Game Talks Hong Kong | 香港遊戲漫談

Panel Discussion | 專題討論會
Moderator | 主持 Mela Kocher
Speakers | 講者 Stanley Leung, Peter Nelson, and Stefan Schmidlin

In this panel, we will look behind the curtain of public play: from a designer-oriented perspective, what are the differences between urban games and video games? With concrete examples, we will discuss challenges, obstacles, and chances in this game branch. From a more academic point of view, we will discuss playful strategies to reframe societal systems in relation to the physical environment, in order to gain new perceptions and conceptions of space.
在這座談會，我們將撥開公共遊戲的面紗：從設計師的角度來看，城市遊戲和視頻遊戲有什麼區別？我們會透過具體的例子來討論這遊戲分支裏的挑戰、障礙與機會。亦會以一個更為學術性的立場出發，討論好玩的策略來重塑與物理環境有關的社會系統，以此獲取對空間的新觀點與慨念。

Mela Kocher is a senior researcher and lecturer at ZHdK, specialisation Game Design. Her interests include the research and design of urban and pervasive games, “playification”, and the intersections between fiction and reality. Her 2007 dissertation examined the aesthetics and narrativity of video games. From 2009-11, Mela did a postdoc at the University of California, San Diego.
Mela Kocher 博士是蘇黎世藝術大學的高級研究員和講師，專研遊戲設計。她所感興趣的有城市遊戲及普遍遊戲的研究和設計：「玩樂化」，虛構和真實的交集；以及她在 2007 年的論文，當中探討了視頻遊戲裏的美學與敘事性。從 2009 至 2011 年間，Mela 曾在聖地牙哥加利福尼亞大學進行博士後研究。

Stanley Leung
Stanley is the founder of HK Hunter, a creative event organization specializing in game-based team building activities.
梁氏是活動策劃公司 HK Hunter 創始人，以創意遊戲為主，策劃建立團隊精神的集體活動。

Peter Nelson
Peter is an artist and researcher based in Hong Kong who specialises in histories of landscape and their relationship to computer games.
Peter Nelson 是一位建基於香港的藝術家和研究員，專攻園境歷史及其與電腦遊戲的關係。

Stefan Schmidlin
Stefan is a game designer and programmer who is currently a student at ZHdK in the Master of Game Design program. In Stefan’s works the game often takes a dominant role, challenging the boundaries of conventional gaming. Before turning to game design, Stefan worked as a product manager and developer.
Stefan Schmidlin 是一名遊戲和程式設計師，現正在蘇黎世藝術大學修讀遊戲設計碩士。在他的作品中，通常以遊戲作為主導角色去挑戰傳統遊戲的界限。在投入遊戲設計之前，Stefan 曾擔任產品經理和開發者。