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09:00 - 10:30	Paper Session 1 - Software Engineering and Architecture for GamesGAS at Capri III Chair(s): Kiev Gama Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

09:00 12m Day opening		Opening & Welcome GAS Maria Andréia Formico Rodrigues University of Fortaleza, Troy Costa Kohwalter Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)
09:12 12m Full-paper		Enhancing Automated Video Game Regression Testing through Behavior-Driven Development and Imitation Learning GAS Vincent Mastain None, Fabio Petrillo École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Montréal -- Université du Québec
09:25 12m Full-paper		Identifying Video Game Debugging Bottlenecks: An Industry Perspective GAS Carlos Pinto École de Technologie Supérieure, Fabio Petrillo École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Montréal -- Université du Québec
09:38 12m Full-paper		Software Architecture Sherlock: An Educational Game for Software Architecture Exploration and Problem-solving GAS Simon Gschnell Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Joao Daniel Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Phyllipe de Souza Lima Francisco UNIFEI - Federal University of Itajubá, Paulo Queiroz Federal University of the Semi-Arid Region, Eduardo Guerra Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
09:51 12m Full-paper		Using Hypothesis Engineering to Manage Architectural Uncertainties in Unity DOTS Game Development: A Case Study GAS Antonio Coppe Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Fabio Fagundes Silveira Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Eduardo Guerra Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
10:04 12m Short-paper		CG-WFC: A Hybrid Cyclic-Graph & WFC Method for Designer-Guided and Replayable Procedural Content Generation GAS Laurent Voisard Concordia University, Cristiano Politowski Ontario Tech University, Fabio Petrillo École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Montréal -- Université du Québec, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc Concordia University and Polytechnique Montréal
10:17 12m Full-paper		Characterizing Open-Source Video Games from a Software Engineering Perspective GAS Henrique Mandelli Canella Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Yohan Duarte Federal University of Sao Carlos, Cristiano Politowski Ontario Tech University, Vinicius Durelli Federal University of São Carlos, Andre Takeshi Endo Federal University of São Carlos

11:00 - 12:30	Keynote 1GAS at Capri III Chair(s): Maria Andréia Formico Rodrigues University of Fortaleza

11:00 60m Keynote		From Code to Play: Engineering the Art of Games GAS Tulio Caraciolo Manifesto Games

14:00 - 15:30	Paper Session 2 - AI, Gameplay Systems, and Serious GamesGAS at Capri III Chair(s): Kendra Cooper Independent

14:00 15m Full-paper		Evaluating the Effect of Generative AI Content in Common Game Development Software Architectures GAS Ashish Amresh Northern Arizona University, Siddharth Subramanian Northern Arizona University, Igor Steinmacher RESHAPE LAB, Northern Arizona University, USA
14:15 15m Full-paper		Creativity Beyond Functionality: An Observational Study of Easter Eggs in Video Games GAS Cristiano Politowski Ontario Tech University, Claudio Di Sipio Johannes Kepler University Linz, Benoit Baudry Université de Montréal, Michalis Famelis Université de Montréal, Houari Sahraoui DIRO, Université de Montréal
14:30 15m Full-paper		Exploiting Jump Point Search for Dealing with Sokoban Problems GAS Christopher McKie Queen's University Belfast, Zheng Li Queen's University Belfast, UK
14:45 15m Full-paper		Multilingual Game Dialogue Translation using Large Language Models: A Performance Survey GAS Quang Phuoc Nguyen Ontario Tech University, Cristiano Politowski Ontario Tech University, Labib Rahman Ontario Tech University, En-Shiun Annie Lee Ontario Tech University
15:00 15m Full-paper		Using Digital Games for Simulating Self-Adaptive Systems: A Case Study of Drone Missions in Minecraft GAS Matheus Chagas State University of Ceará, Gabryella Rodrigues State University of Ceara, Brazil, Kalil Rodrigues State University of Ceara, Brazil, Lucas Holanda State University of Ceara, Brazil, Vinícius dos Santos Alves State University of Ceara, Brazil, Luis Benevides State University of Ceara, Brazil, Lucas Vieira State University of Ceará, Paulo Maia State University of Ceará
15:15 15m Full-paper		Serious Game Mechanisms for Cognitive Distortion Assessment: Analyzing the Effects of Game Environment and Control GAS Rifat Ara Tasnim Idaho State University, Farjana Eishita Idaho State University

16:00 - 17:30	Panel and closingGAS at Capri III Chair(s): Troy Costa Kohwalter Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)

16:00 50m Panel		Are we there, yet? Top Challenges on the Road Ahead for Games and Software Engineering GAS C: Troy Costa Kohwalter Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), P: Rogelio E. Cardona-Rivera , P: Paolo Ciancarini University of Bologna, P: Esteban Clua , P: Joseph C. Osborn Pomona College, P: Ciprian Paduraru Gameloft, and University of Bucharest
16:50 10m Day closing		Closing GAS Maria Andréia Formico Rodrigues University of Fortaleza, Troy Costa Kohwalter Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)

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