> What were the key ideas of the Bauhaus?

The Bauhaus movement  believed in combining creativity with manufacturing to produce good design. It saw combining art with as medium to solve problems in manufacturing products. Emphasis on the exploration of design and solving problems in design at the Bauhaus, influenced the way how art should be taught in education, this lead art to be rather be as a research science. Simplicity and affordance were the Bauhaus’s key desires in manufacturing products. They thought that manufactured objects should be able be clear about its purpose.

> Do you feel that the ideas could have an influence on contemporary games design?

I feel that the ideas of Bauhaus certainly can have an influence on designing games. I feel that the idea of simple and efficient design could help create game menus, user interface and assets. Creating affordance in games such as letting an object shine or presenting menus in a grid format and optimizing the experience for the player in an artistic way are definitely traits from the Bauhaus.

References:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQa0BajKB4Q