Genre: educational adventure game
Keywords: humor, 6+, fantasy, animals
Format: pc
Developer: Curious Cats
Website
Trailer
Category: Uncategorized
Fabulous: New York to L.A.
Genre: Story-driven time-management
Keywords: humor, fashion, body positivity, social media
Format: mobile and pc
Developer: GameHouse
App Store
Gameplay video
Alt-Frequencies: the News One Stories
Genre: interactive audio drama
Keywords: dystopian, humor, journalism
Format: pc, smart speakers
Developer: Accidental Queens
Website
Delicious World
Genre: Story-driven time-management f2p
Keywords: food, humor, relationships, international
Format: mobile
Developer: GameHouse Barcelona
App Store
Gameplay video
My Original Stories: New Blood
Genre: Branching choices-driven storygame
Keywords: hospital, romance, drama
Format: mobile
Developer: GameHouse Barcelona
App Store
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Gamelab Barcelona 2019 – audio only games
I was a guest at Gamelab Barcelona 2019, speaking in a panel titled ‘Gamified Storytelling: the Pursuit of Immersion’.
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Hosting at Imagine 2019
For Imagine Filmfestival 2019 I moderated the Worldbuilding in Space panel in which writers and designers from both games and film took part. A day later I interviewed Rhianna Pratchett for an 1,5 hour career talk.
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Heart’s Medicine – Doctor’s Oath
Criminal Minds, the mobile game
Genre: Story-driven time-management based on a major CBS tv-series
Keywords: crime, police, serial killers, existing IP
Format: mobile
Developer: Blue Giraffe (published by FTX)
App Store
Trailer
Walkthroughs and Let’s Plays (including full scenes)
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Kies je Verhaal
Genre: choose your own story walking route
Format: analogue pervasive game
kiesjeverhaal.nl
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The Hero’s Journey
Client: Imagine Filmfestival
Location: Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam
Event: Exhibition
Assignment: The festival’s 2018 theme was storytelling, and this theme needed to become visible throughout the (large) Eye Filmmuseum, home of the festival.
Immersive theatre
Immersive theatre has many definitions, but all of them involve some sort of active involvement from the audience that goes beyond just sitting and watching in silence. A lot of the work I did as a theatre director used immersive techniques.
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Corporate Animation Videos
I regularly develop and write creative scripts for Rocket Videos, a video production company focused on short, powerful animated videos for corporate customers. I’ve been able to write scripts for a lot of innovative products, for example for Jiffy (the organic biodegradable Jiffypot) and Koopmans (the fryless and bind-it products for vegetarian burgers).
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Bach was Deaf
‘Bach was Deaf’ was a short screenplay I wrote at the beginning of my career. The film was selected for several European filmfestivals and is available online via the link below (in low visual quality).
Imagine 2019: Things to Come
Client: Imagine Filmfestival
Location: Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam
Event: festival design
Assignment: For Imagine 2019, the theme ‘Things to Come’ was to be used for the festival location.
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Sally’s Salon
Genre: Story-driven time-management
Keywords: sitcom, humor, hairdressing, romance
Format: mobile and pc
Developer: GameHouse
App Store
Trailer
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Mary le Chef
Genre: Story-driven time-management
Keywords: cooking, family
Format: mobile and pc
Developer:GameHouse
App Store
Trailer
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Angela’s Wedding Disaster
Genre: Story-driven time-management
Keywords: humor, fashion, friendship
Format: mobile and pc
Developer: GameHouse
App Store
Trailer
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Save the World
Genre: interactive fiction scavenger hunt
Format: mobile browsergame (made with Twine)
The game used to be playable via save-theworld.nl but is now archived via the link below:
Lelystad theatre events
Client: De Kubus Lelystad
Location: Atolplaza (community centre) and Lelystad Natuurpark
Event: Location-based immersive theatre events
Assignments: The arts organization of the city of Lelystad wanted to celebrate the opening of a new multifunctional building with a cultural event that would show off the building but also involve the citizens. The second assignment, a year later, was to design something interactive that would turn the small planned location-based theatre performances in the local nature park into one coherent event.
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