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Game design

Game design includes the development, planning and execution of games: from the design of the idea and the rules of the game to the creation of characters, game worlds and potential laws.

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Afrimaxx - Modern African Lifestyle

Africa’s coolest country, a political online game from South Africa and Nairobi’s deaf Café.
LifestyleAugust 15, 202426:03 min
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Election year 2024: A good start for a political game

How a South African game development studio is getting young people excited about elections.
Digital WorldAugust 15, 202405:29 min
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Women tech trailblazers

How women are pioneering game design, VR and blockchain technologies in a sector dominated by men.
Digital WorldJuly 23, 201803:41 min
DW Traumberuf Game Designer

Dream Job: Game Designer

The gaming industry is booming, and game design students have excellent job prospects.
CultureMay 3, 2017
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Shift – Living in the Digital Age

The job outlook for game design students; optical illusions; and a rock band with a difference.
CultureMay 2, 2017
Portrait of game designer Christoph Brosius, copyright: E. Grenier

Launchpad: Making life more fun

Game designers in Berlin want to "gamify" our real lives, making products more fun and easy to use,
LifestyleMay 27, 201403:36 min

We just want to play - Game designer boom in Berlin

The German capital has become a boomtown for designers of online and smartphone games. The city is already home to some 200 companies, soon to be joined by new arrivals - both up-and-coming talents and established suppliers. We look at Kabam, a games developer from California that has set up a big office in Berlin.
CultureApril 15, 201403:49 min
A scene from the game "Anne Frank" in the parents' room, showing Anne Frank, Otto Frank and Edith Frank as avatars. Copyright: Gerhard "Kira" Schmieja ### Achtung: Nur im Zusammenhang mit der Berichterstattung über dieses Spiel zu verwenden! ###

Anne Frank interactive

A German game designer has turned Holocaust victim Anne Frank's story into a computer game.
September 30, 2013
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Women in gaming

A female computer game designer in Berlin creates games for a broader audience.
LifestyleAugust 24, 201304:35 min
Gamescom in Cologne in August 2012

Fantasy worlds

Game design is an academic subject, and career prospects for designers have never been better.
October 25, 2012
Rows of monitors display the latest video games at the gamescom convention in Cologne

Gaming conference

At the Games Developers Conference experts read the tea leaves of the future of video games.
August 21, 2009