Fortnite Outage 2024

A Fortnite prototype for Nando’s using game mechanics and the mythic figure of the Tokoloshe to raise awareness of load shedding in South Africa. As game designer, I used platform-native mechanics to translate an infrastructural crisis into interactive systems and playable form.

It matters because it demonstrates how games can make complex, unevenly distributed real-world conditions more legible through play.