Dissertations – Department of Design ZHdK

Diploma archive

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

Homines

Dominic Platten

Striving

«Idle Sunbathing» deals with low-interaction games.

Idle Sunbathing

Sta-Tisch?

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

Silverwood Legends

Redesign Dementia

Revel in childhood memories with «Plank Builders».

Planks Builders

Mathis Ebner & Jonas Müller

Flink

Roman Engler & Zoë Urand

YUNO

This master thesis supports the development of innovative game concepts.

Metamechanic Toolkit

Leander Schneeberger

The Formatorial Project

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

Skaraphus

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

Playing the Open Source Game

Julian Schönbächler

[I] doesn’t exist

Luzia Hüttenmoser & Anna-Lena Pontet

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

For Ida

Vanessa Kesselring

Shaping Boredom

Aktion Weile

Yeast Buddy

Stranded on a desert island with the character Bosun.

Ol' Boy Bosun

Overload

Viviana Castellanos Osorio

Alivia

Christian Barteld & Camila Gutierrez-Meade

Future Commensality

All-Round Giant Deer

SOMN

Care Studio Zeta

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

Shape of Chance

Walden

Cinzia Maria Michetti

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

"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

Tuuls

Paméla Schmidinger & Tamara Trabucco