Adam Jerrett
Summary
I am a Senior Lecturer teaching in the Game Design and Games Technology domains, with a focus on games programming, user experience design, and game design principles.
As a researcher, I am particularly interested in Game Design as a process and as a practice. My practice-based research involves creating games, many of which have educational or wellbeing benefits, such as my ARG Nomad and poly-pervasive game What We Take With Us.
I am particularly interested in pervasive, analogue, and other real-world games and continue to explore how they can facilitate personal, transformative player experiences.
Research outputs
2026
Designing player-conscious achievements
Howell, P., Limpens, A., Higgins, M., Jerrett, A. M. L., Uddin, M. J.
6 Aug 2026,
Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Translating the Game Space Model from Analytic Framework to Practical Methodology for Game Development and Research
Jerrett, A. M. L., Howell, P.
16 Jun 2026,
Research output: Conference contribution
Stranger in a strange land: a South African perspective on the evolution of British game development
Jerrett, A. M. L.
16 Jun 2026,
Research output: Conference contribution
2025
Personal playlists and collective experiences: Findings from the pervasive game ‘What we take with us’
Jerrett, A.
1 Jun 2025, In: Convergence, 21p., 13548565251339988
Research output: Article
2024
Discovering what we take with us from ideation to reportage in the research-through-design of a transformative personal game
Jerrett, A. M. L.
31 Dec 2024, In: GAME: The Italian Journal of Game Studies. 2024, 1, 21p., 4
Research output: Article
Poly-pervasive playgrounds and pitfalls: a deployment autoethnography of what we take with us
Jerrett, A. M. L.
30 Sep 2024,
Research output: Conference contribution
Negotiating artefacts: student game creation for education and introspection
Jerrett, A. M. L.
23 Sep 2024, In: Frontiers in Computer Science. 6, 12p., 1389563
Research output: Article
I created a ‘cosy game’ – and learned how they can change players’ lives
Jerrett, A. M. L.
13 Mar 2024, In: The Conversation
Research output: Article
Reflection inception: creating a reflective COVID-19 game by reflecting on the pandemic
Jerrett, A. M. L.
8 Feb 2024,
Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)
2023
All the video games shortlisted for the 2023 Game Awards – reviewed by experts
Tzanidis, T., Jerrett, A. M. L., Stevenson, D., Reay, E., Haniewicz, H., Samuel, M.
4 Dec 2023, In: The Conversation
Research output: Article