Mycohaven is a 2D Virtual World set deep in Fiordland. Moss Isle is home to six different villages with focuses on the environment and sustainable practices. This game trailer is based on the harvest and cooking village of Loamshire. The other villages focus on native bird conservation, textiles, construction, geothermal energy and waterways. Players are encouraged to explore and collaborate while discovering how they want to contribute to the ecosystem itself. Young people engage with the game both online and offline through the use of a figurine that allows access to the world as well as a small pedometer device that allows children to “forage” for in-game rewards. This project aims to exemplify the importance of post-digital imaginative play, holistic world-building and ecology.
Official Game Teaser.
Character Design.
Environment Design.
Gameplay Design.
The gameplay features in Loamshire are focused on harvesting and cooking. Players will learn about the importance of managing food waste, seasonality within gardening and the basics of cooking with what you have at hand. 
Toy Fabrication .
Creating a world that features toys that integrate both online and offline play allows for stronger emotional bonds to form between the child and the ability to play with it.
The invention of this intersectional method of play is a direct response to the digitality of the modern child, and the messiness that comes with this has opened up the door for entirely new methods of play and creativity.
