Today we’re speaking with Kate Compton, an inventor, game designer, special effects artist, independent researcher. She’s also an academic with the Expressive Intelligence Studio at UC Santa Cruz, which is a group of researchers studying new ways to connect computers and creativity, that includes everything from interactive storytelling to social simulations to laser-cut robots. Kate has been working on Procedural Content Generation in a variety of contexts for more than ten years. From research papers like “The Casual Creators”, to generative frameworks like Generominos, to video games,  to little games, wild experiments and more. I definitely recommend checking out her incredible work online at: Website Twitter As always you can find out more about Tech+Art by visiting our website or following us on Twitter! Cover art by Matt DesLauriers.