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Francesca Foffano

@francescafoffano.bsky.social
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PhD student at the University of York at IGGI. Specialized in player experience and perception in games, I'm working on understanding player difficulties such as being stuck for player with a focus on the impact of emotional design.

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CHI PLAY 2026 @chiplay.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
CHI PLAY 2026 is looking for WiP Associate Chairs! This role is particularly suitable for researchers nearing PhD completion or beyond with CHI / CHI PLAY experience. 📝 Apply here: forms.gle/ZQVovomhXH34... 📅 Application DL: May 7th (AoE) #CHIPLAY #chiplay2026 #sigchi
The text reads: "Join us as an Associate Chair for Work-in-Progress papers! Application deadline: May 7th, 2026 (AoE)"
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callumdeery.bsky.social @callumdeery.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Off to GachaCon today, talking about disability taxes and free to play games (with a sprinkling of stuckness provided by my co-author @francescafoffano.bsky.social ) Looking forward to a day of talks on Genshin Impact and gacha games
City University of Hong Lai Ming Wai building. A large long building with a central tower with the logo of City University of Hong Kong on the side.
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Francesca Foffano @francescafoffano.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Thrilled to be nominated by @gamerepublic.bsky.social for the Best Game-Related Research Award. I'm looking forward to attending the ceremony as GaMaYo on the 13th November, with another super-skilled @iggi-phd.bsky.social researcher, Tania Dales! And play all the games I can. Needless to say.
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Francesca Foffano @francescafoffano.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Omg, I'm glad that did make such an impact on you! I'm glad to hear how well-received was my talk. And i think most of us have the same laptop posture 90% of the time :)
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Francesca Foffano @francescafoffano.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
But the closer publication that came to my mind that could be useful to you is “Whatever the Emotional Experience, It’s Up to Them”: Insights from Designers of Emotionally Impactful Games" 2021 - By Denisova and all. I hope this is helpful :)
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Francesca Foffano @francescafoffano.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Hi Courtney, yes, I do have a paper on emotional inaccessibility that has been recently accepted, but is not exactly what you look at. I'm working on writing the two studies presented -which games are emotional and which aspects.
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Francesca Foffano @francescafoffano.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I would say the @developconference.com went quite well. It was so exciting to have a full room of people interested in EMOTIONAL DESIGN at an event of this level! If you missed it, check out my previous post with all the slides from my talk and some additional cool material on the topic!
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Francesca Foffano @francescafoffano.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Being at @developconference.com was incredible! ➡️FULL PRESENTATION slides on my PLAYER EMOTIONAL DESIGN talk are now available online! Learn 🎮How we experience emotions 🎮Best design practices emotional design 🎮 Design solutions for Emotional Accessibility ffoffano.wordpress.com/player-emoti...
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Develop:Brighton
Thank you for attending my talk. I hope that had an impact on you! Here you will find all my slides and references from my presentations. The video will, of course, still be available in full on th…
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iGGi CDT @iggi-phd.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
📣 iGGi 🔜 Develop:Brighton Meet us at the iGGi stand (B12, expo floor) and chat to our researchers! For instance, the fabulous ✨Francesca Foffano✨ who is also giving a Develop talk: Player Emotional Design Wed 09 July 12:00 noon Room 4 www.linkedin.com/in/foffanofr... @francescafoffano.bsky.social
Francesca Foffano - Develop Talk – Wednesday 9th of July at 12:00 noon about Player Emotional Design.
Come chat to me about Understanding player emotional experiences, or UX research.
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Francesca Foffano @francescafoffano.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I'm excited to be a speaker at @developconference.com with my talk on Player Emotional Design! I will discuss from the design aspects that make experiences unforgettable to the mistakes that can transform the experience into an undesirable one. 10% Discount Code: VPBTJB (until 4th of June)
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Francesca Foffano @francescafoffano.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Absolutely delighted to present my work at Develop:Brighton this year, after had many year of being able to attend this great event!
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