Atley is a game designer and programmer who wants to use VR to analyze the psychological systems we’re embedded in. Atley programs networking for Gentle Manhands. She founded Code Camp, an initiative to teach programming by building tactile metaphors with everyday objects like jewelry and pipe cleaners. She and partner Allison Comrie are making Palimpsest: a rhythm-action VR game about fighting for the femme psyche in a hostile technological environment.