Select Projects


Interactive Narrative


The Sunshine Express

2021 | unity, vr

Character-specific, dramatically evocative gestures for navigating VR interactive narartive.

Timeline

2020 | web app

An authoring tool for creating and experiencing complex, parameterized interactive narratives.

CounterPoint

2014 | web app, iPad

Map theories and predictions about your favorite shows; Capture clips, images and quotes to support your claims; Refute or support friends’ arguments.

Stories in Motion

2014 | web app, leap motion

Control which character's POV to follow; Chart, annotate and share unique paths through your favorite shows.

ClipShare

2015 | comcast x1 prototype, voice

A voice-controlled app for Comcast's X1 platform that allows viewers to extract, annotate and share clips.

Game of Thrones Companion

2013 | web app, iPad

A second screen app that orients viewers to the world of Westeros.


Games & Education


Monster Pocket

2020 | unity

A satirical subversion of Pokemon.

Somebody Else's Eden

2020 | unity

Collabrative project for Programming for 2D Games course (Spring 2020).

Catastrophe

2019 | unity

Collabrative project for Game Design course (Spring 2019).

Steven Tibbs

2014 | web app, ARG, mobile

Solve a procedurally generated whodunnit by gathering location-based clues across GaTech’s campus.

Heartly

2013 | java, arduino

A runner/platformer controlled by heartrate.

MaDOs

2013 | web app

Role-playing contemporary debates via chat for the high school classroom.

Geografia

2012 | web app, mobile

A platform for community-authored virtual heritage environments.


Digital Art


Debate Is (Not) a Lullaby

2020 | web, midi

An interactive music generator that casts the Sept. 2020 presidential debate as a children's lullaby.

DaVinci Plays Civ V

2015 | adobe premiere, logic pro

An animated short.

Flatlands Soundtrack

2014 | music composition, logic pro

Soundtrack for a platformer inspired by Edwin Abbott's Flatland.

Expired

2010 | installation

An interactive sculpture cobbled from obsolete, recycled technology.

Education


PhD, Digital Media

Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA

2013 - 2016; 2020 - Present

MFA, Emerging Media

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

2010 - 2013

BA, Creative Writing

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

2006 - 2010

Work Experience


Course Author and Instructor

Game Design, Games for Good
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

2021 - Present

DILAC Graduate Fellow

Digital Interactive Lliberal Arts Center
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

2020 - Present

Teacher

Game Design, STEAM, Algebra I and II, Geometry
Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA

2018 - Present

Lab Manager

School of Literature, Media and Communication
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

2014 - 2016

Research and Design Intern

UX Design
Comcast Labs, Washington DC

Summer, 2015

Graduate Research Assistant

School of Literature, Media and Communication
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

2013 - 2014

Graduate Teaching Associate

School of Visual Arts and Design
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

2012 - 2013

Graduate Research Assistant

School of Visual Arts and Design
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

2010 - 2012

University Writing Consultant

University Writing Center
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

2009 - 2010