Abstract
Eco-Fables: Tales of Multispecies Inc. is an interactive environment blending climate fiction and worldbuilding to explore the story of Multispecies Inc., a grassroots organization that develops tools to prevent species extinction and promote ecological balance. Participants navigate a detailed virtual landscape—complete with mountains, forests, lakes, and a day-night cycle—while listening to original narrated stories. The environment integrates hand-drawn elements and kin-gatherer tools, wildlife photography, 3D renderings, and scans of organic materials like moss and trees. Key scenes such as the "Phenology Diary" and "System Memorandum" transport users to Multispecies Inc. outposts, providing insight into everyday activities and organizational structures that encourage multispecies collaboration, and encounter “The System” – Multispecies Inc.’s AI ally – issuing orders to members of the group to maintain ecological equilibrium. This structural layout is meticulously designed to mirror the organizational hierarchy of Multispecies Inc., providing participants with a deeper understanding of the tools and motivations of the group. This environment offers a visually rich, thought-provoking experience that invites reflection on the ethics of human-non-human relationships and the urgent need to rethink our role in addressing ecological crises, making it a compelling resource for those researching speculative futures, environmentalism, and biodiversity. Fiction written by Parsons & Charlesworth; voiceover narration by Renee Young.
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