Dissertations – Department of Design ZHdK

Diploma archive

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

For Ida

Vanessa Kesselring

Revel in childhood memories with «Plank Builders».

Planks Builders

Mathis Ebner & Jonas Müller

The Formatorial Project

Alivia

Christian Barteld & Camila Gutierrez-Meade

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

Homines

Dominic Platten

"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

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

Silverwood Legends

Stranded on a desert island with the character Bosun.

Ol' Boy Bosun

Overload

Viviana Castellanos Osorio

«Idle Sunbathing» deals with low-interaction games.

Idle Sunbathing

Redesign Dementia

Future Commensality

[I] doesn’t exist

Luzia Hüttenmoser & Anna-Lena Pontet

Tuuls

Paméla Schmidinger & Tamara Trabucco

Yeast Buddy

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

Skaraphus

Shaping Boredom

This master thesis supports the development of innovative game concepts.

Metamechanic Toolkit

Leander Schneeberger

SOMN

YUNO

All-Round Giant Deer

Care Studio Zeta

Striving

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

Playing the Open Source Game

Julian Schönbächler

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

Sta-Tisch?

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

Shape of Chance

Walden

Cinzia Maria Michetti

Flink

Roman Engler & Zoë Urand

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