Our game is part of ongoing research about how we can design games for climate and natural hazard resilience. We do community co-design with residents and experts to ensure our games reflect the lived experience of people in areas impacted by wildfire and that our games align with expert guidance and recommendations. Beyond creating the games, we are also publishing our findings from user studies, interviews, and workshops. Here are some of our recent publications:

Translating Social Dilemmas into Gameful Design for Wildfire Resilience
MJ Johns, Yael Nidam Kirsht, M´ario Escarce Junior, Linda Hirsch, Yiyang Lu, Bridget Ho, Anna Toledo, Magy Seif El-Nasr, Stephen Collier, Edward Melcer, and Katherine Isbister. Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2025. DOI: 10.1145/3706599.3720171

Participatory Design of a Serious Game to Improve Wildfire Preparedness with Community Residents and Experts
MJ Johns, Emmanuel Chinedum Ezenwa, Seunghyun Lee, Thomas Maiorana, Ciel Wood, Josh D Levano, Rita Aksum Tesfay, Michael Takami, Cameron A Dodd, Madison Li, Hanne Manning, Regis Pak, Lily Chen, Ria K Saini, Mario Escarce, Mennatullah Hendawy, Magy Seif El-Nasr, Edward F. Melcer, and Katherine Isbister. Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024. DOI: 10.1145/3613905.3650735