At the CEEGS 2025 conference, which took place in Wroclaw on 8-10 September 2025, our members presented three papers (see the full list below).

Tereza Fousek Krobová, Jan Houška, Jan Švelch, and Jaroslav Švelch presented their research on the Brno video game cluster, which is part of the GAME-ER project. This talk addressed the tensions between informal and formal values in the Brno developer community based on two snapshots: (1) the push for professionalization related to publishing deals with Western companies in the late 1990s, and (2) the establishment of the formal organization representing the cluster and its involvement in policy discussions in the 2020s.

• Tereza Fousek Krobová, Jan Houška, Jan Švelch, and Jaroslav Švelch The City of Brno as a Video Game Industry Cluster: Cottage-Like Origins and Community Values
• Štěpán Šanda If the Astronomical Clock Stops, This Country Is Done For: Gameworld, Otherworld and Mythological Sites of Hrot
• Jaroslav Švelch A Liquor-Powered Scene: The Becherovka Game Competition as a Cultural Intermediary in the 2000s Czech Game Industry