Prof. Linda Breitlauch

“From the independent game all the way to the full price title, the national as well as international games market is reflecting the highest level of design. The games submitted have illustrated this level of artistic, technical, and functional design aspects in an impressive way.”

Prof. Dr. Linda Breitlauch initially studied business studies before she graduated in film and television scriptwriting from the Film & Television Academy (HFF) in Babelsberg. In 2008 she completed a PhD about dramatic composition in computer games. In addition to working as a project manager in the export and publishing sectors she has been the creative producer of several film projects, has written film scripts and game concepts as well as scientific and specialist articles, among other things. In 2007 Linda Breitlauch was appointed Europe’s first female professor of game design at the Media Design University of Applied Sciences. There she teaches and researches with special focus on the areas of storytelling, serious games, and dramatic composition. Furthermore, she works as an evaluator, and is a consultant in the areas of media didactics and game storytelling.