Thomas Mahler

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Thomas Mahler
NationalityAustrian
Employer Moon Studios
Notable work Ori and the Blind Forest , Ori and the Will of the Wisps , No Rest for the Wicked

Thomas Mahler is an Austrian video game developer best known for being co-creator of the 2015 indie game title, Ori and the Blind Forest . Under Mahler's direction, Moon Studios developed its sequel Ori and the Will of the Wisps (2020) as well as the action role-playing game No Rest for the Wicked (2024).

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Early life and career

Mahler was interested with video games and artwork at an early age and studied traditional sculpture in the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. [1] [2] He worked at Blizzard Entertainment on visual effects as a Cinematic Artist before founding Moon Studios GmbH in Vienna together with Gennadiy Korol in 2010. [3] [4] [5]

Ori series

In 2015, Mahler co-created the critically acclaimed and award-winning indie game title, Ori and the Blind Forest , with Gennadiy Korol. [6] [7] [8] [9] He won the NAVGTR Award in the Game, Original Adventure category in 2016 with Ori and the Blind Forest. [10] The game is considered an example of video games becoming closer to art, and it won, among others, the BAFTA Games Award for Artistic Achievement and the Game Award for Best Art Direction. [11] For example, Chris Melissinos commented that the video game audience was not used to seeing Ori and the Blind Forest's dreamlike sensitivity style of art usually reserved for high profile animated films. [12]

Mahler is currently developing Ori and the Will of the Wisps . [13]

References

  1. ↑ Matulef, Jeffrey (2014-07-07). "Ori and the Blind Forest looks great, but plays even better". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  2. ↑ "Mahler: "Wir Österreicher brauchen mehr Mut"". Red Bull (in German). 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  3. ↑ "Moon Studios | Ori". Ori. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  4. ↑ ""Ori"-Entwickler: Für Top-Games aus Österreich fehlen Geld und Talente". derStandard.at. 2015-02-14. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  5. ↑ "A Multinational Team Bands Together To Create Ori And The Blind Forest". Game Informer. 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  6. ↑ Zorn, Josef (21 April 2015). "Thomas Mahler gegen die Welt—und die österreichische Gaming-Community". VICE. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ori and the Blind Forest Dev Wants to Continue the Story, Possibly With a Movie". Yahoo! Movies. 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
  8. ↑ Mahler, Thomas (2017-05-15). "Postmortem: Moon Studios' heartfelt Ori and the Blind Forest". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
  9. ↑ Webber, Jordan Erica (2015-04-01). "Ori and the Blind Forest review: "a challenging and beautiful journey"". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  10. ↑ "Thomas Mahler". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
  11. ↑ "Profile: Gennadiy Korol". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  12. ↑ Melissinos, Chris (2016-10-21). "Can video games be art?". CNN. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
  13. ↑ "Ori and the Will of the Wisps Developer Interview". TrueAchievements. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
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