01 / EDUCATIONAL GAME
Carbon Command
Defend Earth from falling carbon and use quiz points to support upgrades. An arcade challenge gives players a visible way to engage with carbon and environmental systems.
Visit the game03 / GAME DESIGN & PRODUCTION
Making climate
science playable.
Three educational games that connect environmental ideas with the things players do.
- Studio
- Pew Pew Studios / Green Ninja
- My role
- Founder · Producer · Game Designer
- Delivery
- 3 games · 18 months · 4-person team
01 / THE CONTEXT
Learning through
different kinds of play.
I founded Pew Pew Studios and led a four-person team to create three educational games with Green Ninja. Each approached environmental learning through a different kind of play, from defending Earth to navigating rooftops and exploring household energy.
I worked with educators, artists, and developers from early requirements through design, development, testing, and classroom launch.
02 / MY CONTRIBUTION
A small team.
A complete production.
- Lead game design, production planning, budgets, and release.
- Coordinate artists and developers while staying connected to the educational goals.
- Gather educator feedback and manage testing, reviews, and revisions.
- Contribute game development and animation across the portfolio.
Three ways to learn through play
THE GAMES02 / EDUCATIONAL GAME
Carbon Runner
Run and jump across rooftops, collecting environmentally beneficial items and striking harmful ones. Questions and rewards reinforce the environmental choices within the action.
Visit the game
03 / EDUCATIONAL GAME
CarbonCraft
Power up Green Ninja while exploring how much energy is used at home and where that energy comes from. The focus shifts from everyday consumption to the sources behind it.
Watch the game03 / OUTCOMES
From a small studio
to a wider classroom.
We delivered three games in 18 months, and the studio was acquired by Green Ninja Science.
Carbon Runner was one of four finalists in the 2016 Games for Change Climate Challenge, selected from more than 50 prototypes.
Read the finalist announcementCarbon Runner and Carbon Command were also discussed in a peer-reviewed study of climate-game design.
Read the design study