Matthew Barber

Interactive media is the oldest and most valuable form of art, and I intend to demonstrate this to as many people as possible during the course of my life. A good game can be a spiritual experience, it is my goal to, in time, provide these. This year, I wanted to experiment with emotive engines, and concepts of agency and communication in computer games. I hope you like our experiment.

Inspired by the traditional Norse board game hnefatafl, Hnefa is a tactical diplomacy game where the player must speak to the human counterparts of board game pieces in order to have them move. Will you be able to say the right thing and save your king? Or will your choices lead to the downfall of your village?