Introduction to the GaLA Conf 2019 Special Issue

Abstract

It is a great pleasure for us to introduce this issue of the IJSG, which is dedicated to the Games and Learning Alliance Conference (GaLA Conf) that was held in Athens, November 27-29, 2019. Almost 70 participants converged in this beautiful, historic city in order to share knowledge and experiences related to serious games and gamification, their techniques and their application.
 A number of the best conference papers were selected, and the authors were invited to extend their paper with at least one-third new content, and to submit their paper to IJSG for a regular peer-review process. This issue contains three of the resulting articles, which gives an overview of the rich field of serious games.

Editorial, Vol. 7, No. 3

“…These three papers have been selected by a special reviewers group headed by the conference organizers. The introduction to the conference and the paper is given by the chairs, Antonios Liapis (General Chair), Georgios N. Yannakakis, Manuel Gentile and Manuel Ninaus in [1].In a couple of months, the 9th edition of GaLA Conf will take place, organized by Iza Marphisi and her team, and we will meet each other, even if only virtually, and continue the advancement of our growing community of academics and practitioners in the field of serious games.…”

“…These three papers have been selected by a special reviewers group headed by the conference organizers. The introduction to the conference and the paper is given by the chairs, Antonios Liapis (General Chair), Georgios N. Yannakakis, Manuel Gentile and Manuel Ninaus in [1].…”