On 10th October 2017, The Queensland Writers’ Centre opened submissions for a special story competition. Called “8 Word Story”, the competition invited writers to submit a story in 8 words maximum. If selected, it would be displayed on digital billboards around Brisbane. Mine was selected, and broadcast on 24th October to multiple locations. There were over … Read more8 Word Story
Magister Ludi is a comedic game about our role in escape, that is a touring installation and is available for the iPad, and online (update: May 2015. Due to changes to Chrome where Unity web player cannot be used, view in any browser but Chrome). The game was commissioned for Experimenta’s 2015 International Biennial of Media Art: Recharge, is … Read more‘Magister Ludi’ for Experimenta’s International Biennial of Media Art
A card game currently in development. Boss Bluff is a social deduction game with shifting alliances. You’re at a tense dinner where Under Bosses give speeches professing their loyalty to each other. Be the best at determining who is betraying you and you’ll triumph as the Big Boss. It is for 4 players, and play time is about 90 … Read moreBoss Bluff
A blind spider and a young housefly team up to compete in a web art competition being held in the bucket at the back fence. An animated short film and digital local co-op game in development, in partnership with a sydney animation house.
I was commissioned by the Creative Recovery Network to create an App with the Kandanga community. I archived stories & play through the generations. The Creative Recovery Network builds experiences with artists and communities: “A growing network of artists and cultural and community workers are taking the lead in helping their communities recover from the impact of natural … Read more‘Playing Kandanga’ for Creative Recovery Network
A cooperative game where you are kids in a house where the windows have been left open and pests have swarmed in. You have 3 actions per turn, moves, opening and closing doors. You’re running around trying to channel the pests (wasps, snakes, spiders, ants & mosquitos) towards each other as predators attack each other. … Read more‘Who Left the Windows Open?!’ for Iron Game Designer
DIY SPY is an improvisational storytelling party game for 3-18+ players. Players are carrying out cooperative mission scenarios in different rooms of your house of office, using whatever objects are around. == Main Website == == Care Testimony == The live festival version of the game debuted at Australia’s street gaming festival Pop Up Playground’s 2013 This Is … Read moreDIYSPY
You are a contestant in the finale of the 9th Annual Cake Decorating Championship. One of the hosts has been embroiled in a bitter buttercream scandal, and so you arrive to find an Anarchist is now running the competition. In this hands-on live game, you do whatever you can to impress the revolutionary philosopher with … Read more‘Bakers of Anarchy’ for PopUp Playground
AUTHENTIC IN ALL CAPS is a comedic web audio adventure about the meaning of death for your Chrome browser, or the iPad (no-longer available on iPad as of 25th Feb, 2017). The soundtrack and code to make you own web audio tour are also available. There is also a ‘Making-Of’ diary, and the full writing script [PDF]. AUTHENTIC won the 2014 … Read moreAUTHENTIC IN ALL CAPS
Séance for Lost Stuff is a party game for 4 or more players. You arrive at a séance to find that everyone, including yourself, can channel the spirit of a lost object. Your goal is to be the first to find the locations of your own lost objects and pass on the locations you have of … Read more‘Séance for Lost Stuff’ for PopUp Playground