Marcus Klöppel has been telling interactive stories for over 20 years. Whether it's theme parks, pen and paper, impact games, board games, or indie games—every medium can be used to tell a story. Since 2023, he has been teaching the next generation of game developers as a professor of game design and development at Macromedia University of Appliance Science. Marcus Klöppel is particularly passionate about narrative design and narrative mechanics. Out of love for these subjects, he founded the Narranauten in 2023.