Conference on Game Innovation
11th Edition · 25 June 2026 · EXPO-Łódź,
Łódź, Poland
2026
About the Conference
Since its inaugural edition in 2016, CGI has served as a meeting point for researchers, educators, developers, and students passionate about the past, present, and future of games. The 2026 edition — the 11th in a row — focuses on educational, research, and technological innovations in Game Development, with a special emphasis on game development education at every level.
CGI 2026 is organized in conjunction with the Finals of ZTGK (Zespołowe Tworzenie Gier Komputerowych) — the largest academic game development competition in Poland and one of the largest in Europe, running since 2008.
ZTGK gives students and pupils the opportunity to present their video game, mobile game, VR experience, graphic concept, or animation projects to a wide panel of professionals from leading national and international game studios — including Infinity Ward, Techland, 11 bit studios, and Bloober Team. Winners often receive job offers or publishing deals directly at the event.
Papers and posters should be submitted via the conference submission system. The submission web page for CGI 2026 is:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cgi20260
Submission Guidelines
Full Papers
- Preferred language: English (Polish also accepted)
- Submit both abstract and full paper using the provided LaTeX template
- Each submission undergoes a double-blind peer-review process
- LaTeX template: available on the conference website
- Format: B1 (100 × 70 cm)
- Present projects, prototypes, or research results in visual form
- Poster submissions require an abstract submitted in the LaTeX template
The submission web page for CGI 2026 is:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cgi20260
Agenda
Presentations and talks – Thursday, 25 June 2026
Opening by Piotr Napieralski
Marcin Ostrowski Application of a Quantum Computer to Demonstrate the Principle of Momentum Conservation During Photoemission
Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology
Poland
Kamil Marel, Dominik Szajerman Rasterization-Based Real-Time Light Dispersion Rendering in OpenGL
Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology
Poland
Marcel Piotrowicz, Dominik Szajerman Symulacja pęknięć w obiektach kruchych z wykorzystaniem teorii perydynamiki
Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology
Poland
Maciej Zielak, Dominik Szajerman Evolving Game-Playing Agents in Super Mario Bros. Using Genetic Algorithms and Neuroevolution
Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology
Poland
Lunch
Mikita Karabeika , Roman Krasiukianis - SoundsGit — Design and Implementation of a Web-Based Crowdsourcing Platform for Non-Linear Audio Version Control and Music Creation
Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology
Poland
Yaraslau Kot, Michal Mochocki Empirical Frameworks of Narrative Design and Pipeline Integration in Contemporary Game Development
European Humanities University
Lithuania
University of Gdansk
Poland
Tymofil Kopylov Deconstruction of the Hero Archetype in Indie Games: Overcoming Social Stigmatization and Bullying Through Gameplay Mechanics
Independent Researcher, 57 Happy Skeletons
Slovakia
Aliaksandr Razhkou FROM FANTASY AND RELIGIOUS FEELING TO THE CHILD'S REFLECTION OF LABOUR RELATIONS: THE PERSONALITY-FORMING POTENTIAL OF GAMES IN THE THOUGHT OF THE EASTERN EUROPEAN 'LATE ENLIGHTENMENT' AND SOVIET PSYCHOLOGY
University of Warsaw
Poland
Krzysztof Galewski Postcolonial analysis of historical strategy games
University of Warsaw
Poland
Michat Pokrzywa Środowisko symulacyjne interakcji spotecznych na potrzeby wspomagania diagnostyki zaburzen ze spektrum autyzmu
Silesian University of Technology
Poland
Damian Peszor A 600-Cell-Based Tree Index for Efficient Nearest-Neighbor Search in Quaternion Orientation Space
Silesian University of Technology
Poland
Rafał Szrajber,
Władysław Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź,
Poland
Rafał Szrajber
Władysław Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź,
Poland
Nadiia Haidash, Ekaterina Petrova, Yehor Tereshchenko, Aleksandra Gluhhova, Riina Kikkas, Agnessa Tund - DeepDetect — Game Generation and BIP Program
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences,
Finland
Tallinn University
Estonia
Yining Han, Asjad Saqib, Lu Jia Sun, Alexandre Vieira da Silva, João Roberto Moreira Polzin, Pedro Miguel Fevereiro da Silva - Half a Dozen Clueless — InfoDemic
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences,
Finland
Tallinn University,
Estonia
ISPGAYA,
Portugal
Brandon Bosquez Gonzal, Maria Kuznetsova, Anders Nuri, Santtu Saaranen, Md Sabbir Raihan Shishir, Qianying Liu - Deepfake Hunters — The Puppeteer Game
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences,
Finland
Tallinn University,
Estonia
Poster session – Thursday, 25 June 2026
1. **Applying Behavior Trees and Utility-Based AI to Enemy Decision-Making in a Turn-Based Tactical Game**
Żaneta Żurańska, Mateusz Lipiński, Damian Jasek, Konrad Kuberski, Igor Skwarczyński, Jakub Bukowski
*Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology*
2. **Board Game Recommender System Considering Group Preferences**
Paulina Szczepaniak, Rafał Woźniak, Dariusz Puchała
*Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology*
