HIHI I'MI'M TAMTAM
I’m an artist, engineer, and game designer fueled by a lifelong passion for play. Raised in Burma, where board games were scarce, I found joy in crafting my own games, spending teenage weekends play-testing creations with my cousins.
This love for games evolved into a career bridging technology and creativity. Early on, I developed software for financial and government institutions, but my heart remained in gaming. To merge my passions for games, tech, and education, I co-founded Neuronic Games, a tech company designing immersive digital games for museums and educational institutions. I also co-founded UP Games, a board game publishing company dedicated to innovating game design and delivering fresh, engaging experiences.
Now based in New York City, I organize inclusive gaming events to welcome newcomers to the board game community and mentor emerging designers to bring their ideas to life.
BOARD GAMES GAMES
AVAILABLE NOW
Longpack (2025)
A thrilling 4-player game where dice rolls determine the fate of adventurers escaping an ancient temple.
Office Dog (2025)
Manipulate the properties of the universe to build the most beautiful galaxy — it doesn’t get any bigger!
COMING SOON
Inle
Play to Z (2026)
Lead a balanced life and make a living growing crops on floating farms.
SCURRY UP!
UP (2026)
A quick game featuring a scurry of squirrels scurrying up a tree collecting food.
(unnamed)
Friendly Skeleton (~2026)
Cooperative party game where you make imaginary words to describe your image.
LOOKING FOR PUBLISHERS
Contact me for details on the following games.
Navigate through multidimensional spacetime to explore the galaxy.
(Kristina Hedbacker, TAM)
Gnus
Guide your herd of gnus around the Serengeti in its annual migration — beware the deadly river crossings!
(David Gordon, TAM)
Reap!
They want your land. They want your crops, minerals, and cows. Colonization — with a twist!
(TAM)
Hero
Amass followers and liberate territory from the warlords in epic kung fu battles.
(Dave Beever, David Gordon, TAM)
Weighted Words
Give clues to help balance the scale using visually identical weights to win together.
(Danielle Reynolds, David Gordon, TAM)
Backyard Bugs
A cute, area-control game of bugs preparing for a party in the backyard.
(TAM)
Relic Scavengers
Twenty-questions + multi-player battleship + bingo. (Finalist for 2022 Cardboard Edison Awards)
(TAM)
Spooky Hallway
Escape the infinite corridor using magical door, while avoiding the ‘big bad’.
(David Gordon, TAM)
Bluffing Barons
Use your guile when luck doesn’t go your way to reach the top!
(David Gordon, TAM)
3-2-1 Goby!
Push your luck — and push others off ledges — as your school of goby fish races to the top.
(David Gordon, Elene Fengometidis, TAM)
Moon: 1969
Alternate-history base-building on the moon.
(TAM)
RECOGNITIONS
MUSEUM EXHIBITS EXHIBITS
I design games and playful experiences for museums. Below are some of my past projects.
Dance Cardio
Learn how dance activity affects your heart rate.
Children’s Museum of Houston, TX (2023)
Mars Navigator
Learn simple programming as you guide a robot around obstacles.
Qubein Children’s Museum, NC (2021)
Mine Hunt
Explore a potash mine in 3D and perform a safety check.
Children’s Discovery Museum, Saskatchewan (2018)
Agent Rescue
Learn about cardinal directions and following verbal instructions as you guide your agent to safety in this multiplayer game.
The DoSeum, TX (2018)
Power Grid
A multi-player real-time game where players attempt to keep the power grid up.
The Clay Center, WV (2017)
Errand Race
Race around the city and learn how sometimes riding a bike, or walking is better than riding a car.
Center of Science and Industry, OH (2013)
