We are back with a new edition of the conference on "Gamez & ruleZ" and are able to present some exciting international speakers to you. Game studies and game design go hand in hand and explore the phenomenon of narrative in games and real world context. This year, the conference on "Gamez & ruleZ" sets the focus on Narrative Mechanics. It will take place in the "ToniAreal", Viaduktraum 2.A05, in Zurich, Switzerland, on november 8 and 9, 2019. See you in the "Toni Areal".
Venue:
ToniAreal, Viaduktraum 2. A05 (unter der Eingangsrampe alias 'Treppe')
Program: Friday, November 8
| Narrative Theories in Design (Game) Mechanics I (Chair: Beat Suter) | |
| 13:00 | Opening of Conference (Beat Suter, René Bauer, Mela Kocher) |
| 13.30 | Narrative Game Mechanics (Teun Dubbelman, (HKU Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Netherlands) |
| 14:15 | The multiple layers of storytelling in Video Games and how they are intertwine with gameplay (Jehanne Rousseau, Spiders, France) |
| 15:00 | Coffee |
| 15:30 | Story vs. Game. Narrative Techniques and writers tips on How to manage Storytelling in video games (Mila Irek, MuHa Games, UK/Poland) |
| 16:15 | Letters: Words are hard (Aleksandra Iakusheva & Martina Hotz, 5am Games, CH) |
| Narrative Theories in Design (Game) Mechanics II (Chair: Mela Kocher) | |
| 17:00 | Narrative mechanics in experimental games (Sonja Böckler, ZHdK) |
| 17:30 | Smash the State! Models for Stateless Narrative Design (Anna Anthropy, USA) Videokonferenz |
| 20:00 | GameZFestival-Evening for everyone! OUTLANE.CH Arcade! Spielsalon revisited! |
Program: Saturday, November 9
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Narrative Art Interventions in Ludic Culture (Chair: Mela Kocher) |
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| 13:00 | Transmedial Playthings: Games, Toys and Storyworlds in Ludic Culture (Frans Mäyrä, Tampere University, Finland) |
| 13:45 | Urban Ludic Art Narratives (Margarete Jahrmann, Ludic-Society/ZHdK & Charlotta Ruth, City Games Vienna, AT) |
| 14:30 | Coffee |
| Narrative Mechanics of Culture II (Chair: Sophie Walker) | |
| 15:00 | A murder case and a train ride – Interactive storytelling in Augmented Reality. A research project with «Die Zentralbahn» (Sonja Böckler, ZHdK) |
| 15:15 |
No Screen, No Fun? Keeping players hooked in an audio-only detective game (Stefan Schmidlin, insert coin/ZHdK) |
| 15:45 | Japanese Narrative Mechanics or Mukokuseki and gamedesign (Hiloko Kato, University of Zurich, CH / René Bauer, ZHdK) |
| Politics, Horror, Culture and Games (Chair: René Bauer) | |
| 16:45 |
"We're not murderers. We just survive." The Narration and Mechanics of Societal Collapse in Zombie Games (Eugen Pfister, HKB Bern / Wien) |
| 17:30 | Playspaces and Playstories: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Narrative Games (Paolo Pedercini, molleindustria) |
| 18:15 | Conference Conclusion (Beat Suter, Mela Kocher, René Bauer) |
Fee
Free talks. Feel free to come and discuss.
Contact
Twitter: @gamelabch
Twitter Hash: #gamezandrulez
Phone: 079 364 33 72
Email: info@gamezandrulez.ch
Organisation
November 8 - 9, International Conference "Gamez & ruleZ" at Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK, Switzerland, organized by Mela Kocher from the master's program Game Design and the management of the GameLab, Beat Suter and René Bauer.
