I love reviewing all your clever, creative, experimental indie games! Please keep them coming!

If you're in the DMV area, I'll be talking about the craft of memoir games! ✨ Jacob is moderating AKA guiding me to make sure we discuss what memoir is, examples of work, my inspirations, and how the process of writing one provides a challenge for narrative designers when telling evocative stories

Kitty heard I was grayboxing and couldn’t resist getting in on the box action

as a creative it's not hard to give proper credit to your inspiration. it's weird AF when you don't. also if you don't know about Train, fix that. www.rockpapershotgun.com/tomorrow-and...

What a delightfully (and deliciously 🫐) sassy way to respond to having your work stolen by an AI company!

This flight’s nearly empty so the crew’s just cracking jokes: “We’re about to dim the cabin lights. So if you’re scared of the dark… um… just look up, and you’ll find a button to turn on a light? Adds a little ambiance, a little touch of romance. If you don’t like romance, DON’T TURN ON THAT LIGHT”

Please just assume that my badge at every games conference always says this

So psyched & grateful to return to GDC this year, as part of the delegation from @womeningamesnyc.bsky.social! 🌁🎮👩‍💻

In 48h, Theresa Loong is launching a 30-day #Kickstarter to finish Game On, a feature #documentary about pioneering game designer @brendaromero.bsky.social and the lasting impact of her work on women and the next generation of creators! gameonthemovie.com/kickstarter #indiegames #filmsky #bluesky

PSA: The key replicas that @iam8bit.com produced for @blueprincegame.bsky.social are not only screen accurate but absolutely GORGEOUS! 🗝️😍 Sure, ok, the Prism Key doesn’t actually radiate rainbows IRL. But today, with the help of a window prism and some afternoon sunlight, I fixed that ☀️💎🌈

Finally finished Blue Prince. (FINISHED finished. You know, not the first, second, third, or fourth endings. The actual one. Maybe 🌀) Masterpiece of a game, but I’m so ready for my brain to stop seeking clues in every grid-shaped thing. (And if I never see the color blue again, it’ll be too soon 😆)

@natmesnard.bsky.social & I had a great time chatting with Zoey on True Avatars, her weekly podcast about queer games! It was a fun convo that got into some serious issues - from puzzle design & “MetroidBrainias,” to fascism & queer erasure. Find the full interview (both audio & video) linked below!

Some locals just drove by, selling pumpkins out of their pickup truck. Somehow I scored a lil pumpkin for free, just by laughing at their hilarious sales pitch? (I wonder what tipped them off I might want it… 🎃🍂😅)

Thanks so much for the shout-out, @kymira.ca! We couldn't have asked for a better neighbor than @wtchcrft.com at @qgcon.bsky.social last weekend. We should totally collaborate on a "queer indie games inspired by Blue Prince" bundle, haha! 🩵

On my way to @qgcon.bsky.social, and the first leg of my flight to Montréal is behind schedule. The pilot has reassured us he’ll “try to take any shortcuts we can.” Can’t wait to see how this guy folds space and time to shortcut us through the sky!

Been learning so much and meeting some amazing people at NarraScope this weekend! If you're around, and happen to be a mortal creature like myself, you might enjoy my talk on death-positive narrative design this afternoon (1:30 ET, URBN Center 141, more details at narrascope.org/schedule/#ta...) 💀🎲🖤

Excited to continue our celebration of Pride month over at Coexist tonight! Come for @officialnycg.bsky.social's talk about representation in gaming, then stick around to play our latest demo of Banned Together 🏳️‍🌈🎮

If I had a nickel for every queer engineer I know who worked at Amazon for many years, wanted a change of culture, founded an inclusive game studio, then eventually got snatched up by Anthropic… I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice!

We’re kicking off Pride in style by demoing our new gameplay at Gaymer Pride today! It’s a free event, so come hang out with us at the Museum of the Moving Image, play Banned Together, and we’ll send you off with a snazzy gay bookmark 📚🌈✨

We are live NOW with the 2025 NYU Game Center Incubator Showcase! On Steam: store.steampowered.com/sale/GamesinNY And on Twitch: twitch.tv/nyugamecenter

Check out all these amazing games made right here in NY! 🏙️🎮🤩 Some of the most diverse & innovative work in indie games is happening here, and I’m so proud that Banned Together (my upcoming queer mystery game about book banning) is featured here for wishlisting: store.steampowered.com/sale/GamesinNY

Over here. A thing to help working class ppl into games @pocinplay.bsky.social 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

Trying to be cryptic here, to prevent spoilers for a certain puzzle game I happen to be obsessed with lately, but… I just found my 7th red letter, and it feels like a *wild* coincidence that that happened today, of all days!? If you know, you know 🩵👑😉

If, like me, you’re a big fan of @noclipvideo.bsky.social, @2playerproductions.bsky.social, and quality documentaries about indie games, this is for you! (Of course, I may be a little biased, since I’m working on this project, and Myst is very dear to my heart 📚🎥)

As someone making a game about books, I felt lucky to attend *multiple* events this week at the intersection of games & writing: the launch of @jeannethornton.bsky.social’s novel A/S/L, steeped in digital nostalgia, and @ashleybardhan.bsky.social’s delightful “video game reading night” about love!

