Dissertations – Department of Design ZHdK

Diploma archive

Revel in childhood memories with «Plank Builders».

Planks Builders

Mathis Ebner & Jonas Müller

«Idle Sunbathing» deals with low-interaction games.

Idle Sunbathing

Yeast Buddy

Striving

Absurd and shrill - the single-player physics game «Skaraphus».

Skaraphus

Walden

Cinzia Maria Michetti

Alivia

Christian Barteld & Camila Gutierrez-Meade

[I] doesn’t exist

Luzia Hüttenmoser & Anna-Lena Pontet

YUNO

All-Round Giant Deer

This development tool is primarily aimed at designers with experience in the 3D field.

Playing the Open Source Game

Julian Schönbächler

Future Commensality

In «Silverwood Legends», the story is procedurally driven.

Silverwood Legends

Tuuls

Paméla Schmidinger & Tamara Trabucco

Overload

Viviana Castellanos Osorio

"Memories of Salt & Sorrow" deals with the experience of loss. Netflix vs. Games. «Down the Road» looks at the potential of streaming models for games.

Memories of Salt & Sorrow

Severin Brodmann

This master thesis supports the development of innovative game concepts.

Metamechanic Toolkit

Leander Schneeberger

Redesign Dementia

Care Studio Zeta

Shaping Boredom

The educational game «Homines» enables a journey of discovery through the body.

Homines

Dominic Platten

The Formatorial Project

«For Ida» - an interactive fairy tale for children and young-at-heart adults.

For Ida

Vanessa Kesselring

Flink

Roman Engler & Zoë Urand

«Shape of Chance» plays with the expectation of modular action roguelite.

Shape of Chance

Stranded on a desert island with the character Bosun.

Ol' Boy Bosun

Aktion Weile

SOMN

Sta-Tisch?

Netflix vs. Games. «Down the Road» looks at the potential of streaming models for games.

Narrative Indie Game Design for the Generation Netflix

Johannes Köberle