I design playful experiences that spark dialogue and lower barriers. My work explores motivation, autonomy and emergent play to address complex social and health challenges. With games I create real impact, from medical research to social change.
Social Impact Games
Social Impact Games turn complex social problems into elegant and playful activities. They invite people to engage, reflect, and connect through play.
Game Industry Events
Industry events bring the games community together in an informal, inclusive, and content-driven way. They create space to meet, share, and learn.
Research Projects
My research explores how playfull dialogues and autonomous play can increase motivation and lowering barriers for actions people would normally avoid, such as learning, talking about though subjects, becoming physically active or connecting with others.
Samen Spelen
Samenspelen is a chat-based game designed with DELA, Radboud University, and Games for Health. By turning text messages into playful…
PhD Thesis: G.A.M.E.
A PhD on how play and learning overlap as restructuring practices. Resulted in design principles for autonomy-supportive games….
Games [4Therapy]
Students designed games for use in therapy sessions, by offering clients playful tools to open up conversations and support the…
Combinatorics
A playful math game about building pathways. Used in research on learning, motivation and play….