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Matt Kempke

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Matthias Kempke
Born1980 (age 43–44)
OccupationGame 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

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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

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Video games

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Literature

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  • Standart Skill: Voll verglitcht! (2020)
  • Mexify: Das Hotel im Nirgendwo (2020)
  • Benx Comic Quest (2024)

Awards and recognition

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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

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  1. ^ "How Games Are Made. Interview Matthias Kempke". kdicast.com. 6 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Interview mit Matthias Kempke". adventurecorner.de.
  3. ^ "The Night of the Rabbit - Daedalic's Matt Kempke". adventuregamers.com. 6 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Matthias Kempke: Show, don't talk". empathybox.me. 21 March 2014.
  5. ^ "NTERVIEW MIT MATTHIAS KEMPKE, GAMEDIRECTOR DES SPIELS ZU "DIE SÄULEN DER ERDE"". mediadesign.de.
  6. ^ "The Pillars of the Earth - Matthias Kempke Interview". Gamereactor. 4 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Selected work". mattkempke.com.
  8. ^ "Hier sind die Gewinner des Austrian Games Award 2014". Austrian Game Award. Archived from the original on 2016-02-19.
  9. ^ "Festival Historia. Prix Historia 2018. Le palmarès". Historia.
  10. ^ "Die Gewinner des Deutschen Entwicklerpreises". Deutscher Entwicklerpreis.
  11. ^ "Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2024: Die Gewinner im Überblick". GamesWirtschaft. 19 April 2024.
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