Dollhouse is a “temper tantrum simulator” that exaggerates emotional expression through reactive gameplay. The game is set inside a digital replica of the dollhouse in my childhood bedroom, with the user scaled down to emphasize confinement and lack of control. Progression requires the user to interact with toy objects in the space, forcing engagement rather than offering choice.

The project draws from early experiences of emotional excess and explores how such behavior is socially critiqued along gendered lines. While anger or intensity in boys is often reframed as confidence, similar expressions in girls are too frequently dismissed as irrational or “bratty.” By placing the player in a constrained, infantilized environment, the game recreates feelings of powerlessness in response to emotinal duress.