What will the digital narratives, interactive stories, and immersive storytelling worlds of the future look like? 
Yesterday, our graduates from the fifth cohort of the Digital Narratives master’s programme presented their inspiring final projects – including VR experiences, games, a digital performance, an interactive film, and an interactive graphic novel.
Guests were welcomed by ifs Executive Director Nadja Radojevic and the programme’s professors, Lena Thiele and Dr. Frederic Dubois.
Following the project pitches, all visitors were invited to test the prototypes. 
Many alumni were also among the guests to celebrate the program’s 10th anniversary.
Many thanks to guest speakers Naima Karim and Prof. Toby Heys, and congratulations to our graduates. We wish you every success with your wonderful projects!

Final Projects

• Everybody Has a Time Machine, so Does Lily – Deniz Akyol
  A web-based interactive graphic novel exploring what it means to carry past selves within the body.
• Through Diya’s Eyes – Kritika Singh Bisen
  A narrative VR experience exploring the emotional landscape of ADHD through poetic expression and experiential design.
• Serap – Zeyd Taha Candan
  A first-person 3D narrative game about belonging and the fragility of acceptance.
• Burnout – Plamena Dimitrova
  A first-person art game guiding players through the different phases of burnout.
• Neural Nexus – Moheman Iqbal
  A 2.5D platform game in which digital memory retention becomes the key to progression.
• Three Legged Chair – Thanussayan Karunakaran
  An interactive neuro-cinema installation examining reconciliation, collective memory, and systemic erasure in Sri Lanka.
• In Loving Memory: Aram Bagh – Amna Tariq
  A VR narrative experience about grief, memory, and returning home, set in 1990s Karachi.
• Ich war den ganzen Sommer über in Köln – Haydar Tastan
  A digital performance exploring belonging and memory.
• Why Not Play Until the End – Dojiang Wang
  A browser-based journaling game inviting terminal patients to become co-authors of their own narrative legacy.