Matt Kempke
Matthias Kempke | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1980 (age 43–44) |
| Occupation | Game designer |
Matthias Kempke (born 1980) is a German author and game designer. He is best known for his work at Daedalic Entertainment.
Life and career
[edit]Matthias Kempke was born in 1980 in Hamburg, Germany and grew up there. He studied Japanology and African studies at the University of Leipzig.[1]
Kempke made and released two point-and-click adventure games during his studies, What Makes You Tick? in 2007 and What Makes You Tick: A Stitch in Time in 2010.[2]
Between 2011 and 2018, Matthias Kempke was a game director at the Germany video game studio Daedalic Entertainment, where he participated in the development of numerous projects.[3][4][5][6]
In 2020, he developed an interactive radio play for the Amazon Echo for a Hamburg agency . In the same year, he published two novels for children and young people with Riva Verlag.[7]
Works
[edit]Video games
[edit]- What Makes You Tick? (2007)
- What Makes You Tick: A Stitch In Time (2010)
- The Night of the Rabbit (2013)
- Silence (2016)
- Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth (2017)
- Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice (2020)
- Fall of Porcupine (2023)
- Ad Infinitum (2023)
Literature
[edit]- Standart Skill: Voll verglitcht! (2020)
- Mexify: Das Hotel im Nirgendwo (2020)
- Benx Comic Quest (2024)
Awards and recognition
[edit]The works of Matthias Kempke have received numerous awards.
In 2014, The Night of the Rabbit won the "Best Game World" award at Austrian Game Award.[8]
In 2018, The Pillars of the Earth won the "Prix Historia" award from Historia magazine.[9]
In 2023, Fall of Porcupine won the "Best Story" award at Deutscher Entwicklerpreis.[10]
In 2024, Ad Infinitum won the "Best Story", "Best Audio Design", "Best Debut" awards at Deutscher Computerspielpreis.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "How Games Are Made. Interview Matthias Kempke". kdicast.com. 6 April 2013.
- ^ "Interview mit Matthias Kempke". adventurecorner.de.
- ^ "The Night of the Rabbit - Daedalic's Matt Kempke". adventuregamers.com.
- ^ "Matthias Kempke: Show, don't talk". empathybox.me.
- ^ "NTERVIEW MIT MATTHIAS KEMPKE, GAMEDIRECTOR DES SPIELS ZU "DIE SÄULEN DER ERDE"". mediadesign.de.
- ^ "The Pillars of the Earth - Matthias Kempke Interview". Gamereactor.
- ^ "Selected work". mattkempke.com.
- ^ "Hier sind die Gewinner des Austrian Games Award 2014". Austrian Game Award.
- ^ "Festival Historia. Prix Historia 2018. Le palmarès". Historia.
- ^ "Die Gewinner des Deutschen Entwicklerpreises". Deutscher Entwicklerpreis.
- ^ "Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2024: Die Gewinner im Überblick". GamesWirtschaft.
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