She designs games with themes of LGBTQ self-discovery, community building, and post-apocalyptic survival.
[8] Alder's games have been used to teach social responsibility and decision making in secondary school classrooms.
[7][10] Alder has been invited to give workshops and present on game design across North America and Europe.
[11] Alder also acts Design Consultant on other indie games, and has contributed to Thirsty Sword Lesbians[12] and Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast.
[13] Ben Bisogno at the Kyoto City University of Art wrote an in-depth analysis of Alder's contributions to the development of role-playing games that don't use a gamemaster.