Fabian Fehlhaber

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Bis 2019, Game Designer, Silver Seed Games

Bis 2020, Projektleitung und Teammanagement, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

Magdeburg, Deutschland

Über mich

I practice Game Design across a variety of different fields, with a recent focus on Balanced System Design and Gameplay-Integrated Narrative Design. I got started in Game Design by developing my own Pen&Paper-Roleplaying-Game 'Terrumina', and turned professional after displaying my talents to a small studio, which provided my skills the nurturing ground to develop further over the course of my works. My fundamentals in Design Thinking come from an academic background in Psychology, Neuroscience and Philosophy, equipping me with enhanced creative problem-solving skills, analytical attention to detail and predictive models of human/player behavior. I ended up diversifying my talents with project management, team development and leadership skills as I realized the urgent need for those skills in small and big teams alike, and the unique cross-overs these fields have with the approach of top-down game design.

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Game Design
Critical thinking
Creative Problem Solving
Creative Writing
Project Management
Software Project Management
Software Testing
Strategic Planning
Game Development
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Storyboard
Video Games
Psychology
Research
Online Research
Online Gaming
Data Analysis
Philosophy
Political philosophy
Applied ethics
Entwurf
Spiel

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Fabian Fehlhaber

  • Bis heute 2 Jahre und 6 Monate, seit 2022

    Game Designer

    Aesir Interactive
  • 1 Jahr und 5 Monate, Sep. 2019 - 2021

    Game Designer

    Silver Seed Games

    • Pitch creation for the acquisition of funders/publishers in coordination with the management/owner • Team leadership and stand-in for the CEO during absence in agile project teams with up to 5 employees • Coaching the development team in regular refinement and sprint-planning meetings • Maintaining a ticket system in JIRA including task prioritisation according to an effort estimation of the backlog through SCRUM poker meetings performed by the other team-members.

  • 2 Jahre und 8 Monate, Feb. 2017 - Sep. 2019

    Junior Game Designer

    Silver Seed Games

    • Bug/QA testing as a development team member in games/software development• Writing branched dialogue options and info texts in games/software projects • Part of the development team in sprints while working on various game/software projects • Participation in bug and QA tests as a development-team member • Assisting the sales staff in the preparation of offers, pitches etc. during project acquisition • Developing a text/HTML-based artefact of a game project (prototype)

  • 3 Jahre, Okt. 2016 - Sep. 2019

    Game Designer

    Silver Seed Games

    • Development of games/software projects according to requirement specifications from customers such as Z-Software and Promotion-Software or public institutions such as the Otto-von-Guericke-University • Independent design of marketable concepts and products according to internal specifications • Creation of documentation concerning process flows, project documentation, and project planning • Customer correspondence and external contact for concept development to project manager specifications

  • 5 Monate, Okt. 2016 - Feb. 2017

    Internship (Game Design)

    Silver Seed Games

    Part of the course of studies's (Philosophie-Neuroscience-Kognition) mandatory internship, voluntarily exceeding the requirements in time. Worked on internal projects (pending release) with tasks in creative writing, general game design and assistance in project management.

Ausbildung von Fabian Fehlhaber

  • 1 Jahr und 5 Monate, 2018 - Mai 2019

    Projektmanagement

    Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

    Learning the theoretical basics of agile and traditional project management, as well as serveral methods such as SCRUM and applying this knowledge in praxis for performance analysis.

  • 2018 - 2020

    Projektleitung und Teammanagement

    Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

    Expanding education in fields of study such as leadership styles and responsibilites, competence analysis and profiles, international teamwork and organizational structures. Master's thesis in project management on the topic of 'What are best practices of scaling crowd-funded projects inside the games industry?'

  • 6 Jahre und 5 Monate, 2013 - Mai 2019

    Philosophie-Neurowissenschaften-Kognition

    Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

    Interdisciplinary education in Neuroscience, Psychologie, Psychiatry, Human Medicine and Philosophy. Established myself as an analytical philosopher. Specialized in applied ethics, state/political ethics and philosophy of mind. Bachelor's thesis in practical philosophy on the topic of 'Which limitations should apply to our freedom of speech?'

Sprachen

  • Deutsch

    Muttersprache

  • Englisch

    Muttersprache

  • Japanisch

    Grundlagen

Interessen

Video Games
Tabletop Games
Card Games
Riichi Mahjong
Anime
Live-Streaming
Martial Arts
Singing

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