Philomena Schwab is a game design master student from Zurich, Switzerland. She greatly enjoys working on game related projects, taking on roles from art to programming to marketing. During her bachelor studies she released two mobile games and started her own interaction/graphics/game design company together with a friend. Her second big passion, biology, becomes obvious when looking at her current project „Niche - a genetics survival game“ which is a simulation/strategy game about population genetics. Recently she founded the indie collective „Playful Oasis“ to spread the word about nature and biology related games. As a member of the gameZ and Swiss Game Developers Association Philomena is very active in organizing events and helping the local game scene grow.