Jason Ermer
My work is about celebrating the joy of exploration and discovery. I delight in crafting interactive problem-solving experiences to challenge, entertain, and delight an audience. These themes run through both my professional life as an educator, and my recreational life as a facilitator and designer of storytelling games.
Math Mysteries
Math Mysteries are mathematical classroom games with escape room-style puzzle elements. The first step to unraveling a Math Mystery requires completing a mathematical practice puzzle to construct an important piece of evidence. Each Math My...
Quests of Epic Proportions
A Quest of Epic Proportions is a cooperative game about negotiating and making group decisions. Set in a fantasy world, players take on the role of a team of adventurers. Each chapter of the game presents a “choose your own adventure” s...
Adventure Chronicles
These storytelling and roleplaying adventure scenarios focus on engaging players in exploration, discovery, teamwork, and creative problem-solving. The adventures are designed with younger players in mind, and are suitable for everyone ages...
Parser-Based Text Adventures
Interactive fiction stories where the game responds to commands that you type in (like "go north" or "take shovel").
Choose Your Own Adventure
Interactive fiction stories in which you click hyperlinks to decide how the story progresses.
