Luisa "Sam" Kohlbecher
Character Designer; Game Designer; Narrative Designer
I am currently working on an entry for the Storyteller Award 2022 consisting of 16 short stories. They roughly follow Meridith (also Idith or Mer) throughout the course of human history; From becoming immortal during a kingdom’s conquest to being a supernatural investigator in modern times to fighting for humanity in a dystopian future.
You can read five excerpts from this book „The tranquility of a night sky“, as well as my other book „Frail Equilibrium“ below or here.
„Frail Equilibrium“ is a dystopian novel which narrates the lifes of gang leader Blake „Bones“ Chambers and billionair and owner of the biggest software development company, in the fictive city of Whiteridge, Skye Maksim Lavrentyev. The direct difference between having nothing other than self made family and having everything except people you can trust, portrays clearly that in Whiteridge no one can win.
I have written a seminar paper on the creation and connection of immersion and narrative in dystopian video games. Researching and educating myself on this topic has been extremely interesting and I plan on further continuing my studies.
Unfortunately, this research is only available in german.
Luisa "Sam" Kohlbecher 