Michael Bhatty
Professor, Mediadesign University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Title: Beyond Mechanics - Directing an integrated gameplay experience
Biography
Biography: Michael Bhatty
Abstract
Michael Bhatty is a Professor for Game Design at the MediaDesign Hochschule in Düsseldorf, Germany. After receiving his doctorate for his dissertation thesis on interactive story telling in 1999 Michael Bhatty became a lead game designer at Ascaron, designing AAA-games (e.g. SACRED, 2004), and was in charge of Phenomedia’s development department as Chief Executive Producer for casual games in 2005/06 (e.g. Moorhuhn Schatzjäger, TinCan Escape). Before and after becoming a professor for game design in 2010 he has also been working as an external game design consultant and novel author (e.g. FarCry, Runes of Magic, Kyle), focusing on the development of fantasy and action experiences.
In his lectures and his research Bhatty focusses on game design and game directing, interactive story telling and historical serious games.