Jill Impey

An artist exploring heritage & nature connections

Gamifying Histories: Inclusivity in Game Development

Above is a video of the timeline scrolling, with the sound of lark song followed by game development screenshots and finally game play with birdsong and rushing water sounds.

“Timelines” is in development as an inclusive immersive timeline installation, with the aim of educating and engaging non-gallery audiences to consider positive futures for all.

At BOM ( Birmingham Open Media) I have been gamifying my timeline illustration using research for 4 intersectional timelines of little known histories and hard won rights:

  1. Land and Environmental histories  (Green flags)
  2. LGBTQ + and Women’s histories   (Magenta flags) 
  3. Black and Colonial histories  (Black flags)
  4. Neurodivergent and Disability histories  (Blue flags)

I am building towards a funding application to expand “Timelines” as a large-scale intersectional timeline installation. Thanks to support from Arts Council England’s Develop Your Creative Practice funding, I am actively engaged in a range of processes to gamify the timeline, including making a quiz for level progression. I am also collaborating with 6 artists from British Columbia, Aotearoa New Zealand, India, and UK to develop “in real life” playful inclusive elements for the installation, which will take place in spring 2025. These will be supplemented by further digital interactions, including animation,VR, AR and video that consider how these artists want to be represented as part of the timeline installation.

Timelines gameplay screenshot. An androgynous, silver character in a mossy hilly landscape with blue sky and clouds is facing a sign that says "the way of the earth". There is text below about mosses' 350 million year old history. There are illustrated mosses around the base of the signpost.
The way of the earth

  • The Weather Report Selected for Axis Art Film Festival 2025
  • Gamifying Histories: Inclusivity in Game Development
  • Funding Support for Creative Digital Ideas
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  • Art History and Contemporary Art
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  • aKIN Exhibition Workshop
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  • Honouring weeds, wild flowers and seeds