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Games have a powerful influence on society, and creators can use them to foster a more inclusive and positive world. In Aotearoa New Zealand, our game development community is full of developers, researchers, students, and players who are pursuing ways to make both games and the sector have a positive impact.
Each year at the New Zealand Game Developers Conference we see some of this community-led exploration shared. Community Research and the New Zealand Game Developers Association are partnering to make talks which fall in the space of social good, equity, and diversity available year-round via Community Research’s open-access community-led research database.
Check out below talks from 2025 and 2024 featuring themes of social good. Prior years still to come!
Games with positive social impact
Games can have all sorts of impacts on our society. Through interactive play we can access experiences which shape our sense of self, build our social skills, inform us about the world, give us opportunities for empathy, instil feelings of success, teach lessons of overcoming adversity, and build our reflexes, problem solving, and hand-eye coordination.
Unlike other forms of media, games being interactive brings with them additional layers of immersion. Through the play, interactivity, learning and role-play of games, designers can use a range of tools to help games have a positive impact on society.
Diversity, Accessibility in Games
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Diversity, Wellbeing and Accessibility in the Sector
The gaming sector in Aotearoa New Zealand
