Mata Haggis
NHTV University / Copper Stone Sea Assoc. Professor of Creative & Entertainment Games
Breda, The Netherlands
Prof. Mata Haggis is a game & narrative designer and researcher who has worked in creative media for 15 years, including writing animations for MTV2 Europe and games design for Electronic Arts. He is Associate Professor of Creative & Entertainment Games at NHTV University in The Netherlands. He regularly travels to speak about various aspects of games development, storytelling, and diversity awareness.
Outside of work he is collaborating with SassyBot Studio on the upcoming playable interactive narrative experience (PINE) ‘Fragments of Him’, as well as three other unannounced projects with student and commercial groups. He paints, writes, juggles, and has a PhD in cyberpunk.