https://www.jessicalachenal.com/collected-works daily 0.75 2021-11-22 https://www.jessicalachenal.com/collected-works/vlogue-blaseball-cares monthly 0.5 2021-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/cbeca73c-23dd-453a-8d2a-c37c666e2bd9/vlogue-cover Collected Works - VLOGUE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jessicalachenal.com/collected-works/little-sodaburg monthly 0.5 2021-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1632523173500-I8IZKU1OKVMD5LT9CJWK/sodaburg_town_crest.png Collected Works - The Traveler’s Guide to Little Sodaburg Role: Writer, Narrative Designer, Host What do you get when you combine idyllic seaside towns, far, far too many fish puns, and a sinister soda company? Little Sodaburg! As writer, I contributed to the development of the story behind The Traveler’s Guide to Little Sodaburg, which takes players on an “utterly immersive and delightful” journey through the history of the world’s best little seaside town (brought to you by Wahoo! Fizz). Press: The Escape Roomer: “The Traveler’s Guide to Little Sodaburg is easily one of the best games we’ve played. Period.” Full review here. Room Escape Artist: “The Traveler’s Guide to Little Sodaburg is an expertly crafted labor of love which I hope will be the harbinger of a new wave of premium, innovative virtual puzzle games.” Full review here. https://www.jessicalachenal.com/collected-works/field-guide-to-memory monthly 0.5 2021-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/0c022356-fb2c-423d-9fa4-aed750644de6/katletter-older1 Collected Works - Field Guide to Memory - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/c77183fa-dcfe-46a4-993b-5c395987ea81/katletter-older2 Collected Works - Field Guide to Memory - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/08810ba2-cdc7-44b8-b14d-a0379b016e23/katletter-full Collected Works - Field Guide to Memory - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jessicalachenal.com/collected-works/event-horizon-the-wilds monthly 0.5 2021-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1632632748086-88LI1SP4XUF2S5JESYOC/event-horizon-medical.jpeg Collected Works - Event Horizon — The Wilds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1632630788350-E75W7LFJJMLMNRBB1XAM/event-horizon-the-wilds.jpg Collected Works - Event Horizon — The Wilds - Role: Set Designer, Producer, Prop Master, Acquisitions Touching down on a new planet, a group of intrepid explorers made up of doctors, scientists, and a documentary crew discovers a beautiful oasis that would be perfect for a new colony. If only it wasn’t surrounded by plants that mutate any DNA it comes in contact with. The Wilds was a weekend-long blockbuster Live Action Role Play game that invited participants to explore in and around a campsite in the Santa Cruz Mountains. There, they encountered alien creatures, conducted research into mysterious medical maladies, and raced against the clock to defeat a deadly virus that threatens to literally claim each explorer and turn them into another part of the Wilds. My work focused primarily on set design and construction with an extremely limited turnaround time. Some sets were to be deployed shortly before players arrived to the site, while others were made to be somewhat more “permanent” points of interest. The event culminated in the dramatic discovery of a bioluminescent patch of exotic plants, at the center of which was a mysterious golden artifact. This discovery happened on a night hike, highlighting the eerily-lit and color changing patch of mutated growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1632632714786-OK39A3WSLBEGZMD03QJ4/event-horizon-map.jpeg Collected Works - Event Horizon — The Wilds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1632632761592-96BN165N4ON6FOBV9PLK/event-horizon-success.jpeg Collected Works - Event Horizon — The Wilds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jessicalachenal.com/collected-works/explorers-guild monthly 0.5 2021-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1633645985062-CMWYJ5QC3FL77ZOD5K6F/caravanrally2.jpeg Collected Works - Explorers Guild - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1633645880410-G8O0A1UYUZSMARW2BM3Z/caravanrally1.jpeg Collected Works - Explorers Guild https://www.jessicalachenal.com/collected-works/stellar-displacement-gray-area monthly 0.5 2021-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1633651429781-5F2HZ1F5OZHY4UMBQFM3/stellardisplacement3.JPG Collected Works - Stellar Displacement (Gray Area) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1633651553403-1IY54OCCWJG7GM8KJMGS/stellardisplacement2.jpg Collected Works - Stellar Displacement (Gray Area) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jessicalachenal.com/collected-works/sylvan-echoes monthly 0.5 2021-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1632529176961-ON830GUR6O4APDCEKC9M/sylvan-echoes-reserved.jpg