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Professional work

  • Game Designer in Residence at Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media, DePaul University. 2016 - 2025.
  • Crafting Interactive Fiction with Bitsy workshop for Accent Sisters. September to October 2025.
  • The Stolen Soiree (Fallen London Exceptional Story). For Failbetter Games, January 2026.

Publications

  • Rise of the Videogame Zinesters. Seven Stories Press, 2011.
  • A Game Design Vocabulary (with Naomi Clark). Pearson, 2014.
  • ZZT. Boss Fight Books, 2014.
  • Make Your Own Twine Games! No Starch Press, March 2019.
  • Make Your Own Scratch Games! No Starch Press, June 2019.
  • Make Your Own PuzzleScript Games! No Starch Press, October 2019.

Anthologies and contributions

  • Love, Twine and the End of the World. For State of Play, Seven Stories Press, 2015.
  • Scarfmemory. For Videogames for Humans, Instar Press, 2015.
  • What if it’s Killing You? For Lean Out: The Struggle for Gender Equality in Tech and Start-Up Culture. OR Books, 2015.
  • Tales of the Crystals (with Remy Boydell). For Chainmail Bikini, Hazel Newlevant, 2016.
  • What Games Must Learn from Children’s Books; A Game-making App for Everyone? For The Offworld Collection, Campo Santo, 2017. (Previously appeared on Boingboing.com.)
  • Swords by Starlight. For The Ultimate Micro-RPG Book, Simon & Schuster, 2020.
  • I LOVE YOU, ALIVE GIRL. For Hibernation Games, kickstarted by Lucian Kahn, 2021.
  • Video Game Zinesters at the End of the World. For exhibition catalog, WORLDBUILDING: Gaming and Art in the Digital Age, Julia Stoschek Foundation, 2024.

Selected games

  • Mighty Jill Off (2009). Self-published.
  • REDDER (2010). Published by Newgrounds.
  • Lesbian Spider-Queens of Mars (2012). Published by Adult Swim Games.
  • dys4ia (2012). Published by Newgrounds.
  • Queers in Love at the End of the World (2013). Self-published.
  • I LOVE YOU, ALIVE GIRL (2021). Published in Hibernation Games anthology.
  • The Fool's Journey (2023). Self-published.
  • Sonata in Zero G (2023). Self-published.
  • This Maze Will Be Big Enough to Call Home Someday (2025). Self-published.
  • Princess with a Cursed Sword (2026). Forthcoming from Central Michigan University Press.

Awards and recognitions

  • Game Changer Award, Indiecade 2013
  • Trans 100, We Happy Trans (2016)
  • Global Illumination Award, VGA Gallery 2017

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