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Denis Galanin

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Denis Galanin
Born (1983-04-26) 26 April 1983 (age 41)
OccupationVideo game developer

Denis Galanin (born 26 April 1983) is a Russian video game developer and children's picture book author. He is best known for the creation of several award-winning art games such as Hamlet and The Franz Kafka Videogame.

Life and career

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Denis Galanin was born in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on April 26, 1983.[1]

Between 2003–2008, Galanin was a lead game designer at the Russian video game studio Targem Games, where he participated in the development of numerous projects.[1]

Since 2008 he works as the independent video game developer and creates an award-winning game Hamlet.[2] In 2017, Galanin released another award-winning game The Franz Kafka Videogame. Both projects were puzzle adventure video games.[3][4]

In 2022, he debuted with the children's picture book The Amazing World of Video Game Development, which received positive reviews[5] from John Romero, Jakub Dvorsky and other representatives of the video game industry.

Works

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Video games

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Literature

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  • The Amazing World of Video Game Development (2022)

Awards and recognition

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The works of Denis Galanin have received numerous awards.

In 2015, at Intel Level Up Game Developer Contest, Tim Schafer, Chris Avellone, Chris Taylor and other game-industry luminaries[6] awarded the grand prix to The Franz Kafka Videogame.[7] In addition, the game was selected for the Archive of Interactive Computer Programs in one of the most significant literary archives in the world — The German Literature Archive in Marbach.[8]

In 2022, The Amazing World of Video Game Development won the "Best STEM Book" award from The National Science Teaching Association and The Children’s Book Council.[9]

Sergiy Galyonkin, Director of Publishing Strategy at Epic Games, called Galanin "one of the most prominent auteurs in the indie scene".[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "How Games Are Made. Interview Denis Galanin". kdicast.com (in Russian). 29 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Interview Denis Galanin". Engadget. 23 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Existential dread achievement unlocked! It's the 'Franz Kafka Videogame'". NBC News. 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  4. ^ Schuman, Rebecca (2014-01-28). "What the Kafka Video Game Should Really Be Like". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  5. ^ a b "How I created the only children's book about the video game industry". Game Developer.
  6. ^ "Level Up 2015 Judges". intel.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2024-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ Webber, Jordan Erica (20 August 2015). "Intel Level Up contest winners feature Kafka, reincarnation". PC Gamer.
  8. ^ "Computerspiele". dla-marbach.de.
  9. ^ "Best STEM Books Published in 2022". NSTA.
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