Chaim's amazing, and Earth Primer is one of his finest pieces of work, inspired by other simulation games like SimCity, SimEarth, and Spore. Check out his Experimental Gameplay Workshop talk and demo -- he shows it in action and tells about how Earth Primer is an example of a genre of educational simulation software that combine telling, showing, and doing. He's currently finishing up a book about the history of SimCity and computer simulations.

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Chaim Gingold

Projects and clients include Spore, EA/Maxis, Earth: A Primer, Valve, UCSF Medical School, and Linden Lab. My expertise and interests include authoring tools, tangible computing, prototyping, simulation, and play. Design lead for Spore Creature Creator. Freelancing and open to the right longer term fit.

Currently focused on finishing a book for MIT Press on the history of SimCity and computer simulation. I'm doing a little bit of consulting, and will have more bandwidth beginning around mid-2020, when the manuscript should be complete.