MaskedOrchid
Technical Artist, Artist, Developer
Fish Tank
Spring 2025
Stuck in a fish tank too small to contain your adult size, your life is defined by the repeated and endless feedings, and reactions of the aquarium goers, possibly until you outgrow your tank where your fate is left to be decided.
A 2D procedurally animated creature simulator discusses the role and responsibility that Zoos and Aquariums have to provide healthy and ideal environments for their organisms. Through this discussion, Fish Tank hopes to connect the issue of Zoo and Aquarium enclosures to how we design our own spaces and tanks.
Fish Tank is a solo dev Experimental Game Design game using spatial storytelling to tell the narrative of a fish that outgrows its tank. Fish Tank was nominated for Excellence in Narrative at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s 2025 Gamefest.
