Scan For Playable Art is a series of game poems showcased throughout Winchester city centre and Winchester School of Art campus in July of 2025. Each game is playable on browser and can be accessed via QR codes shown throughout the city. The goal is to make more artistically challenging games available to the casual gamer and see how they react.

A cartoon character holds up a sheet of paper with a collage on it.

A cartoon character holds up a piece of paper which reads "Sophie is harder to kill than one might expect and proof of divine intervention. She has seven fireworks and a gallon of baby oil in her handbag."

Self Portrait is a study of intentionality within the context of AI. The player is invited to generate unique text and image based portraits of the game’s designer. The idea is to mimic the controversy surrounding portraiture during the advent of photography. During this time traditional media artists argued that the instantaneous nature of photography robbed portraiture of its craftmanship and intentionality.

We see similar criticismswhen it comes to AI art. To what extent can these works be generative and still accurately represent its creator? Who in this context even is the creator? How and where does the player derive meaning from this practice?

A large body of text with a procedurally generated cry for help. The sender is asking Kirsty to break up with their boyfriend for them and whether they should dye their hair pink. Below is a button allowing the player to generate another plea.

Bring Me Pants discusses the relationship between social isolation and disability. The player generates please for increasingly bizarre favours from increasingly improbable acquaintances whilst they experience a prolonged hospital stay. The use of generative poetry aims to create a stark contrast between the intimate nature of the request and the seemingly random relationship between the requester and the requestee.

A bulbous cartoon face is contrasted with one with different features. There are buttons at the bottom of the screen which allow players to edit the features of the main face to match the smaller one.

Moonface is a reflection of body dysmorphia and disability. Often lifesaving medications have side effects that change how patients feel about themselves. The player is encouraged to reflect on this as they change a person with Moonface’s features to match those from before they were medicated.