Some playful innovation is happening at Mulloon these days. Expert game-designers Boho Interactive recently led a first-class workshop to demonstrate how gamification can support our work bridging landscape repair, community and Country. Rather than evade complexity, better to immerse ourselves in it with curiosity and enthusiasm!

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Mulloon staff were joined by Stuart Naylor from WaterNSW, and Fehin Coffey and Gabi Meeks from Country-centred design team Always Collective. We looked under the hood of game design to learn the pivotal role of narrative, tipping points, feedback loops and well-chosen game mechanics. Oh, and comedy. We rapidly prototyped a series of 's**tty games' (so named by Boho to prompt fearless creativity) that brought to the surface a whole bundle of healthy dilemmas. We love how Boho's irreverent style loosens everyone up, delivers many surprises and helps us see worlds within worlds within worlds.

Thank you Ang Collins, David Shaw, Nathan Harrison and Julia Johnson!

This workshop received support from DAFF (LiFT & First Nations Water Stewardship grants) and WaterNSW.