Boho Interactive collaborates with a range of organisations to create interactive performances and games exploring concepts from systems science, complexity theory, resilience thinking, game theory and network theory. Every project is designed to engage audiences in research-based and thought-provoking discussions applicable to the world and the complex systems around them.
As the senior designer for Boho, I develop the visual style for each game, design and fabricate the game pieces, and also consult on user experience for players and facilitators.
The turnaround is always lightning fast, creating card decks, game pieces, playing boards and props which are being used in workshops, conferences and science centres all around the world.
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A few highlights are below.
Sneaky Volcano
Can a scientist out-smart a volcano?
With custom die-cut holes and possibly the most adorable deadly volcano character ever made, this card game was designed as part of a suite of small games for Earth Observatory, Singapore.
Plywood and origami paper feature throughout the printed and physical elements of the game series, making for a unified and tactile experience for the thousands of schoolchildren who play the game each year.
Save Grandma
What can hamper a community from evacuating?
In this game, participants plan and build a city, then rescue their family from the perils created by their planning decisions.
With an extended playing time, it was important to create beautiful, detailed game pieces that promoted careful and concise placement. But the pieces also needed to be virtually indestructible for the second half of the game, when chaos, laughter, panic and bedlam ensue.
New In Town
A storytelling journey about respectful public health research.
Participants gather to take a self-directed stroll around town, exploring and meeting the locals in a choose-your-own-adventure progression.
This project involved designing hand-painted timber game pieces, and booklet design.
