2026 Workshops
JUNE 29 – 6:00 P.M.
1. Practical Intellectual Property Workshop for the Video Game Industry
This workshop provides an introduction to the main legal and intellectual property issues related to video game development, including copyright, trademarks, contracts, licensing, and the protection of digital assets within the creative and technology sectors.
Instructor
Patricio González Granados
Nereo IP & tech Lawyers, Mexico City (Mexico).
Topic
Legal Frameworks and Entrepreneurship in the Video Game Industry
2. Beyond Performance: Characterizing “Contemplative Knowledge” in the Education of Video Game Developers
This workshop offers a collaborative space for reflection on a critical form of knowledge often absent from game development curricula: “Contemplative Knowledge.” Drawing on emancipatory learning, reflection-in-action, and critiques of performance-driven culture, participants will explore what it means to practice contemplation during the development process. Through participatory design activities, academics and professionals will discuss the value of intrinsic leisure versus purely utilitarian rest, while collaboratively developing a framework of descriptors that define this reflective and emancipatory form of knowledge. The workshop aims to contribute conceptual tools for its future integration into educational programs.
Instructor
Carlo Andrés Hinojosa Relión
Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad LaSalle Campus Condesa, Mexico City (Mexico).
Topic
Game Studies and Play Culture Research
JUNE 30 – 6:00 P.M.
3. Twine: The Key to Creating Your Own Video Game
This workshop introduces Twine as a tool for creating narrative games and text-based interactive experiences. Participants will learn the fundamentals of interactive storytelling, branching narrative design, and the programming logic behind text-based games. The workshop explores strategies for transforming ideas and stories into interactive experiences while examining their narrative and creative potential. By the end of the session, participants will have the practical foundations needed to develop their own interactive fiction prototypes.
With the support of ASUS.
Instructors
Kevin Blancas Pérez, E. Paolo Varela Morales
LABITERUM, Laboratorio Iterativo de Videojuegos. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City (Mexico).
Topic
Game Development
4. Critical Autoethnography: From Lived Experience to Research Analysis
This workshop introduces critical autoethnography as a research method for examining personal experiences connected to academic, cultural, and social processes. Through guided exercises, participants will transform personal experiences into analytical material by incorporating reflexivity and theoretical frameworks. The goal is to produce an initial text that moves beyond description and contributes meaningful insights into contemporary research practices.
Instructors
Ruth S. Contreras Espinosa, Ana Valeria Rodríguez Barrientos
Universidad de Barcelona (Spain) y Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (Mexico).
Topic
Game Studies and Play Culture Research
Workshop Venue
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Profesional Adolfo Ruiz Mateos
Edificio Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Av. Wilfrido Massieu S/N
Col. Nueva Industrial Vallejo
Gustavo A. Madero
C.P. 07700, Mexico City, Mexico
Previous editions
2025
sERIOUS gAME dESIGN
Carlo Andrés Hinojosa Relión
(Universidad LaSalle Campus Condesa)
This workshop focused on the design of educational and training games. Participants learned how to combine game mechanics with pedagogical objectives to address real-world challenges, motivate teams, and enhance continuous learning.
Date: July 9, 2025
Social Media in the Context of Video Games
This workshop examined how video games and social media intersect, enabling professionals to strengthen their personal brand, engage audiences, and build impactful communities.
Date: July 9, 2025
2024
IGDA in México
The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) presented its plans, initiatives, and activities aimed at supporting and strengthening the video game industry in Mexico.
Date: June 30, 2024
Towards a Sustainable Future: The Role of Digital Games in Environmental Awareness
Carolina Hedman Salazar (Design Thinking Sweden)
This workshop explored how video games can educate and raise awareness about the climate crisis by examining game dynamics that inspire real-world environmental action and foster ecological responsibility.
Date: June 30, 2024
2023
Laws, Contracts, and Pixels: Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship in the Video Game Industry
This workshop provided an overview of the legal challenges faced by developers and entrepreneurs in the video game industry, covering intellectual property, contracts, regulatory compliance, business models, and funding opportunities.
Date: October 16, 2023
Ethics and Labor Practices
This workshop explored the benefits of ethical labor practices within video game companies and presented tools and strategies for creating healthier, safer, and more inclusive workplaces.
Date: October 17, 2023
Designing Gamification and Serious Game Strategies for Smart Cities
Dr. Victor Manuel Larios Rosillo
This workshop focused on the design of gamification strategies and serious games for Smart Cities, exploring citizen engagement, sustainability, urban innovation, and the use of game-based approaches to address contemporary social and technological challenges.
Date: October 17, 2023
