Ludic Methods by Arjun Madhusudan

Research, tools, games, and things I make.

Hi, I'm Arjun. This is where the things I study, build, play with, and make end up.

Research

Studying players where play actually matters.

I study competitive play, player interaction, and experiments in settings where people already have a reason to care about the outcome.

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First page of Towards Field Experiments in Esports Competition, including the title, authors, abstract, and a photograph of the SIGGRAPH 2023 tournament setup.

Recent work

Towards Field Experiments in Esports Competition

Proceedings of the Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference Technical Workshops · 2026

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From the toolbelt

Things you can use.

Research tool · Game development

Counterform

Sketch and build controlled Counter-Strike 2 blockouts.

Open Counterform

Board-game utility · In progress

GameNight

Handle the small setup chores around game night.

Open GameNight

Windows desktop utility

MultiTool

Small practical utilities in one Windows desktop app.

View MultiTool

Beyond the work

Other things I get into.

More about me
A handmade Catan board with painted wooden terrain, roads, buildings, and numbered tokens.
Arjun underwater in scuba gear, facing the camera and making an okay hand signal.
A black Indian Scout motorcycle parked outdoors at sunset.