Michael BhattyMediadesign Hochschule Düsseldorf · Game Design
Michael Bhatty
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Introduction
Prof. Dr. Michael Bhatty is a professor for Game Design at the Mediadesign University (MD.H) of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf, Germany. In 2010 he became a professor at the MHMK, Munich, transfering to the MD.H in late 2013,
He was a lead game designer (e.g. Sacred, 2004) and chief executive producer (e.g. Moorhuhn - Piraten) in der German Games industry. As game design consultant and author he wrote the officla novels for FarCry 1 % 2, as well as a trilogy for Runes of Magic.
His research focus lies on interactive story telling, narrative design, conept art and game directing - the role of the game designer as the leading and decision making director, author and producer.
He has been a speaker on conferences like the GermanDevDays, Respwan, Gamescom and at the Bundeswehr (Military).
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- Game Design
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- Conceptual Design
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- Linear Story Telling
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Publications (24)
Bhatty describes problems of the German games business and introduces his new concept of the game designer in a new role as autor and director, the creative-leading 'spearhead' of the production.
The article focuses on the perception of games as simplest solution for school shootings. Here another approach, focussing on games as a new form of media, has been provided.
Video games are often regarded as power fantasies, yet the recent popularity of games that have disempowerment at the core of their gameplay (such as survival, survival horror, clumsiness games and hardcore games) might indicate that this perspective might be a relic that limits our understanding while playing, and creativity while creating games....
Podcast zum Konflikt der Wahrnehmung der Spielmechanik und des Begriffes des Gameplays.
(Youtube: https://youtu.be/uorJqKBcB4c)
Die Begriffe Gameplay und Spielmechanik werden oft synonym verwendet. In diesem Aufsatz betrachten wir Games als Komposition aus vielen Bestandteilen und führen den Begriff der Gameplays mit der Erfahrbarkeit zusammen.
Concept Art ist einer der am häufigsten falsch interpretierten Aufgabenbereiche in der Game-Produktion. In dieser Einführung betrachten wir den Unterschied von Concept zu Promoart, diskutieren Ziele und Methoden in der industriellen Production Pipeline.
Eine Reihe von Einführungsübungen hilft Game Designern dabei, Concept Art zu verstehen.
Bhatty proposed in his early work (1999-2008) that games are a media form of their own, thus each topic could be produced - even the life of Anne Frank. In 2012 Game Design student Gerhard 'Kira' Schmieja developed for his bachelor thesis a prototype of the secret annex wherin Anne Frank and her family took refuge. Instead of calling it 'game' he r...
A survey on techniques in game design for creating emotions we know from other media like film and literature.
Bhatty defines games a media form of their own, thus demands at the developers come up, defining new roles for directing games and takling responsibility for the produced contents.
The essence of interactive story telling, games as a media form and why we aren't producing true interactive story telling yet.
the new role of the game designer as directing artist and how to do this for AAA-game-productions.
A survey why games are an art form and how the dramaturgy of interactive stories works.
Bhatty defines the new role of the game designer as leading author and director, a creative-leading 'spearhead' of development, orienting at the structures of the New-Hollywood-Cinematographers.
A survey on the fantastic literature and media and how they influenced our reception since the Star Wars phenomenon.
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