MJ Johns
@mj-johns.bsky.social
I'm a PhD candidate at UC Santa Cruz studying HCI and gameful design for climate and natural hazard resilience.
As part of my PhD research I'm leading a team of research assistants and game designers to build a collection of games that help people prepare for wildfire. Follow our journey and learn about our development process here: ucsc-wildfire-games.itch.io/wildfire-min...
#gamedev #hci #research #climate
#gamedev #hci #research #climate
Devlog
A collection of minigames to help people develop preparedness and resilience to wildfire. Play in your browser
ucsc-wildfire-games.itch.io
July 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
As part of my PhD research I'm leading a team of research assistants and game designers to build a collection of games that help people prepare for wildfire. Follow our journey and learn about our development process here: ucsc-wildfire-games.itch.io/wildfire-min...
#gamedev #hci #research #climate
#gamedev #hci #research #climate
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Our second Workshop plenary begins in 20 minutes! We'll explore the First, Second, and upcoming Third Assessments! #hazws2025
July 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our second Workshop plenary begins in 20 minutes! We'll explore the First, Second, and upcoming Third Assessments! #hazws2025
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It was such a pleasure to welcome you to the 50th Annual Natural Hazards Workshop! We hope you’ll continue the discussions you had here and return to your essential work with new insights and inspiration. #hazws2025
July 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It was such a pleasure to welcome you to the 50th Annual Natural Hazards Workshop! We hope you’ll continue the discussions you had here and return to your essential work with new insights and inspiration. #hazws2025
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permadeath gamedev where you cancel the game if it ever crashes during development
July 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
permadeath gamedev where you cancel the game if it ever crashes during development
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Great to see @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social highlight some ofoutreach and community work coming from both my wildfire class and the Berkeley Fire Research Lab. We've enjoyed our partnerships with the Berkeley Fire Safe Council and many other groups.
news.berkeley.edu/2025/07/09/w...
news.berkeley.edu/2025/07/09/w...
Wildfire season is here. UC Berkeley scholars are helping Bay Area communities prepare. - Berkeley News
UC Berkeley Professor Michael Gollner and his students are applying advanced wildfire simulation tools to help neighborhoods understand their specific wildfire risks.
news.berkeley.edu
July 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Great to see @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social highlight some ofoutreach and community work coming from both my wildfire class and the Berkeley Fire Research Lab. We've enjoyed our partnerships with the Berkeley Fire Safe Council and many other groups.
news.berkeley.edu/2025/07/09/w...
news.berkeley.edu/2025/07/09/w...
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🔥 The labs of #BaskinEngineering Professors of Computational Media @kcisbister.bsky.social, Magy Seif El-Nasr, and Sri Kurniawan, along with Visiting Professor Edward Melcer, are using game design to help communities build resilience to wildfire. 🤯 👀 Read the story: bit.ly/44ugpTN
July 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
🔥 The labs of #BaskinEngineering Professors of Computational Media @kcisbister.bsky.social, Magy Seif El-Nasr, and Sri Kurniawan, along with Visiting Professor Edward Melcer, are using game design to help communities build resilience to wildfire. 🤯 👀 Read the story: bit.ly/44ugpTN
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Three new video games developed by #BaskinEngineering faculty are helping people prepare for wildfire emergencies. 🔥 Via @ksbw.bsky.social: bit.ly/44im4xi
New video games from UCSC help communities prepare for wildfires
The games each simulate complex dilemmas where people have to make hard decisions in tough moments
bit.ly
July 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Three new video games developed by #BaskinEngineering faculty are helping people prepare for wildfire emergencies. 🔥 Via @ksbw.bsky.social: bit.ly/44im4xi
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We've been writing about our development process in a Devlog to share our journey and what we learned along the way: ucsc-wildfire-games.itch.io/wildfire-min...
#gamedev #seriousgames #wildfire #community
#gamedev #seriousgames #wildfire #community
Devlog
A collection of minigames to help people develop preparedness and resilience to wildfire. Play in your browser
ucsc-wildfire-games.itch.io
July 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We've been writing about our development process in a Devlog to share our journey and what we learned along the way: ucsc-wildfire-games.itch.io/wildfire-min...
#gamedev #seriousgames #wildfire #community
#gamedev #seriousgames #wildfire #community