Who Would You Be?

Alisa Khieu
Sleepless Dreamers
Published in
4 min readJan 1, 2021

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the hypotheticals of self-actualization through the lens of game design

Image from the original Super Marios Bros. (1985)

Fundamentally, game design is about creating interesting rulesets for fun experiences. Players vicariously adventure through crafted worlds as their personas traverse danger, solve puzzles, and slay epic monsters. As people overcome these ‘manufactured challenges’, their characters level up with fanfare for all their accomplishments and achievements. It may…

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Alisa Khieu
Sleepless Dreamers

Sharing my learnings in pursuit of "the good life". An adventure for self-determination and financial freedom through the lens of philosophy and game design.