Scholar, designer, artist. Working on interactive digital narrative and how to understand our complex world. Professor and student in the subject of life President of ARDIN. book: Understanding Interactive Digital Narrative (2023): https://amzn.to/3OUEj32https://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3lxf45eplhs2mThe call for ICIDS2025 Doctoral consortium/@ARDIN - Association for Research in Digital Interactive Narratives Emerging Scholars Academy is now open. Submit until September 30. icids2025.ardin.online/home-1 https://icids2025.ardin.online/home-127 Aug 2025 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxf45eplhs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3lqf63xair22uThis absolutely matches my experience - brilliant results are possible when given a lot of context and constraints. And this is where the opportunity for education lies. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 May 2025 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqf63xair22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3lqf4p73occ2uThe ICIDS deadline is getting close - write, write, write. This year's edition is December 1-5 in Malta, but the conference is fully hybrid and remote participation is possible. icids2025.ardin.online/cfp-innerpage https://icids2025.ardin.online/cfp-innerpage30 May 2025 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqf4p73occ2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3lmf5h5i4ms2bIt's always nice to be cited and see that my work is used by others. Simultaneously - why, oh why, are they citing the 2010 version of my SPP framework in 2024 when I have spend 14 to develop it further, also in collaboration with scholars such as Christian Roth, Mirjam Eladhari and Anca Serbanescu?09 Apr 2025 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmf5h5i4ms2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3lj3cjselbk2nThe monthly ARDIN online social is today, also hear about the ARDIN summer school in Malta. https://www.facebook.com/share/19GfSjn98C/26 Feb 2025 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj3cjselbk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3lihppeb33k2b2025 ARDIN Summer School registration now open 7-11 July, St. Martin's Institute of Higher Education, Malta (after DIGRA conference) 5 days of training for scholars and practitioners Systems Analysis Design methods Generative AI Complexity User Studies IDN https://training.ardin.online/ardin-summer-school-202518 Feb 2025 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lihppeb33k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3lgxa5xymu22uI'm running Deepseek R1 on my MacBook Pro and I'm still flabbergasted how easy it was to install and how well it runs given that I use a pretty small version (9 GB). And yes, the local version does not have censorship of Chinese political topics.30 Jan 2025 10:02 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgxa5xymu22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3lguzy3ipzs2uNext ARDIN Social will be in an hour #ARDIN #Interactive_narrative https://www.facebook.com/events/954367173321350/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22home%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D29 Jan 2025 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lguzy3ipzs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3lcinmporhk2zImpressions from the 2ND ARDIN EMERGING SCHOLARS ACADEMY, the DC at ICIDS 2024 which I co-chaired with Cláudia Silva #icids2024 We had 14 PhD students and 12 mentors as well as guests. The students originated from 12 countries, including Colombia, Thailand and India. Thanks to all participants!04 Dec 2024 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcinmporhk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3lcin5bea422zThe stream for ICIDS 2024 is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEaBvEeNoLg04 Dec 2024 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcin5bea422zhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3lafhwficyx2uICIDS 2024 program is out: 4 keynotes, 30 long and short papers, 11 Late Breaking Works, a packed DC and four workshops. icids2024.ardin.online Want to participate, but not a paper author or an accepted artist? Register as a discounted online guest: https://icids2024.ardin.online/online-guest-tickets/08 Nov 2024 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lafhwficyx2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3la2b2gly772w#COSTActionINDCOR The evaluation of our COST action is in and is full of praise. "General Assessment The Action’s outputs and achievements are excellent." I’m grateful to all members - especially my wonderful co-chairs Lissa Holloway-Attaway and Mirjam Palosaari Eladhari – for this success.03 Nov 2024 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3la2b2gly772whttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3ktksfp2ppy2xI'm overjoyed to share this labor of love! The first issue of the ARDIN Journal of Interactive Narrative (JIN) is published! JIN articles include interactive pieces. Congratulations to the editorial team. Also big thanks to ETC press/Carnegie Mellon University. check it out: journal.ardin.online https://journal.ardin.online28 May 2024 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ktksfp2ppy2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3kmdnorrdg623Sad news from a great game studio. I hope they manage to continue in some way [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Feb 2024 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmdnorrdg623https://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3kjds2lkbfs23After a great week of introducing Interactive Digital Narrative to undergrads, it's fitting that a podcast was just published in which Rudolf Inderst and I talk about my IDN book https://newbooksnetwork.com/understanding-interactive-digital-narrative19 Jan 2024 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3kjds2lkbfs23https://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3kcqfngc3yr23The next ARDIN online meetup will happen next Wednesday, November 1. Come and learn what's up with ARDIN, especially the IDN in Education group. Also have your ICIDS2023 questions answered and hear about developments in the COST Action INDCOR https://www.facebook.com/events/29457263013258427 Oct 2023 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcqfngc3yr23https://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3kcne3czpnf2rAt the Joint Conference on Serious Games, looking forward to giving a keynote tomorrow. jcsg2023.scss.tcd.ie https://jcsg2023.scss.tcd.ie26 Oct 2023 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcne3czpnf2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3kcdwax3z4u2xicids2023 keynote speakers are announced: Youichiro Miyake, Square Enix Anastasia Salter, University of Central Florida Mia Consalvo & Andy Phelps (double feature) Concordia University & American University, DC icids2023.ardin.online#keynotes https://icids2023.ardin.online/#keynotes22 Oct 2023 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcdwax3z4u2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3kc7etcjci42uIcids 2023 program is now out: icids2023.ardin.online/program https://icids2023.ardin.online/program20 Oct 2023 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3kc7etcjci42uhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3kafuuaaxxl2xLooking forward to my talk tomorrow at the University of Miami School Of Communication27 Sep 2023 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3kafuuaaxxl2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3kaagsst7tg27PSA: call for workshop at ICIDS 2023 is still open. We are looking for half-day proposals https://icids2023.ardin.online/call-for-workshops25 Sep 2023 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3kaagsst7tg27https://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3k6ptnqmbsu2mPSA: Call for art works and fir the doctoral consortium at ICIDS 2023 are still open. There is funding through ARDIN for accepted dc participants to come to Kobe/Japan. icids2023.ardin.online https://icids2023.ardin.online06 Sep 2023 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3k6ptnqmbsu2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3k6jboxw2cw2jIt’s a great day when one of your favorite bands gives a free outdoor concert.03 Sep 2023 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3k6jboxw2cw2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/hkoenitz.bsky.social/post/3k6g7wlkdtq2vI like @caseyod.bsky.social‘s idea to start with a mushroom. Here is mine. And yes, it was tasty02 Sep 2023 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:sazikfd4n3qf2a4o7wqke3uv/app.bsky.feed.post/3k6g7wlkdtq2v