greenbelts & gardens

GREENBELTS & GARDENS is representative of the spirit in which i created the Never Alone game jam and its first theme, "Into the Forest". i hesitate to call it a game. it really just uses the format and context of tabletop game writing to lay out instructions for rituals.

this is also a work intended to embody the essence of what "fenced forest" means. these rituals are designed to promote engagement with the natural within the context of a world cemented over and locked behind gates.

what i have posted here is a preliminary draft for what will eventually become a printed zine. my day job is at a store which sells some work by local creators and shop employees, and i hope to develop this into a polished, self-published handmade book of high enough quality for them to sell before my tenure there is done.

all of the art is mine, and should be considered only a sketch.
cover image made with Canva, using photos licensed for free commercial use. fonts used are Homemade Apple (title & headings), IM Fell (cover image), Coming Soon and Poor Story (body text).

this game was created on the occupied land of the Duwamish. this creator supports returning all lands, ceded and unceded, to the care of Indigenous people.