design, build, play
design, build, play
Green Pet is a human-plant interactive game that helps reduce people’s anxiety.
I was experiencing lots of stress before my dissertation in grad school. From my literature reviews on methods to reduce stress, I learned that touching plants can actually do the job.
So I designed three little games in Unity, used an Arduino Flora board, turned the plant into a game controller.
I play tested the game, collected feedback, analyzed the data, successfully graduated without much anxiety.
After my graduation, my professor polished up my paper and submitted it to CHI Play conference and it was accepted! I never thought I would give a presentation at one of the most prestigious conferences in HCI.
I guess this could represent the very nerdy side of me 👩🏻💻