aleksi Ikkala, Antti Oulasvirta, Shengdong Zhao, Lucia J Wang, Pengzhi Yang, Peisen Xu
2024
CHI '24: Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Prabhav Bhatnagar, Markus Laattala, Supriya Dutta, Perttu Hämäläinen
2024
CHI-PLAY Companion 2024 - Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Don Samitha Elvitigala, Armağan Karahanoğlu, Andrii Matviienko, Laia Turmo Vidal, Dees Postma, Michael Jones, Maria F. Montoya, Daniel Harrison, Lars Elbæk, Florian Daiber, Lisa Anneke Burr, Rakesh Patibanda, Paolo Buono, Perttu Hämäläinen, Robby van Delden, Regina Bernhaupt, Xipei Ren, Vincent van Rheden, Fabio Zambetta, Elise van den Hoven, Carine Lallemand, Dennis Reidsma, Florian Mueller
2024
CHI 2024 - Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Florian Fischer, Aleksi Ikkala, Markus Klar, Arthur Fleig, Miroslav Bachinski, Roderick Murray-Smith, Perttu Hämäläinen, Antti Oulasvirta, Jörg Müller
2024
UIST 2024 - Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Markus Laattala, Perttu Hämäläinen
2024
CHI-PLAY Companion 2024 - Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Markus Laattala, Roosa Piitulainen, Nadia Ady, Monica Tamariz, Perttu Hämäläinen
2024
CHI '24: Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Solip Park, Perttu Hämäläinen, Annakaisa Kultima
2024
CHI 2024 - Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
More information on our research in the Aalto research portal.