Philomena Schwab

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Philomena Schwab in February 2020 at the "Games" exhibition in the National Museum Zurich.

Philomena Naomi Om-Chanti Cosma Ruben Rahel Anastasia Schwab (born November 28, 1989 in Zurich ) is a Swiss game designer and co-founder of the game studio Stray Fawn . She is a board member of the Swiss Game Developers Association .

Live and act

Schwab grew up in the Schwamendingen district of Zurich .

In 2016 she founded the game studio Stray Fawn together with Micha Stettler . In the same year she published the survival computer game “Niche - a genetics survival”. It has been sold over 200,000 times. In 2017 Schwab completed her Masters in Game Design at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). She also received the honorary title “Companion ZHdK” from the ZHdK.

In 2017, the business magazine Forbes ranked Schwab among the “30 under 30” in the field of technology in Europe.

Schwab received the Hero Award at the Gamescom games fair in Cologne in August 2019 .

Works

  • Elarooh , 2014
  • Niche - a genetics survival game , 2016
  • Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor , 2018

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bastian Heiniger: Why the game designer has withdrawn to an island. Philomena Schwab will soon start the next attack. In: look . October 11, 2017, accessed November 15, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Philomena Schwab. In: Forbes . Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Sônia Kewan: game development. Philomena Schwab: With brains and controllers to success. In: SRF culture . February 7, 2017, accessed November 15, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Philomena Schwab. In: Balance . Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Marc Bodmer: Honor for Swiss game designer. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . January 17, 2017, accessed November 15, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Photographer Oliviero Toscani and game designer Philomena Schwab receive ZHdK honorary degrees. Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), October 24, 2018, accessed on November 15, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Cinzia Venafro: Philomena Schwab, Gamegirl in the world of Gameboys , view from August 27, 2019, accessed on August 27, 2019, https://www.blick.ch/news/politik/zuercherin-philomena-schwab-29- is-celebrated-game-designer-gamegirl-in-der-Welt-der-Gameboys-id15483312.html
personal data
SURNAME Schwab, Philomena
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schwab, Philomena Naomi Om-Chanti Cosma Ruben Rahel Anastasia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss game designer
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich