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
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
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
Public art artist Sayraphim Lothian invited me to participate in her “guerrilla kindness project” Sharing Ink. The brief is to write a short piece in a hand-crafted journal to leave for a stranger in the street, and hopefully they will add to it and leave it for another person. I was interested in utilising the … Read moreSharing Ink
Shenanigans is an ambient party game commissioned for my work Christmas party. The organisers wanted some fun game for the staff to play and wanted it to be something accessible for the non-game players in the room. My personal goal was to create a game that anyone could do at any time (ambient), which encouraged co-operation (across … Read more‘Shenanigans’ for SAE Creative Media Institute
Ken Eklund (WriterGuy – USA) and Annette Mees (Coney – UK) invited me to be an online live writer (weaver) for their 2013 experimental narrative play that combined live and online participants: Horas Perditam. I was teamed with two “threaders” on the street, who I guided from afar through the streets of London. They shared photos and … Read moreHoras Perditam
Guardians of Hidden Universes is a playful story for experiencing on your phone in the street. You’re a Guardian of Hidden Universes, and when you check your Communication Terminal you find the Guild has made a terrible mistake you need to repair. The app was launched at Popup Playground‘s 2013 Fresh Air Festival – a street gaming festival in Melbourne, … Read more‘Guardians of Hidden Universes’ for PopUp Playground
Bluebird AR is a serious alternate reality drama created by the Innovation Department at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). The project was the first ARG in the world created by a broadcaster that wasn’t linked to a television show. The subject matter was concerned with geoengineering, and involved real world experts in consultation during development … Read more‘Bluebird AR’ for Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Love Referendum is an alternate reality game (ARG) created by Tallstoreez for the 2008 Adelaide Fringe. In combined video clips, postcards and a website. The story was concerned with Adelaide being in the grip of a potentially fatal pandemic called lovesickness. In an urgent call to action, the Department of Deliberation is conducting a statewide … Read more‘Love Referendum’ for Adelaide Fringe