WIPlay (Workshop on Interaction and Player Research in Game Development) has a rich history of fostering collaboration and disseminating cutting-edge research in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and game development. Since its inception, WIPlay has provided a valuable platform for researchers, practitioners, and students to share their work, exchange ideas, and build lasting connections. A key part of WIPlay’s mission is to ensure that the research presented at the workshop reaches a broad audience through high-quality publications. Our primary venues for publication are the SBC OpenLib (SOL) and the Journal on Interactive Systems (JIS), both initiatives of the Brazilian Computing Society – Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC).
Past Editions:
WIPlay has been held since 2019, each time in conjunction with the Simpósio Brasileiro sobre Fatores Humanos em Sistemas Computacionais (IHC), the Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
I WIPlay (2019):
- Location: Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil (held with IHC 2019)
- Proceedings:Anais do I Workshop sobre Interação e Pesquisa de Usuários no Desenvolvimento de Jogos – (SBC OpenLib)
- This edition included 8 full papers selected through a double-blind peer-review process.
- Organized by Ticianne Darin (UFC) and Thiago Barcelos (IFSP).
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wiplay.2019
- Special Issue in Journal on Interactive Systems (JIS):Special Call WiPlay 2019
- Includes extended versions of selected best papers from WIPlay 2019.
II WIPlay (2023):
- Location: Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil (held with IHC 2023)
- Proceedings:Anais do II Workshop sobre Interação e Pesquisa de Usuários no Desenvolvimento de Jogos – (SBC OpenLib)
- This edition included 6 full papers selected through a peer-review process
- Organized by Ticianne Darin (UFC), Roberto Pereira (UFPR), and Alysson Diniz (UFC).
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wiplay.2023
III WIPlay (2024):
- Location: Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil (held with IHC 2024)
- Proceedings:Anais do III Workshop sobre Interação e Pesquisa de Usuários no Desenvolvimento de Jogos – (SBC OpenLib)
- This edition included 9 full papers (including research and position papers and Game Lab) selected through a peer-review process.
- Organized by Ticianne Darin (UFC), Kamila Rios (USP) and Alysson Diniz (UFC).
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wiplay.2024
WIPlay Publication Venues
The SBC OpenLib (SOL) is a digital library maintained by the Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC), whose main objective is to enable access to specialized information in Computer Science, serving the community of researchers and professionals in the area.
SOL provides access to all content produced by the SBC, including the articles selected and presented at events held or supported by the SBC, the articles selected for publication in the SBC journals, and the technical or didactic books released by Editora SBC.
The Journal on Interactive Systems (JIS) (ISSN: 2763-7719) is an open-access journal published by the Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC) that focuses on the design, development, evaluation, and use of interactive computing systems (CiteScoreTracker 2024 = 1.1, available in the Scopus database). JIS has a strong connection to the WIPlay community, as extended versions of selected best papers from each WIPlay edition are often invited for publication in JIS. This provides an opportunity for WIPlay authors to further disseminate their research to a wider audience and to contribute to the ongoing discourse on interactive systems. JIS welcomes original research, case studies, surveys, and new ideas across a broad spectrum of technical areas relevant to the WIPlay community, including human-computer interaction, game design, virtual reality, and web media.