Summary
Felix Bohatsch is a co-founder and CEO of indie studio Broken Rules with 11 years of experience designing and shipping acclaimed narrative-driven and experimental games such as Old Man's Journey, Gibbon: Beyond the Trees, Secrets of Rætikon, and And Yet It Moves. Trained in game design (MA, HKU) and media & computer science (BSc, TU Wien), he blends creative vision with technical fluency and often wears multiple roles across design, prototyping, and development. His leadership is rooted in hands-on product craft—he still co-designs and co-develops titles rather than delegating purely to producers. Based in Austria, he has a track record of turning distinctive gameplay ideas into emotionally resonant commercial releases. Less obvious: his background bridges formal computer science and arts-led game design, enabling both systematic problem solving and playful, experimental mechanics.
11 years of coding experience
MA, Game Design, MA, Game Design at HKU (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht)
Vienna University of Technology