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Scott Swearingen

Scott Swearingen

Scott Swearingen

Associate Professor

swearingen.16@osu.edu

331 Sullivant Hall
1813 N High St
Columbus OH 43210

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Areas of Expertise

  • game design
  • game mechanics
  • computer graphics
  • level design
  • environment art
  • physical computing
  • tabletop games

Education

  • MFA, Art & Technology, The Ohio State University, 2004
  • BFA, Art & Technology, The Ohio State University, 1998

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

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