Mario Von Rickenbach
Co-Founder, Designer, Developer at ECAL University of Art and Design Lausanne
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolMario Von Rickenbach is a Zurich-based co-founder, designer, and developer with 13 years crafting playful, experimental interactive experiences and indie games. As co-founder of Playables and a recent co-founder of Future of Materials, he blends hands-on development with product and studio-level design leadership. He teaches game design and development at ECAL and has a long history of lecturing and tutoring, translating academic rigor into practical, workshop-driven learning. Trained in game design at ZHdK and with early studies in architecture at ETH Zürich, he brings a spatial, systems-oriented perspective to interaction and gameplay. His independent studio work (mariov.ch) showcases a portfolio-driven practice that experiments with novel interfaces and playful mechanics rather than mainstream commercial hits. Comfortable oscillating between code, visual design, and teaching, he’s known for turning curious ideas into tangible, educational play experiences.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts, Game Design, Bachelor of Arts, Game Design at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)Architecture, Architecture at ETH Zürich
German, English, French
Github Skills (43)
playback10
shapes10
ios9
html5-audio9
ruby9
python9
drawing9
android9
automation9
audio9
steam9
prototyping9
unity3d9
android-apps9
music9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Playables/net.playables.buildtools
Mar 2019 - Apr 2022
Build tools for Unity
Contributions:30 commits, 3 PRs, 24 pushes in 3 years 1 month
upm-packagefastlaneandroidunityios
anyuser/LibTessDotNet
May 2016 - Sep 2024
Contributions:2 pushes in 8 years 5 months
csharpprebuiltbinariesprebuilt-binaries
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