Collected Works - Sylvan Echoes at Obfuscia Hotel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1632528367655-NVD8Y4IFMZBL492X1KXX/sylvan-echoes.jpg Collected Works - Sylvan Echoes at Obfuscia Hotel Role: Narrative Designer, Interaction Designer, Set Designer, Host “Experience the mysterious journey of the Keepers with all of your senses, delving into an otherworldly plane of existence. Legend has it that on certain nights a portal to the Echoes opens, and guests may learn firsthand just what the Echoes are all about.” Originally presented as part of the Obfuscia Hotel, a party hosted at the highly-exclusive Battery Club in San Francisco, Sylvan Echoes was a walk-through experience that took guests through a mysterious portal, going from a museum of oddities to a forest that had magically appeared in the club’s ballroom. There, they shared in storytelling, complete with one-on-one experiences, until they were finally invited to join the ranks of the Keepers before returning to the regular world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1632529091703-DKJQPKPTQ3PWMFX7MSQG/sylvan-echoes-fire.jpg Collected Works - Sylvan Echoes at Obfuscia Hotel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jessicalachenal.com/collected-works/hey-friend-zine monthly 0.5 2021-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1633653029269-BRHRHJ5JG99OPBKT5GID/heyfriendzine1.JPG Collected Works - hey, friend (zine) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1633652930459-WVE46ACOFZM7SUBFNZB5/heyfriendzine3.JPG Collected Works - hey, friend (zine) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1633652852800-3K3W0R2FPFBOBI67XDQ5/heyfriendzine4.JPG Collected Works - hey, friend (zine) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1633652987604-Z09V6OLXDI8OSCLAZFZ3/heyfriendzine2.JPG Collected Works - hey, friend (zine) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jessicalachenal.com/collected-works/living-room monthly 0.5 2021-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1632626726079-GU9JOD495SIIETANOGA6/living-room-night Collected Works - Living Room at Our City Oakland - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1632527786335-FIPMXWU9O08QIXLW3ZQX/living-room-fireplace Collected Works - Living Room at Our City Oakland - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1632525148834-MJO5CQMOHDF8CUVAE9Q6/living-room.jpg Collected Works - Living Room at Our City Oakland Role: Interaction Designer, Co-Producer This installation was designed to look like a common family living room had sprouted in the center of Frank Ogawa Plaza, directly in front of Oakland City Hall. The intent was to offer the city of Oakland, California a common room to share, where they could meet, play games, and even participate in chores if they wanted to (complete with chore wheel). The picture frames on the wall were arranged like family photos and showed a montage of the visitors who came to spend time with us in the living room. Friends and new family alike could find themselves featured on the wall within moments of first visiting the living room, a reminder that we are all family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1632626702114-2M33M3GLZZITBROMMLL2/living-room-complete.JPG Collected Works - Living Room at Our City Oakland - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jessicalachenal.com/collected-works/the-latitude-society monthly 0.5 2021-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e193896fd1969013ba190b4/1632525346421-PFA3P993USQN8E560SMZ/latitude-society.jpeg Collected Works - The Latitude Society Role: Writer, Experience Designer, Event Lead, Stage Manager, Volunteer Liaison A secret society, an art collective, a quasi-cult, a startup — all of these things describe a different aspect of the Latitude Society. Put simply: it was a city-spanning narrative experience that began with a surreal, in-person experience that sent you tumbling down secret slides and crawling through pitch black tunnels. Once you completed the initiation journey, you became part of the Society proper. This meant you had access to many unique experiences and events that would continue the narrative or connect you to other Society members. I served as a writer, focused on world building and story development. I also co-produced a live puzzle adventure for the Society’s yearly gala and handled day-to-day coordination for a large group of volunteers. Before its shut down and dissolution, I developed and designed an in-world venue. I recounted my experience in a blog post over on Medium. You may also have read my colleagues’ and friends’ articles covering its demise over on Vice, Business Insider, or Longreads. https://www.jessicalachenal.com/home daily 1.0 2025-07-24 https://www.jessicalachenal.com/work daily 0.75 2021-10-07 https://www.jessicalachenal.com/fuyu-fest daily 0.75 2024-01-20