Matt Kempke Explained

Matthias Kempke
Birth Place:Hamburg, Germany
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

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

Video games

Literature

Awards and recognition

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]

Notes and References

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