Nonadecimal Creative is a collaboration between imaginative minds to produce satisfying stories and emergent interactions.<\/p>\n
Focus areas include generative narrative<\/a>, simulating human behaviors and emotions, modeling complex systems, and social impact games.<\/p>\n Two experiences in its founder’s life inspire Nonadecimal Creative:<\/p>\n – Working in autonomous robotics created a drive to translate human decision-making into simple systems of rules and recreate personalities in software.<\/p>\n – Designing stories, puzzles, and ARGs for The Matrix Online MMO revealed storytelling as a language for altering perceptions to cause conflict or cooperation in a virtual world, leading to a passion for social impact games.<\/p>\n Nonadecimal Creative’s mission expands these ideas (and other ambitions<\/a>) in the simulated worlds of videogames while trying to inspire others.<\/p>\n Black Ice<\/a> [2026] Jovian Nights<\/a> [2027] Automata Empire<\/a> [released April 8, 2016] (press page<\/a>) Social Justice Warriors<\/a>\u00a0[released May 12, 2014] (press page<\/a>) The Matrix Online [2005 – 2009] Generative narrative<\/a> and simulating human emotions in virtual agents<\/p>\n “Social Justice Warriors fascinated me because it shows the potential that video games have beyond entertainment: to\u00a0be instruments of education, and conduits through which ideas can be disseminated, shared, and discussed.”<\/span> “I love this, I think. I’ve been a fan of Conway’s Game of Life ever since I first read Levy’s book, and it’s so interesting to see how little of a nudge it needs to be transformed into something like Automata Empire – and how much it in turn\u00a0brings to a genre that I thought I understood.”<\/span> “In fact, for some, he\u00a0was<\/em> The Matrix. It was his job to write in-game scenarios and puzzles, and actually perform as NPCs in the massive multiplayer online game. The lines between reality and internet, and between playing the game and being the game, were often paper thin.” Automata Empire featured in PC PowerPlay issue #252 (page 32)<\/p>\nHistory<\/h2>\n
Projects<\/a><\/h2>\n
\na cyberpunk FPS in a cyberspace open-world RPG: hack greedy corporations and help struggling people survive capitalism<\/p>\n
\nan episodic & systemic narrative for up to 4 players set in a space station orbiting Jupiter<\/p>\n
\na cellular automata strategy game about governing unruly monsters with feedback loops<\/p>\n
\na satirical role-playing game about dismissive labels and the pitfalls of online interaction<\/p>\n
\ndesigned ARGs, ongoing story arcs, and weekly events for the MMO while improv acting story characters live<\/p>\nPress<\/h2>\n
\nWhy We Need Games Like Social Justice Warriors – IGN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\nAutomata Empires: An RTS Based on Conway’s Game of Life – Eurogamer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe Matrix Online, internet fury, and being an empathic robot with Eric Ford – Destructoid<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nTrailers<\/h2>\n