My work

Screenshot from the Curious prototype, showing a teacher moving around a futuristic classroom.

Game-based RSE: Curious

I'm currently working with Curious, a new digital platform that uses a game-based approach to aid the delivery of relationships and sex education (RSE) in schools.

My work has centred on designing mechanics and gameplay systems that are fun, engaging and accessible, but also communicate the subject material in a sensitive and appropriate way.

Screen shot from Little Garden in the City, showing the protagonist standing in a community garden.

Mindfulness Teaching: Little Garden in the City

This unfinished project aimed to teach emotional self-care practices by combining relaxing farming sim gameplay with a thoughtful narrative.

The experience was designed to be slow-paced and meditative, with players encouraged to take their time exploring the cosy garden location and getting to know the cast of positive characters who frequent it.

Screenshot from Chapter 1, showing pixel art of a man looking at a monkey in a tree

Encouraging Creativity: Chapter 1

An educational exploration game that supports young people to write their own stories.

Players must write solutions to bypass in-game obstacles. The game then uses natural language processing to generate writing prompts based on what the player has already written, providing a structured learning experience whilst also showcasing the power of games as educational tools.

Other projects

I've been designing games and playable experiences for five years, and have worked on a range of different projects in that time: from physical installations, to mobile puzzlers, to VR experiences. Here are some of the highlights.

A man playing The Subject; he is trapped in a wooden box and using a torch to illuminate written messages on the walls.

The Subject

The world's smallest escape room (as far as I'm aware).

A screenshot from Boxes, showing coloured boxes laid out on a grid. Each box has an arrow pointing in the direction it needs to be moved.

Boxes

A minimalist puzzle game about rearranging boxes.

A room with three different screens, each showing different minigames. In the corner, an actor is pretending to be a child.

Adulting?

Interactive theatre meets hectic minigames.

A girl with a VR headset on, facing a laptop and raising their arms whilst holding VR controllers.

To Bee or Not To Bee

A virtual reality teaching tool.

The Experiments in Play exhibition; visitors are milling around the open plan event space and sat at computers trying different games.

Exhibition: Experiments in Play

In 2019, I co-produced an exhibition at Goldsmiths, University of London, showcasing inventive and experimental playful experiences at the intersection of games, interactive design, and creative technology.

Interactive fiction

I enjoy writing interactive fiction when I get the chance. My work tends to use interactivity subtly, to elevate meaning and emotion or control the pace of a piece, rather than give the reader a great deal of agency in the outcome of the story.

Cover art for Those Days, showing the silhouette of a tree against a sunset backdrop.

Those Days

A character-driven interactive fiction piece about childhood memories.

Screenshot from The Insect, showing a face with insects crawling on it drawn in pixel art.

The Insect

A piece about climate change, habitat renewal, and crawling on cadavers.

Screenshot from Reclaiming Solitude, showing a bedroom drawn in orange pixels.

Reclaiming Solitude

Read a good book. Listen to the radio. Enjoy a moment of solitude.

Screenshot from Book of Cruelty, showing a black and white photograph of an eye.

Book of Cruelty

A horrifying historical document reimagined as interactive fiction.