Being a game designer isn't about getting things right the first time: it's about trying something out, listening to playtesters, trusting your team, then trying again! Here's my dev log about the evolution of a rhythm game at @bolerogamestudio.bsky.social: bolerogamestudio.itch.io/old-and-gray...

Hey that’s us! Come check out our new gameplay if you’re around tonight 📚🌈✨

The fact my suitcase looks like this when packing for a conference makes me confident I’m in the right industry 🎮🎭 Can’t wait to see everyone at GDC!

New achievement unlocked: @natmesnard.bsky.social & I pitched our game together in front of a live audience at a public event, and we had a great time! Next stop: GDC ✈️

Ever wonder what kind of indie game @natmesnard.bsky.social & I have been developing over the past year and a half? DM if you’d like free tickets to our pitch this Tues! 😉

Might feel like everything is going to 💩 but there's still lots of good in the world. Here's a little joy for ya — grab a ticket or apply to speak this year!

Over the holidays, I bonded with my father-in-law (very much not a gamer) by getting him hooked on Balatro. It's been a couple months now, and I'm still unsure whether to feel like a world-class daughter-in-law or an absolute monster when I see this notification pop up daily 😅 #Balatro

If this is already happening in NYC of all places - at a hospital that proudly calls itself a leader in trans healthcare - that’s a real canary for the rest of the country. If you’re local, I hope you’ll consider coming out to show the community cares & won’t allow transphobia to become normalized!

So fun judging the Global Game Jam for my first time, alongside @holywowstudios.bsky.social & other fantastic folks! Our pick for overall winner went home early to eat & sleep, so they had to accept their award by phone - which @halfrobot.com aptly called “the most game jam” acceptance ever 🤣 #GGJ25

Proud to be working with such a talented team! Still can’t believe this was our art lead’s first foray into pixel art, because they totally nailed it 🤯😍

If you’re going to play Captain Sonar (think: Battleship, but it’s 4v4 and you’re piloting submarines in real time), the only right way to do it is with underwater mood lighting and Subnautica looping in the background for ambiance. Thanks for another fun game night at @nyugamecenter.bsky.social! ⚓️🌊

Sometimes when I get nervous about jump scares in indie games like Gone Home, I need to remind myself: “Oh, my sweet summer child, there’s no way this team had budget for a character animator”

How can a work be both an “FMV video game” and a “non-interactive video” at the same time? Bahiyya Khan’s unique HOWL installation offered agency by presenting multiple screens & vantages to navigate. What I didn’t expect: the “game mechanic” of taming my fear of the looming presence behind me… 😱

New definition of “friends with benefits”: a friend who owns a beautiful upright piano, with her own copy of @bearmccreary.bsky.social’s Battlestar Galactica Songbook, just waiting to be played 🎹✨

Had a blast prototyping a poignant TTRPG about revisiting old memories while meeting your friends at the park, on the last day of your lives 🌳🥺 Huge thanks to @natmesnard.bsky.social for hosting tonight’s workshop and @nyugamecenter.bsky.social for sponsoring!

It’s definitely a privilege of digital game design that I rarely need to worry about supply chains etc. That said, I’m currently writing a LARP about death, and crafting & sourcing the physical game components has honestly been so fun & satisfying!

Had to reschedule therapy this week for some Halloween plans, and my therapist didn’t miss a beat: “Oh, I figured that might happen - Halloween is basically a queer holiday!” So that’s how I know they’re a keeper 🎃🏳️‍🌈#HalloweenIsAQueerHoliday

MAKING QUEER GAMES AND MAKING GAMES QUEER panel at New York Comic Con! w/ @qweertygamers.bsky.social, Enrique, @mininyssa.bsky.social, @elanamakesgames.bsky.social Thanks @gaymingmag.bsky.social + SPI Marketing + New York Comic Con

Psyched to be joining this panel on queerness in games tomorrow and doing my part to make Comic Con just a little bit gayer! 😉🏳️‍🌈