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Captain of (Boyfriend Dungeon, Moon Hunters, Dwarf Fortress??). Co-director of . She/her. Be full of love. Put in the effort.

Montreal, Canada
Joined January 2012

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Feb 18

    A new game design article: ELEGANCE IS OVER! Make way for the messy designs, so they may surprise and delight... if you can afford it. The Shaggy, the Baggy, and the Craggy will always win my heart in the long run. with credit to co-coiner :)

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  2. Retweeted
    Mar 22

    only YOU can decide which of these is more worth your time and money

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  3. Mar 20

    Thanks to I was able to make a WAY better Haftsin this year than last year :) Happy Persian new year! Make your own:

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  4. Mar 19

    idk maybe it's fine to hire 10-20 people and then lay them off a year or two later. a short stint is better than none, I guess, when you need a job. but in my position, I'd rather be ~certain I'll have 5 years of salary for them. I've laid off 2 great people and it felt awful.

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  5. Retweeted
    Mar 19

    Looking to publish a game on PlayStation and unsure where to start? Curious what we like to see in a pitch for partnership? Here’s some handy info for you!

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  6. Mar 19

    them: "so what's your advice on scaling up your studio?" me, leaping across the Zoom table, grabbing them by the shirt collar: "DON'T"

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  7. Retweeted
    Mar 18

    Is your game IP a painting? Or a canvas? A painting is authored with a specific world. It feels wrong to paint over it. A canvas is mostly blank. You can paint it with all sorts of other ideas and IPs. Some examples...

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  8. Mar 17

    as an American living in Canada, when asked, my instinct is to say I'm trying to get better at French, but this makes Canadians think I have a Master's in French Literature, so, instead I just say I am very bad, and then they think I only have a Bachelor's

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  9. Mar 17

    Americans: "I can speak 8 languages" (they can correctly greet you and ask about the weather in 6 and get by conversationally in 1.5) Canadians: "ah sorry my French is SO BAD, just, ugh, I'm the worst" (they speak and read French almost fluently but have an accent)

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  10. Retweeted
    Mar 16

    Thinking about the many marginalized, senior devs who've told me how their goals have shifted away from "AAA prestige" to "any studio where I can make games in peace".

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  11. Mar 17

    ah yes, the Roaring 20s, so named because that's the decade we let the lions loose on Wall Street

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  12. Mar 16

    wow 2 completely unrelated mentions of Seaman in one day. what is the astrology going on here? I LOVE IT

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  13. Mar 14

    my current "I have 20 mins, hm" game is Evergarden. the puzzle design is satisfying, the AV is cohesive, the progression is gentle. lovely wild garden themes. if you need a wind-down game, this is the one. buy it full price if you dare:

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  14. Mar 12

    anyone in Montreal want a very good cat? he's cuddly, clean, chubby, and does tricks! Bigby does high-fives, spins, and has a lil squeaky meow... but we have a toddler. He'd be happier in a home that can pay a little more attention to him and have less screaming. Any takers?

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  15. Mar 12

    game design is like trying to plan a wedding without ever meeting the bride and groom, their family, and the only way you can give instructions to the attendees is through semaphore

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  16. Mar 11

    I actually stopped going to events in the summer of 2019 due to heavy pregnancy lol, so, I have a headstart on my irrelevance :P but, post-pandemic, either physical events come back in force, OR new companies are at an even bigger disadvantage than before, permastyle

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  17. Mar 11

    thank you to each and every colleague who HAS trusted me with sensitive info, in the past year+. it's been invaluable! I appreciate it! but I'm probably roughly 3-6 months behind Best Buds studio heads, and sometimes that's too late to pivot meaningfully

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  18. Mar 11

    and, sure, if you're Best Oldest Buds with someone they might still tell you over a video call. maybe. but they can't REALLY know who else is in the room, or if you're recording, so, the safest thing is just to go by the book, when you're virtual.

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  19. Mar 11

    - CompanyZ is changing priority, they want X kind of games now/soon - CompanyY is closing up shop in a few months - CompanyA is announcing a big new device and has a budget that kind of thing

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  20. Mar 11

    but more and more, I'm realizing how much business runs on "I didn't tell you this" or "this isn't written anywhere" or "we haven't said this yet" -- things people literally could get fired for writing down, but might trust you with, bc you might be useful if you're prepared

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  21. Mar 11

    at first, it seemed like the main things I was missing out on (as an established-if-scrappy studio with some legitness) were "chance encounters", opportunities, new network adds, etc

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