INTERACTIVE DESIGN

I was the narrative designer for The Titli Effect, on a team that included Divya Tak, Charu Tak, and Anurati Srivastva. We designed it for the Jennifer Ann Group international game design challenge on social connectedness. I wrote the copy and dialogue for all character and scenes except the "Mom" interactions.

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We won second place! Click on the image below to play. Password: 123

Inspired by the prompt to create a 'digital Cornell box,' I collected stories from women of colour ages 24 to 70 about what made them say yes to marriage. I hand drew each of the henna patterns frame by frame and built the project out in Unity.

I designed and created the project in full using Unity. This three-level game is intended to be played with the alt controls of two slide potentiometers. Get Sumaya's parents approval by getting her through the 3 milestones. But what about Sumaya's approval...

The below version is adapted (but not levelled) to be played with a keyboard. Click the photo to play!

I co-designed the robot puppet Harby, short for the Harbinger of Joy, with Noah D'Orazio. I led ideation, game play, and playtesting. I supported on coding and wiring. Noah led fabrication.

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The robot and controller uses two Arduinos communicating via bluetooth, one in an orb shaped remote and the other in a two-wheeled robot. The remote sends gyroscopic data to the robot which then translates the x/y values to speed and direction. The mapping is not 1:1, but it is incredibly responsive and possible to master the controls.

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The below video features Rollin' by Megan Trainer.

With a variety of incredible stakeholders from ex-LEGO Sarah Wolman to kids Emmy-nominated host Carly Ciarrocchi, I co-designed and co-led 14 play based, immersive theater design sprints.

Examples include:

• Toy Development TinkerLab...based in a created "Tinker" store (Target inspired), complete with piped in Wow in the World character store announcements.

• Education Extension TinkerLab...based in a created Tinkercast classroom with a frazzled substitute teacher (me!) who gave an anxiety-inducing timed pop quiz on what the education landscape looks like now.

• Year in Review TinkerLab...based in a skit where I was a stuck-up museum docent and heist villain.

• Children's Media Association Discoverability TinkerLab...recreated the whimsy and collaboration of a TinkerLab in a 2 hour online workshop.

This twine game is based on this version of The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince from The Thousand and One Arabian Nights. The structure of the interactive experience mirrors the structure of the compilation - a story within a story, with the nests serving as mirrors to one another.

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Click on the image below to play.