Webweaver is a point & click visual novel in which the player character explores a surreal forest ecosystem through the technology of the internet. As your connections with the inhabitants of the forest grow, your body transforms and entangles with the ecosystem. For this project, I have challenged myself to capture the tone and mood from its narrative and visualize that in surreal, non-human character designs.

Artist statement

I have always been intrigued by the strangeness of the world we live in, especially by how a lot of people seem to take the world as it is, without question. I've noticed that especially queer and neurodivergent people DO question our world more often, be it the systems we live in, the relations between technology and nature, or simply the way in which we interact with each other.

As an artist, I try to capture this inherent strangeness and curiosity felt when interacting with the world, and especially with the nature surrounding us, by creating characters and stories that focus on this feeling. However, my stories are always set in fantasy and sci-fi settings, where the strangeness of it all is amplified by the way the universe is set up. My art is about finding comfort in and feeling validated in your experiences through characters that are unlike us.

Ambitions

I think I want to continue experimenting with what games, as a medium, can grow into. There's so much development happening in the game industry, and there is an infinite amount of games yet to be created. I wish to be working on creating at least a couple more with the people that inspire me, pushing the boundaries of what games can be.

Learned during the studies

Creative processes look different for everyone. It took me a long while to realize what that process looks like for me, and I still haven't figured it out completely. I've learnt that it is most important to always try and get closer to figuring out how you work as a designer and artist, and working together with like-minded people gets you closer to accomplishing that.

List of publications / exhibitions / prices / concerts / shows etc.

Intertwine - A narrative platformer about a cyborg exploring a strange alien ecosystem, in which you interact with unusual intelligences and learn about their view on things such as death, transformation and capitalism.
Deluvium - A narrative environmental puzzle game in which you explore a post-apocalyptic world in which people live in new, sustainable cities on floating islands.