state. These social simulations use open source game engines (like Godot) and web platforms (like Django and Heroku) to explore alternative ways of being and being together. ​

The simulations I build are playful, brightly colored, and surreal; often evoking the aesthetics of 90’s video games and websites. The ‘win-state’ is designed to be a sense of collective accomplishment, embellished by the awkwardness, difficulty, and sometimes even silliness of achieving this. 

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My work is motivated by the need to collaborate across cultural divides and disciplines in the pursuit of climate protections/solutions. I work collaboratively with programmers, using values-based design and iterative game design models to create conditions like creativity, access, cooperation, and resilience in collective tasks. My pieces are shared experiences from which larger conversations can be had. They are ideal for community events, conferences, schools, and libraries, and require no prior knowledge of art or gaming.