Research

I am interested in the ways connectionist AI will make new game concepts emerge, and in the design methods that let us designers, as cybernetists, try to tame the chaos both within and without the game experiences we make.

Ph.D. thesis · 2025

Emergent Languages: Game Design for Communication with Artificial Agents

The University of Tokyo. Research on AI empathy in the RCA-IIS (now DLX) Design Lab with Miles Pennington, and in Jason G. Karlin’s lab for the philosophical side. It argues that game design must embrace AI as a co-creative force, and introduces neuro game design, new design patterns, and Project Trevor, a virtual pet that learns empathy from bio-signals.

Ph.D. in Information Studies, April 2025 · licence CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · DOI 10.13140/RG.2.2.25637.67046 · ResearchGate · Academia.edu

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Associate researcher

Institut Méditerranéen des Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication, Aix-Marseille Université and Université de Toulon.

Current research project: details to follow.

KLab

AI for game development

Building the AI stack for game development, and new IPs that use connectionist artificial agents.

Since 2023

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Talks and videos

  • AI or not AI

    Inspire Talks.

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  • The BioShock Problem: When Gameplay And Narrative Clash

    Kotaku. A video essay on how gameplay and narrative clash.

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