Lecturer in Game Design | PhD Student | Indie Dev

PhD Portfolio

 

PhD Portfolio

The following content was submitted alongside my thesis “Title” consists of a collection of interrelated prototypes, each exploring a variety of facets relating to the creative application of lived experience of ill-health for the development of games and interactive software.

Aim Questions


With You (Web)

A Twine-based branching path narrative chatbot designed to promote treatment adherence and mental wellbeing.


Not Alone (PC & Mobile)

A modular fly-on-the-wall documentary game prototype to depict curated snapshots from multiple cancer patient journeys.


Genetic Lottery (PC)

A third-person autobiographical game prototype exploring my own personal diagnosis journey.


The Longest Walk (PC, Steam Deck & VR)

A first-person PC and VR documentary-inspired game about my dad’s experience of living with depression and suicidal ideation.


The Listening Post (VR)

A collection of cancer narratives told through objects and photographs, in collaboration with CanDu Dundee.