Scott Swearingen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Design at The Ohio State University. With a research focus in game design for social good and the design of game mechanics for enhancing collaborative play, his work cultivates the human experience of connectivity across a variety of physical and social boundaries. His award-winning games and other works have been exhibited at national and international conferences and shows including SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH-ASIA, CURRENTS New Media, GLS, IEEE-GEM, IFIP-ICEC, Montreal Independent Games Festival, and HASTAC. Prior to joining Ohio State, Scott worked in the video game industry for over ten years as a game designer, level designer, and environment artist at multiple studios including MAXIS, Electronic Arts, and Gearbox Software. Here, Scott collaborated on a variety of award-winning games and franchises including Medal of Honor, Brothers in Arms, The Simpsons, Dead Space, and The Sims.

Active Community and University Service and Leadership

• Faculty Advisor - Game Creation Club
• Faculty Advisor - Board to Death Club

Selected Publications

• Swearingen, Scott, et al. “The Woods: A Mixed-Reality Cooperative Game.” 2022 Games+Learning+Society, Jun. 2022
• Dontha, Balaji, et al. “Wearable Sensors Based on Force-Sensitive Resistors for Touch-Based Collaborative Digital Gaming.” Sensors, vol. 22, no. 1, Jan. 2022, p.342.
• Swearingen, Kyoung, et al. “The Woods: A Mixed-Reality Two-Player Cooperative Game”, Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, Volume 4, Issue 2, Jul. 2021, Article No: 30, pp. 1-7,

Selected Exhibitions

• "Green Acres", Origins Game Fair, Greater Columbus Convention Center, Jun. 2024, Columbus, Ohio
• "The Woods", CURRENTS New Media, Curated by Mariannah Amster and Frank Ragano, Center for Contemporary Arts, 18-27 Jun. 2021, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• “Wall Mounted Level v.2”, Montreal Independent Games Festival, MEGA-MTL Montreal Expo Gaming Arcade, 18-19 Nov. 2017, Montreal, Canada