Welcome to Matt's Homepage!

You Got Red On You

Thanks for stopping by my blog and portfolio page! My name is Matthias Worch, and I am a designer with over 10 years of experience in the videogame industry. I'm originally from Germany, but now live in California's wine country with my wife Victoria.

Please take a look around the page! On top of my game design portfolio, you will find my collection of Opinions That Might Not Matter (the blog), downloads for my free 3D levels and my game development lectures/articles, and a page dedicated to my videos.

If you're wondering where the blog title came from, look no further than Simon Pegg's and Edgar Wright's brilliant 2004 movie Shaun of the Dead. I used to have various non-sequitors in the title bars of my old page, and this was one of them (another favourite was "Oh good! My dog found the chainsaw!" from Lilo & Stitch). The phrase seemed fitting - I have made a living of creating oh-so-bloody first person shooters, and Shaun of the Dead was the first movie my wife and I ever watched together.

Latest Blog Entries

GDC 2010: “What Happened Here?” – Environmental Storytelling

The slides of our GDC 2010 session (a collaboration with Harvey Smith) are now available. The PowerPoint file... Read more

Twitter

I now have a Twitter account. Follow me if you like!  Read More

Samuel Drake and Baby Crunch Time

Our first child, Samuel Drake Worch, was born a week ago. It was quite a journey: from rushing home because Victoria’s... Read more

GDC 2010 Session Times

(201) Level Design in a Day: Best Practices from the Best in the Business Speakers: Coray Seifert (Game Designer,... Read more

Recent Videos

IndyCar at Infineon Raceway 2009

This year marked the first time since its inception that Victoria and I didn’t... Read more

NASCAR in Sonoma 2008

Just like every year, we’re getting closer to the anual Toyota/Savemart... Read more