Stack a Snack
Stack a Snack is a multimedia game where players can make bizarre and whimsical cakes by mixing unexpected ingredients. What happens when you mix green grass, red lava, grey concrete, and brown worms together? Each cake generated in Stack a Snack is unique to the ingredients chosen. Players get to take home their digital cake creations by scanning the QR code at the end of the game. Created in collaboration with the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) for their Up, Down and All Around: Daniel Emma for Kids exhibition in the Children’s Gallery from 2 June 2023 – 8 October 2023. Over 57,000 cakes were made during the course of the exhibition. Game Development Team: Chad Toprak (Game Design), Helen Kwok (Animation) & Hsin Yang Ho (Programming)
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Swarming Instagram Filter
The Swarming Instagram Filter is a series of Instagram filters created for National Gallery of Victoria‘s Melbourne Now 2023 exhibition. Created in collaboration with artist James Lemon for his Swarming exhibit, participants can use the filter to: Be a Bee – transform themselves into a bee amidst the explosion of fluorescent colours in the space Be with the Bees – immerse themselves in a swarm of colourful animated bees The filter was accessible via QR codes in the Swarming exhibit, located on the third floor of The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square from 24 March 2023 – 20 August 2023. Team: Chad Toprak (Design & Programming) & Helen Kwok (Animation)
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Alt-Shift-Play
Alt-Shift-Play is an exhibition of contemporary Australian independent videogames. From critical hits to rare gems, the exhibition featured over twenty playable games made by Australian independent game-makers. The exhibition aims to highlight and celebrate the alternative and ever-shifting landscape of Australian independent games for Malaysia’s game development community, game design students, families, and children. Created in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian High Commission in Malaysia, Alt-Shift-Play was held at Muzium Telekom in Kuala Lumpur from 2-4 December 2022. The exhibition attracted over 2,500 attendees across the three days. For this project, my roles included: Assisting the production, installation, monitoring, and bump-out of the exhibition Designing the visual identity and branding, including website graphics, social media assets, and exhibition materials (labels, posters, banners & postcards) Editing the trailer and talk videos Preparing and facilitating a hands-on game jam workshop with participants Lead Team: Chad Toprak (Creative Producer & Curator), Helen Kwok (Visual Artist & Assistant Producer) & Hsin Yang Ho (Venue & Hardware Liaison)
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Make a Creature
Make a Creature is a multimedia game inspired by artist Remedios Varo, the Surrealists, and the game Exquisite Corpse – a drawing game that invited players to create strange creatures from different objects and body parts. In Make a Creature, players get to create their own creature by taking a photo of their face and augmenting it with a random objects for heads, bodies and legs. They can then scan the QR code to take their creation home. Created in collaboration with the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) for their Making Art exhibition in the Children’s Gallery from 10 June 2022 – 9 October 2022, Make a Creature was also installed at Chadstone Shopping Centre for a month. Nearly 60,000 creatures were made during the course of the exhibition. Game Development Team: Chad Toprak (Game Design), Helen Kwok (Animation) & Hsin Yang Ho (Programming)
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A Walk in the Bush
Created in collaboration with the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) and the Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Art Centre, A Walk in the Bush is a videogame based on the artworks of Ms N Yunupiŋu, and inspired by the land and sea of North-East Arnhem Land. Children are introduced to the six seasons of the Country as they walk in the bush, spot hidden animals, collect bush food, and listen to stories. A rich learning and visual experience, the game concludes under the stars. Presented as part of The Gecko and the Mermaid exhibition in the Children’s Gallery at NGV from 17 December 2021 – 25 April 2022. Game Development Team: Chad Toprak (Game Design), Helen Kwok (Animation) & Hsin Yang Ho (Programming)
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