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Keynote Zip-Scene 2021: Magician's Tools and Techniques for Game Designers

Zip-Scene Conference on Immersive Storytelling; Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, HungaryBeing introduced by Bakk Ágnes Karolina; Picture by Dorottya NOVÁKTechnical setup: András TÓTA; Event funded by: International Visegrad

Poetry

A Glassful of Satin

(The fog is war) Stone, a mothership As we speak, the rain is anti-aliasing all that must have stayed jagged Erasure. The act of pulling. The deception of nature – rolling curtains Fernweh. Illusion of a sentence. Is and isn’t in disobedience. Is and

Talks and Interviews

Conference Talk and Conversation with Mariano Tomatis at Game Happens, Genoa 2019

Talks and Interviews

Talk: Why Game Designers should Study Stage Magic, Develop, Brighton 2019

I gave a talk at Develop, Brighton last year which was recently featured as one of their favourite sessions and released on Youtube. Hope you enjoy!

Poetry

The Saree Shop

A book of poems exploring identity, home, burden and relief of culture and rituals. Please get you copy from https://www.speculativebooks.net/shop-1/the-saree-shop-by-shringi-kumari or, get a copy from

Talks and Interviews

Talk: Why Game Designers should Study Stage Magic, Indiecade Europe 2019

I was lucky enough to be invited to Indiecade Europe 2019 to present my work on how stage magic principles can be applied to games.

Poetry

The Window Postulate

They assumed, We all had a window and we all had eyes to look at/through one. The place I reside, I have never come across a single window — a

CV

Research

Investigating uncertainty in digital games and its impact on player immersion S Kumari, C Power, P Cairns Extended abstracts publication of the annual symposium on computer-human interaction in play Why game designers should study magic S Kumari, S Deterding, G Kuhn Proceedings of the

Talks and Interviews

Talk at CHI Play '19 Barcelona, Spain: Role of Uncertainty in Moment-to-Moment Player Motivation: A Grounded Theory

Taxonomy of Uncertainty in Games Uncertainty is widely acknowledged as an engaging characteristic of games. Practice and research have proposed various types and factors of game uncertainty, yet there is

Talks and Interviews

Interview: IndieCade Europe 2019 X Gamekult

Gamekult interviewed me on the application of magic principles in games at Indiecade 2019 In Dev With - Shringi Kumari - Indiecade Europe 2019 X Gamekult

Talks and Interviews

Interview: Words on Wonder

I got interviewed by Dr Matt Pritchard – The Science Magician on wonder, magic, games and poetry. Please find my Words on Wonder in this link.

Poetry

Bubbles and Fizz

At the edge of earthly delights, I am accumulating black tar in my pipes. It keeps the running of my body smooth and deliberate. I understand the delight of the