Matt Leacock is a user experience designer and game designer working out of Sunnyvale, California.
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I'm the chief designer at Sococo.Drop by our site and get your own, free virtual office building for your team. See your whole team at a glance and join people in their offices with a single click. Enjoy ad hoc conversations and scheduled meetings with other people—wherever they're located—with voice, chat, and screen sharing.
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Sococo is pronounced
"So-Cocoa."
Forbidden Island is Coming Soon!
Join a team of fearless adventurers on a do-or-die mission to capture four sacred treasures from the ruins of this perilous paradise. Your team will have to work together and make some pulse-pounding manouvers, as the island will sink beneath every step! Race to collect the treasures and make a triumphant escape before you are swallowed into the watery abyss!
- Gamewright's teaser video shows off the game and the artwork
- C.B. Canga's gorgeous artwork from the game
- Wil Wheaton reviews Forbidden Island
- About.com interview
- Boardgame Babylon's interview (podcast)
Pandemic is Back in Print
- Pandemic is back in stock.
Pick up a copy at Funagain, Boards and Bits, Thought Hammer, or your fine local game store. - Pandemic nominated for Spiel des Jahres for 2009!
- Pandemic and On The Brink both won a Golden Geek in 2009.
- On the Brink -- the first Pandemic Expansion -- has been released.
- Pandemic awarded Family Game of the Year for 2008, by Games Magazine
- Pandemic Nominated for the International Gamers Awards for 2008 for Best MultiPlayer Game.
- I gave a Google Tech Talk in April on the process I used for desinging the game.
Check out reviews and photos on BoardGameGeek
Roll Through the Ages wins Family Game of the Year for 2010
- Games Magazine names Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze age Family Game of the Year.
- The Late Bronze Age (a web expansion for The Bronze Age) has been posted to rollthroughtheages.com
Locust Games
I'm a designer and developer of unique strategy and family board and card games. Check here for information on my first two games: Lunatix Loop and Borderlands.
Send a Mouse on a Mission
Watch the 45-second teaser trailer for Mouse on a Mission—part of the a new campaign for Computers for Africa. Max Brace and I pulled this together for this non-profit that provisions computer labs in African schools.
Matt's Game Recommendations
Played a game with me that you'd like to order for yourself? Want to try something different? Check out the games in my cabinet.
Implementing a Pattern Library in the Real World: A Yahoo! Case Study
Examples and resources from a talk given at the 2005 IA Summit.
Deliverables that Clarify, Focus, and Improve Design
Examples and resources from a talk given at the 2002 Annual Conference of the Usability Professionals' Association.
Authors: Richard Fulcher, Bryce Glass, Matt Leacock
Ignatian Spirituality in Music
Songs for Daily Liturgy and Ignatian Retreats by Ruth Scherer Leacock.
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