Michael Anthony DeAnda, PhD

Design Portfolio


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Golden Mart

A magical catastrophe a few blocks away from the convenience store where you work threatens the city. Society is on edge. How will you uphold the Golden Standard of Excellent Customer Service in this solo table-top RPG?
Designed in collaboration with Carly A. Kocurek for #NeighborJam2020.
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On My Terms

A visual novel developed in collaboration with Leo Bunyea that explores consent and narrative.

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Vicious Mochary

In this one-shot (of espresso) Dungeons & Dragons (5th Edition) module, players must creatively use their skills and spells to manage a coffee shop. 
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Written for Transferable Skills Class Jam 2019 [#TCSJam2k19].

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Betrayal at the Funhouse

Players explore a mysterious traveling carnival in this one-shot Dungeons & Dragons (5th Edition) module inspired by P!nk's album, "Funhouse."

Written with Jonathan Vazquez for Record Collection 2k19 Jam.

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Bulge Lab

​A fully web-based Alternate Reality Game that explores masculinity, body image and viruses. 

Click here for a clickable PDF walkthrough of the game.

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Project #1ReasonWhy

Jodi Houlihan, Xi Rao, Bing Xue and I interrogated tweets tagged with #1ReasonWhy during the first six weeks of the cultural phenomenon. In addition to conducting assumption testing on reports of misogyny in the gaming industry within this corpus of tweets, we also analyzed popular trends, including whose tweets were widely shared; the shifts in discourse; and apparent trends in the data. In the end, we developed a foldable infographic to present the data.

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TRANS-Gression

A table-top board game that draws from drag culture to encourage performative play and explore methods of forming community.
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