BotANY FOR GAMES AND FILM

Are you adding healing herbs to your game? Need some creativity behind the reagents used in potions? Need to know the names and poisonous properties of some local plants in the region being shown on film? Or, are you striving for hyper-realism and want to build an in-game database of plants with names, appearance, and ecological parameters?

I enjoy working with clients in the gaming (and film!) sectors as I am comfortable in communicating biological concepts and properties through analogies directly to project leads, programmers, and designers. An example of work with a previous client involved researching and determining the ecological parameters of a set of plant species to create a science-based gameplay progression.

Scientific Name Editing and Verification

For businesses and other organizations that seek precision and accuracy in their products, I provide scientific name editing and verification services. I address subjects such as "What is the currently accepted scientific name?", "Are these names of species correct for this area?", "What common names should I use?", and more.

Centuries-long use of western gromwell (Lithospermum ruderale Lehm., Boraginaceae) by southwestern American indigenous peoples inspired mid-20th century scientists to develop contraceptives that could be delivered orally, aka "The Pill".

Centuries-long use of western gromwell (Lithospermum ruderale Lehm., Boraginaceae) by southwestern American indigenous peoples inspired mid-20th century scientists to develop contraceptives that could be delivered orally, aka "The Pill".