People at gameZAndRulez or/and gameZFestival in the past
M. Heubi (CH), Dario Hardmeier (CH) & Sam Jordan (CH/NL), Reece Millidge - Damp Gnat (UK), Stephan Schwingeler (D), Margarete Jahrmann (AT/CH), Mobiles Kino (CH), Jeremy Spillmann - Feinheit (CH), Tobias Bilgeri - Black Pants (D), Jogi Neufeld - Subotron (AT), AND-OR (CH), Mario von Rickenbach (CH), Filip Kostovic (CH), Tom Felber (Zürich), Ulrich Blum (Köln), Gebrüder Frei (Bern), Ivo Vasella - Outlane (CH), Christer Karlsson - Stockholm (SWE), Mark Butler - Berlin (DE), Livio Lunin (CH), Reto Senn (CH), Dragica Kahlina (CH), Daniel Sciboz (CH), Daniel Lutz - Montreal (CAN), Joost van Dongen - Utrecht (NL), Philomena Schwab (CH), Beat Suter (CH), René Bauer (CH), Max Moswitzer (CH), Reiner Knizia - London (UK), Urs Hostettler (CH), Don Schmocker (CH), Carlo Fabricatore (UK), Staffan Björk (SE), Wolfgang Walk (DE), Renzo Thönen (CH), Mischa Geiser (CH), Don Schmocker (CH), Florian Faller (CH), Adrian Stutz (CH), Annika Waern (SE), Jesper Juul (DK), Flurin Jenal (CH), Philipp Stern (CH), René Krebs (CH), Nicolas Matter (CH), Andreas Halter (CH), Isabel Schacher (CH), Stefan Schmidlin (CH), Michael Müller (CH), David Krummenacher (CH), Patrick Selbert (CH), Filipe Simonette (CH), Julie Bächtold (CH), Anja Fritsch (CH), Tabea Iseli (CH), Luke Whittaker (UK), Katherine Bidwell (UK), Phillip Weber (PL), Dragica Kahlina (CH), Caecilia Charbonnier (CH), Sylvain Chagué (CH), Tobias Baumann (CN), Max Striebel (CH), Martina Hugentobler (CH), Melanie Vetterli (CH), Florian Müller (AUS), Mela Kocher(CH), Anna Martin-Niedecken (CH), Petr Pouchly (CZ), Sarah Celebioglu (D), Pas Schmid (CH), Philomena Schwab (CH), Aleksander Kauch (PL), Robin Baumgarten (UK/ A), Imre Hofmann (CH), Hiloko Kato (D/ CH), Miguel Sicar (DK), Patrick Winkler (DE), Max Rheiner (CH), Rebecca Goodine (CA), David Javet (CH), Sina Els (DE), René Bauer (CH), Andres Bucher (CH), Julia Bohren (CH), Simon Broggi (CH), Annika Rüeggsegger (CH), Yannic Hungerbühler (CH), Sascha Scherrer (CH), Luca Rossetto (CH), Ayane Stämpfli (CH), Patrick Frass (CH), Thorsten Michael Rehbogen (CH), Dennis Reimer (CH), Dennis Bodenmann (CH), Eric Schärrer (CH), Micha Stettler (CH), Luca Cannellotto (CH), Michelle Westerlaken (SWE), Gordan Savicic (AT/CH), Sonja Böckler (CH), Yanick Lukic (CH), Benjamin Andermatt (CH), Max Moswitzer (AT/CH), David Stark (CH), Basil Weber (CH), Ryan Green (USA), Günther Hack (A), Michael Cook (UK), Daniel Bisig (CH), Roman Werner (CH), Guido Berger (CH), Renzo Thönen (CH), Silvan Bauser (CH), Jakub Dvorsky (CZ), Konglomerat M.I.D.I. (CH), Beat Kunz (CH), Arno Justus (CH), Selina Capol (CH), Andres Bucher (CH), Julia Bohren (CH), Marcel Arioli (CH), Sebastiaan Cator (CH), Jeremias Baur (CH), Severin Walker (CH), Teodora Dimova (CH), Michel Ziegler (CH), Anja Fritsch (CH), Mary Flanagan (USA), Michela Rimensberger (CH), Adam Mayes and Ulf Benjaminsson (FN), Stefan Schmidlin (CH), Robert Glashüttner (AT), Goran Saric (CH), Adam Moravanszky (CH), Alice Ruppert (CH), Jana Sloan van Geest (DE), Tarn Adams (US)
