FEMINIST GAME DESIGNER

DANA
STEINHOFF

I AM A WRITER AND A PROJECT LEAD WHO BELIEVES THAT THE STORIES WE TELL HAVE A REAL WORLD IMPACT.

CURRENT AND RECENT PROJECTS

I'm in my final semester as a MFA candidate of Emergent Media at Champlain College, so I stay busy.

THE FEMINIST GAME DESIGN PROJECT

MFA Thesis Work

An exploration into the responsibility of the writer and the power of bringing new stories to my favorite medium.

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EDEN - NARRATIVE DESIGNER

aka "Olfactory VR"

A completed shortform virtual reality game developed alongside a smell-emitting device.

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BREAKAWAY! - CREATIVE DIRECTOR

A serious game to train kids to reject toxic masculinity and violence. Scheduled to ship on Android in Summer 2018.

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Click here to see my full portfolio.

Spirit Island Development Update: For my third Unity prototype, I created an "interrupt system" for the player to interact with and impact a linear di...

Creating a Dynamic System for Linear Dialogue - Postmortem (Part 3)

April 15, 2018

Creating a Dynamic System for Linear Dialogue - Design (Part 2)