Seminar: The Small Hassles Court Minigame (Final Presentation from Metagov's Governable Space-Makers Fellowship)

​Small Hassles Court is a digital game where players practice different approaches to interpersonal conflict resolution and self-governance.

​This project has been developed as part of Metagov's inaugural Governable Spacemakers Fellowship. It is also part of a broader project called Plot Twisters which, since 2020, has been developing an online game world fostering self-reflection and emotional literacy through therapeutic minigames. Our design collective, made up of mostly women and POC from diverse walks of life, identity backgrounds, and skill sets, has spent five years conducting trauma-informed and interdisciplinary research, developing concept art, and designing game mechanics. The Small Hassles Court team includes: Jenny Liu Zhang (Digital Artist), Amanda Nicole Curtis (Speculative Digital Ethnographer), and Joanna Rivera-Carlisle (Digital Governance Engineer).

​In this final presentation, the team will discuss the research underpinning this project and demonstrate a prototype of the game.

​More about Metagov Seminar: The Metagov Seminar invites individuals working in online governance to present their work to a community of other researchers and practitioners. Seminar topics include, but are not limited to, computational tools for governance, governance incidents and case studies from online communities, topics in cryptoeconomics, and the design of digital constitutions.

​​​The seminar is intended for researchers and practitioners in online governance, broadly defined. We welcome guests and curious members of the public. Note that the discussion is moderated.