Kemchanin Pornpipatsakul (Jackie)
Kemchanin is the founder of In-Game by MEMORÉ, a game design and consulting studio, and a co-founder of Minä Ludens, a play design consulting service focused on creating playful living communities. For this project, Entrepreneurpoly—the game-based entrepreneurial learning board game—he serves as the game designer, transforming Iggy's idea into interactive actions that provide intensive financial learning in just three hours of gameplay. Inspired by Iggy's original work, Kemchanin crafted this game to foster community learning and simulate real-world scenarios, enabling players to engage directly with practical challenges on the board.
With expertise in the field of game design, he is an experienced game designer, consultant, and university lecturer, holding an MSSc in Game Studies from Tampere University in Finland, along with four certificates in the field. Over the past six years, he has collaborated with local and international clients, creating, consulting on, and delivering over 25 tailored games across various genres and platforms, including board games, digital games, gamification, NFT games, and locative-based adventures for both entertainment and educational purposes. He has also taught game-based learning courses focused on 21st-century skills in high schools in Thailand and led public game design workshops aimed at promoting playful living for adults. Currently, he is a part-time game design lecturer at Silpakorn University International College.
In addition to his game design work, he specializes in game studies, play studies, and human psychology to foster playfulness in design and promote the concept of playful living. As a writer on Medium and YouTuber, he produces content centered on play and games, aimed at supporting individual lifelong learning and well-being. His approach integrates insights from academic studies to create uniqueness in games that prioritize player playfulness, with a commitment to continuous improvement for playful communities.
