Dissertations – Department of Design ZHdK

Diploma archive

The Formatorial Project

Stranded on a desert island with the character Bosun.

Ol' Boy Bosun

"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

YUNO

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

Shape of Chance

Sta-Tisch?

Revel in childhood memories with «Plank Builders».

Planks Builders

Mathis Ebner & Jonas Müller

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

Skaraphus

Walden

Cinzia Maria Michetti

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

Playing the Open Source Game

Julian Schönbächler

Flink

Roman Engler & Zoë Urand

Striving

All-Round Giant Deer

Redesign Dementia

SOMN

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

Silverwood Legends

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

Homines

Dominic Platten

[I] doesn’t exist

Luzia Hüttenmoser & Anna-Lena Pontet

Overload

Viviana Castellanos Osorio

Future Commensality

Aktion Weile

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

For Ida

Vanessa Kesselring

Shaping Boredom

Alivia

Christian Barteld & Camila Gutierrez-Meade

Care Studio Zeta

Tuuls

Paméla Schmidinger & Tamara Trabucco

This master thesis supports the development of innovative game concepts.

Metamechanic Toolkit

Leander Schneeberger

Yeast Buddy

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

«Idle Sunbathing» deals with low-interaction games.

Idle Sunbathing