I am Rogelio (rho–HEL–ee–oh), a Puerto Rican computational game design scientist. I co-founded the Division of Games at the University of Utah, where I serve as an Assistant Professor (with courtesy appointments in Computer Science and Psychology). I direct the Laboratory for Quantitative Experience Design.
I am committed to make game creation a more intentional practice. I do so by building formal models of storygames and exploring how they are related to human cognition and player experience.
My work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the GEM Ph.D. Fellowship, the Department of Energy’s Computational Science Graduate Fellowship, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects’ Agency, Oculus VR, and Activision | Blizzard.