Submission Guide

Call for Papers

We invite submissions to the Reinforcement Learning and Video Games Workshop, to be held fully in-person on August 5th, 2025 as part of the Reinforcement Learning Conference (RLC 2025). This workshop brings together researchers and practitioners exploring the intersection of reinforcement learning (RL) and video games. We welcome contributions on (but not limited to) the following topics:

• Video Games for Benchmarking RL

  • RL approaches for large state spaces, large action spaces, or partially observable scenarios;

  • Long-horizon and continual reinforcement learning;

  • Human-AI collaboration and adaptation in multi-agent scenarios.

• Leveraging RL in Game Development

  • RL for non-player characters (NPCs), opponents, or QA agents;

  • RL for procedural content generation and personalization;

  • Applications of RL to improve gameplay experience.

Important Dates

Call for Papers: 15 April 2025

Workshop Paper Submission: 30 May 2025  6th June 2025

Notification of Decisions: 22 June 2025

Camera-Ready Submission: 29 June 2025

Workshop Day: 5 August 2025

All times are 23:59 PM, AoE.

• Submission format: We accept both long-form (8 pages) and short-form (4 pages) papers, excluding references and appendices. We do not require authors to submit a one-page cover page alongside the PDF file (as done for the main RLC conference submissions).

• Camera-Ready Format: download link.

• Submission portal: https://openreview.net/group?id=rl-conference.cc/RLC/2025/Workshop/RLVG.

• Submission policy:  We strongly encourage submissions from authors across academia and industry. In addition to mature results, we also welcome early-stage ideas, position papers, and negative results that can spark meaningful discussion within the community. We also welcome published work (as long as it was published no earlier than September 2024) and works submitted to other venues (except to other RLC workshops).

Review and Selection Process

• The review process will be double-blind.

• Accepted papers will be presented as oral presentations or posters at the workshop.

• Some select papers will be given spotlight presentations (15 minutes each).

• For each accepted paper, at least one co-author must register for RLC 2025 and present the work during the poster sessions.

• This workshop will be held entirely in person. There will be no option for remote attendance or presentation.

Financial Aids

We have a budget available to support attendance at the workshop on a circumstantial basis.

If you need a travel grant, don't hesitate to get in touch with us. If your request is approved, we will reimburse you afterward.