Kevan Davis
I'm a freelance web developer working mainly in PHP, Perl and MySQL. I'm also
active in a broad range of game design fields, from board and web games through
to ARGs and pervasive street games.
I'm currently taking on minor, interesting projects in the London area, and am
not looking for any
permanent work at present. If you'd like to contact me, I can be reached at
kevan@kevan.org, or through my
LinkedIn profile.
Past work
Website design and development, and designing and running a few pervasive games.
An open repository and discussion forum for pervasive game rulesets, released under
creative commons.
Game design for a live event at the Science Museum's Dana Centre,
in collaboration with Coney.
Website design and development for the festival of social
games and playful experiences.
Unnamed ARG project (2008)
Puzzle design and narrative structure work on an alternate reality
game. This may still be running, so the name is withheld.
A monthly pervasive-game playtesting evening held in galleries,
nightclubs and other strange venues. Assistant organiser,
website developer and designer of several games.
Two live gaming events for the Science Museum's Dana Centre,
designed in collaboration with Coney.
A chore management system where a household, family or office can create
a party of adventurers, who are then able to claim experience points for completing
chores. Sole designer and programmer, apart from commissioned artwork.
Several game designs for the interactive sections of this exhibition
at the London Science
Museum.
A popular, text-based, zombie-themed browser MMORPG, with around
40,000 human-controlled characters. The game has included promotional
spinoff maps with new features for the UK launches of Diary of the
Dead and Dead Set, in 2008. Sole designer and
programmer.
A scrapbook system for the Art Institute of Chicago, allowing students and
teachers to compile and share scrapbooks from the institute's existing exhibit
database. Programming contract for Cognitive Applications.
A customised content-management system for sharing the transcripts and details
of the inquiry with the press. Programming contract for Cognitive Applications.
A scratch-built press-release content management and press-image sharing system
for the gallery. Programming and design contract for Cognitive Applications.
A back-end system allowing historians and experts to annotate a series of antique
photographs, and a front-end website sharing the results with the public. Programming
contract for Cognitive Applications.
An ongoing collection of viral web toys and games.