Raymond Vermeulen

Raymond Vermeulen is a Professional Doctorate Researcher specializing in Game Narrative & Roleplaying at the Academy for AI, Games & Media Creative and Entertainment. His research focuses on narrative design, game design, roleplaying, LARP, TTRPGs, and the phenomenon of bleed in digital narratives.

• Research Interests: Explores emotional immersion in games, player experience design, and procedural narrative generation.
• Recent Work: Published on designing for bleed in digital narrative games (2024) and developed the game 'Last Minute' (2024).

Active in academic outreach, he organized workshops like 'Bluebeard's Bride' (Jan 2025) and delivered guest lectures on narrative design and game writing across 2024-2025.

Leading the 4-year project 'The Game Is Over, The Feelings Continue' (2024-2028), investigating bleed effects in digital narratives with funding from SIA/Pilot PD-Arts-Creative.