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Revision as of 16:51, 29 January 2022
Dan Hett is a digital artist, writer and games designer from Manchester, UK.[1] He is also a member of the Algorave livecoded electronic music movement, performing under the name Rituals.[2]
Career
Hett’s writing is influenced by the death of his younger brother Martyn Hett in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.[3] He is known for short introspective autobiographical narrative games and interactive fiction, which explore radicalisation, extremism and identity politics in the UK.[4][5]
Until 2016 he worked in the BBC Children’s and R&D departments, where he developed apps and digital games across a range of languages and platforms. He was technical lead on the BAFTA nominated CBeebies Storytime app, he also designed and built the core of the BBC’s first cross-platform multiplayer games API.[6]
In 2021 Hett became Creative Technologist at the School of Digital Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University.[7]
Awards
- 2015, Broadcast Digital Awards Winner of Best Digital Children’s Content for CBeebies Storytime[8]
- 2015 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Winner of Children’s Interactive award for The Dumping Ground[9]
- 2020 New Media Writing Prize winner for c ya laterrrr[10][11][12]
Works
Interactive Fiction
- c ya laterrrr, 2017
- The Loss Levels, 2018
- Sorry To Bother You, 2018
- Closed Hands, 2021
Non-fiction
- Seize every moment, 2017, Huffington Post
- More games should be truly honest about death, 2018, Rock, Paper, Shotgun
- Show, Don't Tell, 2019, FutureEverything
- Dreams becomes reality: the game that can make an artist out of anyone, 2019, The Guardian
- Online hate threatens us all. Platforms can and must do more to eradicate it, 2019, The Guardian
- Love, loss, and virtual memorials, 2020, Observer
References
- ^ "Dan Hett | ELMCIP". elmcip.net. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "Rituals". Algorave. 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "Games console: Dan Hett, the indie game designer pouring his grief into interactive art". the Guardian. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "Dan Hett's video games take on grief, radicalisation and ethical journalism". The Big Issue. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ Purchese, Robert (2021-05-08). "Understanding Closed Hands, a game about reactions to a terrible event". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "Dan Hett - BBC R&D". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "Manchester writer, artist and games developer joins School of Digital Arts - School of Digital Arts (SODA) – Manchester Metropolitan University". 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "Winners 2015". Broadcast Digital Awards. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "British Academy Children's Awards Winners Announced". www.bafta.org. 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "Archive". New Media Writing Prize. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "Interview with Main Prize winner Dan Hett". New Media Writing Prize. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "New Media Writing Prize 2020 | ELMCIP". elmcip.net. Retrieved 2022-01-29.