Games researcher & designer; coffee addict; invented Dragon Polo for Hong Kong (soon to be world famous sport game)

Zurich, Switzerland
Joined April 2009
Out now and #openaccess #GameStudies „Narrative Mechanics“ ed. by @Cybersuter, René Bauer and Mela Kocher. transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8…
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Mela Kocher retweeted
We are preparing an amazing "Tears are Still Analogue" line up for you! grab a ticket before they're all gone! #latebird #tasaconference #tasa #firstedition #zhdk
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Yay to the launch of FAR: Lone Sails! We are happy, and proud of our MA game design alumni @FARtheGame #SwissGames
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Lively discussion about #games in #museums - session with Mela Kocher (@gamedesign_zhdk) and Marc Griesshammer from Stadtmuseum Aarau. #scch17
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Real-world game “Prügel” 👊 by Konglomerat M.I.D.I. at @gameZfestival. Here are fighting: Britney Tears vs. Poncha Hontas #mixedreality #SwissGames #gameZFestival #👊 #🕹 – at Zurich, Switzerland
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Mela Kocher retweeted
Gave a speech at the inspiring #gamezfestival in Zurich yesterday about the original Elite and how amazing it is that David Braben and Ian Bell managed to put all of this open world greatness in only 22kB (the size of an e-mail). Pure arithmetic magic.
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It was a first: we had a live stream directly from our festival, provided by our guests @srfdigital #gameZfestival
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Today @gameZfestival Prügel (Beating up) by Konglomerat M.I.D.I. -Perfomrance at 13:00 and 16:30 gamezfestival.ch
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Play and learn about game development at #gameZfestival #swissgames xitter.cf/lettersthegame/status/… – at Switzerland
#gameZfestival is coming! And our small booth is all set. From tomorrow to Sunday play games and learn about game development in #Zurich #swissgames
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#gameZfestival will start tomorrow, 1.30 PM. We're looking forward to see you all there! Here's our exciting schedule: goo.gl/EvJHpq
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Mela Kocher retweeted
Jeweils 1x pro Monat, 2ter Mittwoch. Zeit über GameDesign zu sprechen und danach etwas zu trinken. xitter.cf/ixistenz/status/916650…
LocalGameDesigners.ch ist zurück! 11. Okt. 18:30, ToniAreal 4T(urm)33. Alles rund ums Spielemachen! localgamedesigners.ch #swissgames
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Mela Kocher retweeted
Niche - a genetics survival game has just been released on Steam and GOG! Evolve your own species and try to survive thndr.me/z86fiI
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The surprising lessons behind First Strike: Final Hour ubm.io/2sxER7w
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FINAL GAME PRESENTATION @ETH colab @gamedesign_zhdk: 30.05 1800 C60! Let's make & play games! @EthGtc #SwissGames
Master thesis done! The Unity Glue: Principles and strategies for a maintainable Unity project structure. Online soon! @unity3d #gamedev
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Gamelab 2017 guest lecture: Former @gamedesign_zhdk student @PhilomenaSchwab from @StrayFawnStudio talking about #swissgames! @CSatETH – at Zurich, Switzerland
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