3. **CityVote — System zgłaszania, weryfikacji i oceny miast dla Traffic Index**
Mikołaj Pawłoś, Jędrzej Bartoszewski, Aleksander Gencel, Rafał Kwaśniewski, Michał Domagała, Kacper Maziarz; dr inż. Mateusz Smoliński, mgr inż. Anna Nowak
*Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology; TomTom*
4. **Clustered Shading in Bimberman**
Weronika Kowalkowska, Michał Muszyński, Jakub Niekraszewicz, Bartosz Nowak, Kacper Patała, Aleksandra Szczepocka
*Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology*
5. **Comparison of CPU and GPU Particles Computing**
Hanna Sauchuk, Malwina Wodnicka, Tymon Smykowski, Piotr Gortyński, Denys Puha, Szymon Graczyk
*Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology*
6. **Flow-Field Guided Boids for Rat Swarm Navigation in Enclosed Game Environments**
Jan Banaszkiewicz, Krzysztof Boss, Lech Czochra, Mateusz Ignaczak, Jakub Kopaniewski, Jakub Kostrzewa
*Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology*
7. **Generating a Navigation Mesh for Procedurally Generated Environment**
Bartosz Szajerman, Jakub Karwalski, Piotr Gutkowski, Mateusz Syska, Aleksandra Maliszewska, Arkadiusz Owczarek
*Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology*
8. **Goost — Spersonalizowany catering dietetyczny**
Maciej Walczak, Mikita Karabeika, Nastassia Herman, Adam Jędrzejek, Vladyslav Shpyhariev; dr inż. Michał Karbowańczyk
*Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology*
9. **Hybrid Navigation Mesh Generation Yielding Smooth Paths over a Grid-Based Map**
Patryk Anuszczyk, Mikołaj Glonkowski
*Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology*
10. **Procedural Environment Texturing in “Delivered from Steel” by Broken Code Studio**
Jan Pawłowski, Emil Franczak, Bartosz Gad, Adam Cieślak, Damian Bednarczyk, Wojciech Bratkowski
*Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology*
11. **Representation of Modifiable Geometry in a Blacksmith Game: Cross-Section Rings vs. Voxels**
Mateusz Urbaniak, Igor Kuna, Jakub Lesiński, Jakub Grala, Kacper Kinasiewicz, Aleksandra Placek
*Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology*
12. **Stability and Content Consistency Management in LLM-Based PCG Systems Using the LLM-As-A-Judge Technique**
Amelia Garnys, Klaudia Adamek, Emilia Szczerba, Adrian Matczak, Aleksandra Jakóbik, Oskar Konecki
*Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology*
13. **System wizualizacji dźwięku za pomocą elementów otoczenia w grze “Out of Tune”**
Robert Dzierzbicki, Jakub Gawrysiak, Dawid Gradowski, Igor Ogórek, Agata Bagińska, Julia Dobroszek
*Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology*
14. **Techniki optymalizacji renderowania świata złożonego z voxeli**
Dawid Ciesielski, Magdalena Długosz, Anton Prykhodzka, Artur Szymański, Przemysław Walczak, Adam Ziółkowski
*Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology*
15. **Uczelniany system antyplagiatowy**
Danylo Dobrianskyi, Mateusz Chodulski, Remigiusz Bartczak, Jan Kozłowski, Karol Dawid, Paweł Rajnert; dr inż. Marcin Kwapisz
*Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology*
History
CGI 2016
Inaugural Edition Held on 1 July 2016 at the Art Incubator of the Art Factory in Łódź, co-organized by Łódź University of Technology and the University of Łódź, centred around the GameInn sector programme announced by the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR).
CGI 2017
Held on 30 June 2017 at the Art Incubator in Łódź. The conference was associated with the ZTGK competition for the first time.
CGI 2018
Jubilee Edition Co-organized with EC1 Łódź – City of Culture. Accompanied by the TEWI conference, a Machine Learning Challenge hackathon, and an IoT competition.
CGI & TEWI 2019/2021
Post-conference publications from both editions collected in a joint monograph, reflecting the close collaboration between CGI and the TEWI conference.
CGI 2024
The 9th edition of CGI brought together researchers, educators, and industry professionals around the theme of education and research in game development. Post-conference proceedings were published as a monograph by Łódź University of Technology Press.
CGI 2025
The 10th edition continued the tradition of bringing together academics, researchers, and game industry professionals to exchange knowledge on game development education and research. A particular highlight was the international dimension of the programme — speakers and presenters from 5 foreign universities joined the conference, reflecting the growing reach and recognition of CGI beyond Poland. As in previous years, the conference was held alongside the ZTGK competition finals, offering participants direct contact with leading studios and an opportunity to build interdisciplinary research networks.
CGI
Important Dates EventDate Abstract submission 20 June 2026Full paper / poster submission 20 June 2026 Notification of acceptance 21 June 2026Camera-ready versionTBAConference25 June 2026, EXPO-ŁódźRead More
- Date:21.06.2026 11:00 AM - 24.06.2026 11:00 AM
- Location aleje Politechniki 4, 93-590 Łódź, Łódź, Polska (Map)
- More Info:Hala EXPO Łódź
Past Events
| Title | Date | Day | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| CGI 2023 | 29 Jun 2023 | Thursday | aleje Politechniki 4, 93-590 Łódź, Łódź, Polska |
Contact
- al. Politechniki 8, 93-590 Łódź, Poland