Games
John makes Games
In graduate school I kicked off my game design practice in earnest making over 40 different games in two years!
100 Days of Making Games
A big part of that was a project in the spring of 2021 Called 100 Days of Making Games.
Some of my favorite games from that project include:
A Flower for Spanky - an instagram choose your own adventure
Magical Candy Factory - a ttrpg based off Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Tell the Tale - a journal based rpg played over 7 days with these custom viewmasters
Very Serious Interpretive Dance Contest - A very serious party game
A Life in the Year - a journal game played over an actual year
The Will of the People - a social game about overthrowing the government
The World is Ending - a storytelling ttrpg about envisioning systemic change
This last game really inspired my thesis project:
Everything in Motion is a theatrical storytelling role-playing game where players create an imaginary world and then transform it over a long period of fictional time. Through silly imaginative play, the game helps players understand how worlds and histories are constructed, how large systems dictate individual possibilities and how the choices of one generation impact the options for the next.
Other Games I’m Really Proud of
a many vs one arcade game where a swarm of digital players play as ghosts haunting the real life house of one physical player.
