Aneesh Mandava

  1. What Goes Around
  2. Anemia
  3. Hear Me Out
  4. Iowa Farm Experience
  5. When Things Get Moving
  6. Crunchtime
  7. Woven Dreams
  8. Media Works


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Anemia

Role:Creative Direction
Art Direction
Game Design

Collaborator: Molly Carrick, Developer
Emma Lentz, Designer
Miguel Kunkle, 3D Modeler
Luke McDermott, Project Manager

Duration:Jan - Mar 2025Project Overview:  
Anemia is a body-controlled endless runner game developed in collaboration with Iowa 4-H for their two-day Science Fair event. We worked on a lounge area alongside the game with the intention of fostering moments of conversation and connection between students and visitors during their 4-H Science Fair experience.

Players control a red blood cell navigating subliminal interpretations of the human body. The objective is to travel as far as possible while remaining healthy and avoiding decayed cells scattered throughout the environment. A decay rate and corresponding obscuration of the path further lend to to a gameplay experience that feels thrilling and helpless.





Process  With a "science-related game" being our only initial requirement, we explored  aspects such as narrative, visual style, and user controls. Once a rough concept was formulated, we used the MDA (Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics) game design framework to establish the game vision and the  steps to achieve it.






Game Development  The game mechanics derive inspiration from aspects of the circulatory system, space exploration, and the blood condition Anemia




Print Media  All the print media



In Action Where everything comes together. An enriching project where I got to nurture an idea and see it come together with our team across a physical and digital experience.