Confoederatio Ludens

Swiss History of Games, Play and Game Design 1968-2000

Institut für Designforschung (IDE)

Confoederatio Ludens, chludens.ch

SNF Sinergia Research Project with ZHdK, UniBern, UniLausanne and HKB on Swiss videogame & videogame design history

CH LUDENS looks at a vibrant game design and development scene in the pre-Internet age. For decades, digital games were programmed in Switzerland in niches, but also with commercial success. They bear witness to many sub-scenes and a society changing through digitization.

The CONFOEDERATIO LUDENS team explores this largely ignored games industry from 1968 to 2000 and takes a step towards the broader preservation of a highly ephemeral and disappearing cultural heritage.

 

  • Research Focus
  • Applicant
    • Eugen Pfister (Hochschule der Künste Bern, Institute of Design Research)
    • Tobias Hodel (Universität Bern, Walter Benjamin Kolleg, Digital Humanities)
    • Mela Kocher (FRGD)
    • Yannick Rochat (Université de Lausanne, Section Sciences du Langage et de l'Informa)
  • Team
  • Cooperations
    • Jaroslav Svelch, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic , Faculty of Social Sciences
    • Tobias Winnerling, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften
    • Melanie Fritsch, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Philosophische Fakultät, Institut für Medien- und Kulturwissenschaft
  • Resources
  • Duration

    01.02.2023 – 31.01.2027

  • Financing
    • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds SNF, Sinergia (01.02.2023 – 31.01.2027)
  • Research Approaches
  • Disciplines

    Design

  • Keywords

    Game Design, Arcade, Local Game Design, Digital Archive, Video Game History, Video Game, Play, Digitalisierung, Digitalization, Design History, Game Design History

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