Ethical Games

Kicking off a collaborative initiative to try crafting a code of #ethics for the game industry (#gamedev). We put together a first draft to start this conversation. We need your feedback & input y'all! Please check it out, share, & participate: ethicalgames.org

Cool online conference!

Announcing the first Ethical Games Conference happening online on January 11-12, 2024 in partnership with ACM Games! We invite presentations and flash talks as well as full paper submissions. Submission will start early May, please spread the word! ethicalgamesconference.org

Ok, can we talk about #ethics, “anti #darkpatterns” (aka #UX), & child protection NOW instead of waiting for issues to happen? 👉🏼 ethicalgames.org

Everyone in #gamedev needs to watch this video. If we don't care about the outsourcing labor conditions, we are part of the problem. Another thing to add to ethicalgames.org... So much to do to raise the #ethics bar in our industry...

Coincidentally, our panel (with @geogrify @lolkat @Online_Citizen) at @G4C about #ethics in #gamedev and the ethicalgames.org initiative announcement is now on youtube youtu.be/kkmJtHItr7I

@LapollaMatthew @WY_Tang Were your findings published in a peer-reviewed journal? If so, could you please send us the pdf? Lastly, please don't hesitate to give your input by filling the form on ethicalgames.org. Thanks!

@WY_Tang @LapollaMatthew Congrats, Matt! What's your thesis about? We're currently gathering research on disruptive behavior, inclusion, dark patterns, etc. in order to propose evidence-based guidelines to improve ethics in games.

To sum up: we have a lot of work ahead of us. We want to start by identifying academics to lead the way (to make it as evidence-based & unbiased as possible), putting together a steering committee, then organizing the work & digesting everyone's feedback. Next update ~late Sept🙂

Now, wasn't that the most vibrant, exciting and fun panel in this @Official_GDC 2020? One hour was definitely not enough. Kudos to @CeliaHodent @geogrify @lolkat and Carlos. The discussion should definitely go ahead! #gamedev #ethics #gameindustry #content #gdc #gdcsummer

@fortytwoowls @Official_GDC Thank you!!! 🙏

Hey we're talking about "Addressing Ethics & Content Responsibility as Game Developers" today at 10am PT for #GDCSummer. We'd like to practically define what ethical responsibility looks like in the industry @ ethicalgames.org @geogrify @lolkat @Online_Citizen @CeliaHodent

Update on the Ethical Games initiative at #GDCSummer today: Join our panel at 10am Pacific time schedule.gdconf.com/session/addres…

@DavidLibeau Hi David, thanks for your feedback. We are just a few volunteers kicking off this initiative, not an org or a company. So we are using the free but flawed tools at our disposal to communicate and gather feedback. Which illustrates to the need for better ethics with platforms ;).

Today at 1pm PT we are recording our #ethics in #gamedev panel for #GDC summer. If you have questions for us regarding this initiative, please reply to this tweet so we can address your question during the recording. Thx! ethicalgames.org @geogrify @lolkat @Online_Citizen

Our next public webinar is coming up on July 29th at 9AM PST!! EA's Inclusive Design Framework: Greater diversity and authentic representation in video games. Details here: fairplayalliance.org/events-schedul… Hope to see you there!

@accessiblegamer Thank you Brandon!! 💙

@EthicalGamesOrg If there are two things in this world that I love more than anything, it's video games & ethics. I would very much love to participate in this incredibly worthwhile endeavor.

Kicking off a collaborative initiative to try crafting a code of #ethics for the game industry (#gamedev). We put together a first draft to start this conversation. We need your feedback & input y'all! Please check it out, share, & participate: ethicalgames.org

@FerryDanini @CeliaHodent We definitely need the help of ethicists!! 😊

@EthicalGamesOrg @CeliaHodent Ethician too? 👀

Thanks everyone for your interest! We already received a lot of feedback & need time to digest it (+ get back to you if you gave us your info). Thanks for your patience! Reiterating that this is just a 1st draft, not the final code. That's why it needs work, with your help. 😉

@danieljkelley Thanks for your support Daniel!