Maker of play/s
Games and Immersive Experiences
IKantKoan creates playful, intimate experiences that explore complex and serious subject matter through compelling narratives, high levels of player agency, and profound humor and joy.
The ultimate goal is to empower participants to exercise joyful agency in regard to complex, serious subject matter that often leave us feeling disempowered, like climate change, chaos theory, ethics, and love, because the most serious aspects of our lives are the most deserving of our playfulness.
IKantKoan was founded by game designer and immersive theater artist Jessica Ellen Creane.
The ultimate goal is to empower participants to exercise joyful agency in regard to complex, serious subject matter that often leave us feeling disempowered, like climate change, chaos theory, ethics, and love, because the most serious aspects of our lives are the most deserving of our playfulness.
IKantKoan was founded by game designer and immersive theater artist Jessica Ellen Creane.
Jessica is an interactive experience designer dedicated to crafting surprising games for curious people. She is the founder of IKantKoan LLC, a studio focused on playfully exploring complex subject matter like climate change, ethics, chaos, metaphysics, and love. Jessica is a Professor of Game Design at Drexel University, a climate change game designer with The National Parks Service, a 2021 Arctic Circle Artist-in-Residence, a member of the Rachael Carson Center Climate Change Existential Toolkit cohort, and she recently gave a TEDx talk about embracing uncertainty through play. She is a graduate of The Pig Iron School of Advanced Performance Training and her work has been presented at The World Economic Forum, PAX East, PAX Unplugged, IndieCade, Bandwi/d/th International, Tanween Creativity Festival in Ithra, Saudi Arabia, HERE Arts, NYC, BostonFIG, and on KQED San Fransisco. Her New York Times recommended playable theater show, CHAOS THEORY, recently won the Best Social Immersion Award from Immersion Nation.