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A low-poly walking simulator that puts you into a desolate, fully-greyscale forest that is devoid of life. While moving through this world, you destroy disruptive roots that are burdening your path. Sometimes these roots spawn new life, and sometimes a human, Charlie, appears.

Hoo

A puzzle platformer that challenges the player to control Hoo, a small owl hoping to join the Owl Post Service. Hoo isn't as great at flying as the larger owls, but he can crawl in small spaces and climb better than any of 'em. Can you help Hoo deliver?

The Train

A story-based game that brings the player close with strangers as they’re thrown into an unknown danger. The game is written with the intent to ask the player to feel emotional closeness to those around them, to anyone, in the face of uncertainty.

We Need to Talk

A difficult conversation simulator that brings to light some of the subtleties of emotional abuse. Using free-text entry, players must confront their spouse, Jamie, about an accidental text message sent while on a trip. Jamie has a quick temper and may cut the conversation short.

Go Fishy

Fishy forgets a lot and needs help from his family. Swim through mazes and help him remember where he's going and reunite him with his family. He may be lost, but he's going to keep swimming until he figures out where his folks are.

Positive Outlook

Positive Outlook

Jerry has just sent you *another* email after a meeting that .... could have been an email. It's 4:59 p.m. before a holiday weekend, and you just can't take it. Do what must be done and take out the trash. The fate of our universe sits delicately beneath your finger tips.

GeyKoom

A would-be platformer where the player controls Geykoom, a small cartoon dog, who falls down a hole and lands in a bizarre world full of death-centric vignettes. Geykoom explores an unknown world full of existential provocation.

Dogsitter Simulator

Hey can you watch my dog? She really likes treats, walks, and barking ... unfortunately. If you can take care of her for the evening I'll owe you one! This short branching game was developed as a proof-of-concept for a simulation series.

EleSkate Yourself

In EleSkate Yourself, you play as elephant urn on a skateboard searching for hidden coins. You may even notice some historic artifacts. All assets in this game were sourced from the Smithsonian Institution Digitization Program Office's 3D Program.

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Gnihton City ARG

In the Gnihton City ARG, players were invited to a wine tasting that then led to a scavenger hunt, that ended in a complex puzzle. All of this eventually told the story of a city lost in an alternate dimension that needed help from the players in the current dimension. My role in this ARG was to create the final multi-sequence puzzle box pictured below. Participants needed to geocache 5 small containers that held different microscope slides, solve riddles in a journey to figure out which microscope slides should be layered on top of one another in each slot, and then they needed to decode the sequence of colors and figure out which accompanying cords should go into which sockets (and in what order). Once they did this, the box played a short film explaining how Gnihton was lost. The puzzle box was built using a Makey Makey and a Unity game that was programmed to read inputs from the Makey Makey.

Cat(ch) and Release Board Game

In this game, players rotate taking control of different feral cats who are out on their nightly hunt for rats. You can’t herd cats, though, so every player will rotate which cat they are controlling at the end of each night. While controlling cats, players run around Pilsen looking for Rat Tokens to add to their stash.

The catch is: one player assumes the role of the Trapper each Day and tries to lure
theother cats intotraps that look like Rat Tokens.

This game was designed to reflect the Chicago Cats at Work Program. My role in this game was to create the ruleset, the visual design for the game cards, visual design for the in-game cats, visual design for the whole board (not the city map) and produce the gameboard. 

Game Jams

Trash Queen

Global Game Jam 2021 Role: art, music

Bird of the Year

Rainbow Jam 2021 Role: art

If Dogs Kite Fly

Bullet Hell Jam 2021 Role: art, music