Tax Heaven 3000, MSCHF
Branding, Packaging, Game, Website

Logo with Japanese characters, the name 'TEX HEAVEN 3000' in bold, and cloud shapes surrounding the text.

  • MY ROLES:
    Branding: Christina Bull
    Game Design: Christina Bull
    Packaging Design: Christina Bull
    Web Design: Christina Bull

    TEAM ROLES:
    Production: Liz Ryan
    Game Development: Emma Howard
    Character Art: Vitaminechan
    Animation: Joanna Lin
    Original Music & SFX: ViperHawk
    Background Art: Veliquent, SOEURISE
    Web Development: Josh Wardle
    Photography: Kendall Mills
    Manufacturing: Hope Harrison
    Creative Direction: Lukas Bentel, Kevin Wiesner

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Tax Heaven 3000 is a free, fully functioning tax preparation software reimagined as a dating simulator computer game. Throughout the game’s storyline, players can romance “Iris” – Tax Heaven 3000’s love interest – who collects personal information about the player’s finances across various dates. At the end of the game, players are provided with a completed federal tax return based on the financial details they shared during their playthrough.

Tax Heaven 3000

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A computer game titled 'TAN HEAVEN 3000' featuring a pink-haired anime girl with blue eyes on the cover and disc, along with a cardboard box and CD case for tax preparation software themed around dating simulation for the 2022 tax year.
Video game menu screen titled 'Tax Heaven 3000' with anime-style girl with pink hair, holding a clipboard and pointing to the sky, background features floating tax forms and heart graphics, options include Continue, New Game, Settings, and Quit.
An anime-style character with long pink hair and blue eyes, wearing glasses on her head, a blue blazer, and a white top, standing inside a cafe or shop with wooden ceiling and shelves holding jars and cups in the background.
Digital map of a city street in a visual novel game interface with locations labeled as Office, Cafe, and Library, and a house titled Iris's House. A character portrait with pink hair is shown at the top left. There are weather icons, a calendar, and text mentioning tax day and financial information. A dialogue box at the bottom expresses romantic interest in Iris.
Anime-style pink-haired girl wearing glasses, a blue blazer, and a white blouse smiling in an office setting, with a dialogue box showing her asking for SSN confirmation.
Digital interface showing a notebook with tax information, sticky notes with instructions, and a note at the bottom about Iris recording interactions, set in a library with bookshelves and a computer desk in the background.
A digital screen with a finger touching an icon labeled Download Tax Returns. A pink dialogue box at the bottom features a quote from Iris that says, "We'll do it together, at whatever pace you're comfortable with." The interface shows a calendar, a refund amount of $3,556, and a date of April 18, 2023.
Video game software box cover titled "Tax Heaven" with anime-style girl with pink hair, blue eyes, glasses, and a blue blazer, holding a smartphone, promoting a dating sim and tax preparation.
Back of a tax software box for mschftax, compatible with Windows and Mac, featuring anime-style illustrations of a girl with pink hair in various scenes. The box highlights features for filing 2022 taxes, covering Form 1040, eligibility checks, and simple upload instructions.
Pink product packaging with a neon blue cloud design and Japanese characters, labeled "TAM HEAVEN 3000". Top left corner displays "mschta" and a logo, top right corner indicates "2022 Filing Year." Bottom text shows options for installation via CD or download.
CD case for a game titled "Dating Sim Tax Preparation" featuring an anime-style girl with long pink hair, blue eyes, wearing glasses, a blue blazer, and holding a tablet, with additional text in Japanese and English.
Software package for MSCHF mschtax, a tax filing program for 2022 compatible with Windows and Apple, featuring anime-style girl character and screenshots of software interface.
Anime-style girl with long red hair, blue eyes, wearing a blue jacket over a white top, holding a tablet and making a peace sign, surrounded by colorful graphics and Japanese text, on a blue background with sparkles.
Open booklet titled 'Tax Heaven 3000' with a table of contents including sections 'Overview,' 'Meet Iris,' and 'Gameplay Interface,' and a Japanese-style logo at the top, alongside a U.S. tax form partially visible on the left, with pastel heart illustrations in the background.