We called upon some of the greatest mid-century American action serials to make a game that both harkens back to the adventures of yore and puts a new face on the idea of exploration, with an emphasis on the environmental impact of what reckless exploration means to the planet at large. 5% of our in-game revenues go to benefit Project Kaisei, a non-profit dedicated to cleaning up the real Pacific Trash Vortex.

Crazy Boat contains many gameplay innovations. The biggest: it uses Facebook profile data to give players in-game bonuses for their real-world skills and strengths. If you you post messages about the forest to your facebook wall, you might earn the Forest Ranger skill, and if you post about current events, you might score points as a Politician. In addition, in a first for Facebook games, players share their adventures with groups of up to four – and what happens to one affects all four.

IO9 calls Crazy Boat “The Best Sci-Fi Distraction on Facebook”

The New York Times Magazine calls Crazy Boat “Enormously Compelling”

Forbes calls Crazy Boat “Weird, witty and compelling: like Farmville if you could grow peyote”

I worked on the game with many talented people, including the consummate artist Joe Alterio, front-end guru David Kurtz, and crack iPhone developer Tom Brow.

Use your real-world facebook profile to earn skills for your in-game persona like “philosopher”, “spy”, “soldier”, “musician” or “politician.”

Play in groups of up to four per boat — your actions are critical to the success of the group.

Crazy Boat builds a rich narrative using the quality-based narrative system pioneered by Fail Better Games in Echo Bazaar.

Sign up for some of our games at http://undercoverstreetgames.com.

Check out our article in the SF Chronicle, Undercover Street Games: Assassins play among us

Gatsby introduces you to nearby people with interests you share, whenever you check in on foursquare. My good friend Haan Lee drew the illustration of Gatsby.

Check it out at meetgatsby.com

Gatsby won Twilio’s SMS app contest!

Mashable: Connecting Foursquare Friends Who Like Cats and Circuses

CNet: Meet Gatsby, matchmaker for Foursquare users

PSFK: MeetGatsby Matches Strangers Through Foursquare

The Rundown: Link Foursquare to real life with Gatsby

ReadWriteWeb: Connect With Like-Minded Foursquare Users Around You

Path of the Monk is a three-player game of deception made in 48 hours for the Global Game Jam 2010. The Monk relies on chatting with two guiding spirits to make it through the maze, but one spirit is secretly hoping to get the monk killed.

Play the game at http://monk5.shrdwhtbrd.com.

Read a review at http://incrediblystrangegames.com/post/366416893/path-of-the-monk-global-game-jam-2010