Project Title: Wildfire Minigames
Role: Creative Director
Team Size: 14
Platform: Mobile & Web Browser
Project Timeline: July 2023 - August 2026
Project Details:
This project is part of Smart and Connected Communities and is funded by a grant from the NSF. We are developing a collection of game-like simulations to help people understand the complex challenges relating to wildfire and to improve community-level resilience.
Play:
Itch.io
Research and Publications:
Research Website
Johns, M. J., et al. "Participatory Design of a Serious Game to Improve Wildfire Preparedness with Community Residents and Experts." Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3650735
Video:
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