oh hi, my name is Erix and i'm an occassional gamemaker. i like to create small, eclectic things and i also run a local game dev meetup called Squiggly River. please enjoy.

i make games,

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a co-op card game about relationship maintenance

✎ game & card design

crafting consent

a 2-player cooperative craft project about consent

✎ solo developer

Fishbowl

a small diorama of a fishbowl for you to explore

✎ solo developer

Bus Stop

a story of mundane horror that occured at a bus stop

✎ solo developer

write manifestos,

Games by/for Community: a manifesto for community, resistance and change.
Design with Dissent: a small, personal manifesto for my future work.

and do other stuff

community work

Organiser and Moderator of Squiggly River: Brisbane game dev meetup.
Board member of Making Space: support organisation empowering minority and underrepresented people in games.

talks

How To Build A Games Community For Everyone Else (Video): Freeplay Independent Games Festival 2021
Micro Talk (Video): Freeplay Independent Games Festival 2018

blogs

Games to Write Home About (Blog): Short form analysis of interesting things in interesting games

academic work

The role of community in the work of alternative Australian gamemakers (Conference paper): an initial overview of my Masters research project, presented at DiGRAA 2023.