30x30

[they/them], artist, writer, game developer working on choice-based interactive fiction in Twine. 

Contact bfor.if@gmail.com with questions, comments, concerns, game access, etc. Game access can also be found at my website.

 MY PROJECTS:

Event Horizon 

A science-fiction horror story, set far into a future in which humans are not alone in a hostile galaxy. Embark on a suicide mission to save what's left of humanity, and try not to lose yourself along the way.

Status: Project on hiatus. Legacy version available through website.

lost birds 

A post-apocalyptic western about a mercenary out of luck and time, risen from the grave and on a quest for closure - or revenge. Includes an anthology of short stories.

Status: Complete through Chapter 1, Part 2. 2/9 short stories uploaded. UI update complete. 

CLOSEDLOOP 

A cyberpunk thriller about an ordinary Citizen trapped in a world of conspiracy and violence as the day repeats infinitely.

Status: Complete through prologue.

Protocol

An experimental science-fiction story about the first, last, and only crewman aboard Observatory Station Calypso-54414d. 

Received Best In Show ribbon, Spring Thing 2023.

Status: Complete.

Short Projects

TERMINAL VELOCITY, a conversation about gravity, ambition and flight. Neo-Twiny Jam 2023. 499 words.

Successor, a love letter to ecology and the promise of new worlds. Neo-Twiny Jam 2023, Short Games Showcase 2023. 498 words.

Paraenesis, a prophecy of fallen stars and living curses. The world ends again by your hand.

constellate, the intertwining of souls and the origin of their doom. Set in the universe of Event Horizon. Smoochie Jam 2024.

sojourn, a love letter to many things. Revival Jam (via Neo-Twiny Jam), 2024. 494 words.

[COMING SOON], SPRING 2024

The Revenant's Lament

Way out west, in the most lonesome of reaches, strange things are afoot. They say the devil walks amongst men. They say he'll grant you impossible wishes at the cost of your eternal soul. They say he can bring dead men back to life. 

Received second place in the Grand Guignol category, Ectocomp 2023

Status: Complete. Fixes + Editing update pending.

Experiments and Prototypes

30x30's Twine Template, a custom UI template that was created for use in CLOSEDLOOP, Paraenesis, The Revenant's Lament, and others. Designed to display dense text in a sleek, simple, and almost infinitely adaptable manner.

ATLAS, a prototype educational resource management game wherein the player guides a planet through ecological succession. Published as part of my undergraduate capstone project focusing on scientific literacy.