Associate Professor of Media and Information
Casey O'Donnell's research examines the creative collaborative work of video game design and development.
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Casey O’Donnell's research examines the creative collaborative work of videogame design and development. This research examines the cultural and collaborative dynamics that occur in both professional ""AAA"" organizations and formal and informal ""independent"" game development communities. His research has spanned game development companies from the United States to India.
His first book, ""Developer’s Dilemma"" is published by MIT Press.
O'Donnell is also an active game developer, releasing ""Osy,""
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in 2011, ""Against the Gradient,"" in 2012, ""GLITcH"" in 2013 and ""Sparks of Eternity,"" in 2014.Other games can be found on his website.
Casey’s work has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Health (NIH).