Production Director
@FPCStudio
|| prev: VALORANT, God of War, Call of Duty, D&D, etc || coffee, ttrpgs, baking, travel, childfree || she/her || my thoughts
The main reason I don’t like being the only woman in D&D groups is because one morning my noble (who was dealing with some family trauma) showed up with BANGS and none of the other players realized the emotional turmoil that this implied.
After six rounds of voting across several platforms, IGN readers have crowned God of War (2018) as the best video game of all time, which beat out GTA 5 in the final round. Presented by
@Hulu
Next time I get asked why I’ve worked at 5 places in 10 years, I’m pointing out that over half of the game dev companies I’ve been have had literal exposés written about how particularly bad/problematic/toxic it is to work there.
@winnersusedrugs
my ex put a toilet on the lawn of their least favorite Animal Crossing neighbor “so that they would feel unwelcome” (breakup had nothing to do with this event)
@queer_queenie
I made a VR game recently where you play as a woman. In reviews our studio head kept confidently insisting that the main bad guy was “too tall” & “unrealistic”.
I (and a few others) had to tell him REPEATEDLY that no, as women the same height as our hero, 6’ men ARE that tall.
@queer_queenie
Another one - early we must show a character is shallow, so we have him briefly & VERY lightly hit on the protag
Women always shuddered & shrugged off; men reacted WAY more uncomfortably
We actually talked a lot about if this was okay, or too offputting too soon (we kept it)
@MattTheBrand
I got locked out once, and my then-bf said “are you ready to be scared when you realize how easy it is to break into our apartment?”
He tried kicking down both doors, hard, multiple times (and he’s strong). He failed. We ended up calling a locksmith.
I feel pretty good now?
@RuthlessRuth15
@VanigliaRy
Thank you for replying to so many question tweets! Just read through a bunch of them and it made me happy to learn about these lil bois
@kchironis
Reminds me of when I joined a ‘famous’ indie friend & his circle for dinner after the indie game movie -
I was mostly quiet, the chatter was pretty indie specific. Then a guy says “how does it feel to be the only non game dev here?” - and I was like “oh I actually work on COD”
There’s something so wholesome to me about doing a hobby simply because you love it, and not just because you’re good at it.
I’d love to hear - what hobbies do you love, but are bad at?
Hello! 👋
We are Fantastic Pixel Castle, a new games studio making an epic AAA MMORPG codenamed Ghost.
To learn more about our studio and vision for Ghost, visit our website at .
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@safe_breathe
I wore an Aura + Sip for two 20h+ intl trips last month and didn’t get sick.
And again last week when I was indoors with a dozen ppl for 2d straight, one of whom tested positive on day 2, and I still haven’t gotten sick (yet - 4-5d later - wish me luck!).
I am a big fan!!
If it’s within 1min and I’m missing no body parts, cast Revivify.
If less than a century, I have no magical diseases & you have most of the body - you need to kill my ghost and then use Resurrection.
If it’s more than a century or you have no body parts, you need True Resurre-
Wait but seriously, would people be interested in an LA gamedev coffee meetup if I could find a good coffee shop with an outdoor space to host a private event for us? (I probably can)
GameDev PerkUp
#1
was a huge success & I am still so happy!😭
Not only was it was great to see everyone, but the # of ppl who thanked us for putting together a sober event, or getting to meet their coworkers for the 1st time… was truly special. Thank YOU to everyone who came!❤️
In case any gamedevs ever think “well now I’ve seen everything” -
One of the engineers on my team had a rare jira issue (which has a 1 in 16 BILLION chance of occurring) that *checks notes* completey breaks any dashboards that he is supposed to show up in
@CaucasianJames
I did this 10 years ago at Thanksgiving, my advice:
1) don’t drop/harm the baby
2) don’t do a good job either; like provide zero confidence you know what you’re doing
3) never be asked to hold a baby ever again
Worked like a charm for me!
I did a great job in a contract role but didn’t do any PR for myself. I thought my work would speak for itself, but it didn’t. If you’re a good producer you’re often invisible.
I landed just fine, but it was humbling to realize I’d closed that door for such a frustrating reason.
Losing my mind at a story I heard where someone asked if the team could start doing sprint reviews as part of their process, and the producer said yes, but then just messaged that individual person on Friday at 7pm like “hey how do you think our sprint went”
In D&D I’m playing a noble who loves fashion, so here are some of the designer names I came up with:
Bugberry
Balenci Naga
Baldior
Chanelven
Hergènasi
Louis Vuittomoton
Prada by Asmodeus
Planetarmani
Vecnersace
Yugo Saint Lauroth
Are you a badass concept artist?
Do you want to work with myself & many other talented industry veterans on the character team for Project A?
Come apply for this
#ProjectA
position! We’d love to have you :)
Louder for the ones in the back:
“If you have to do unpaid hours to get something done because your studio doesn't give you enough, that is a management/production problem.”
Can't over-state enough how much this absolutely destroys teams on the backend. If you have to do unpaid hours to get something done because your studio doesn't give you enough, that is a management/production problem.
And plenty of studios abuse the passion of new devs.
Wait but seriously, would people be interested in an LA gamedev coffee meetup if I could find a good coffee shop with an outdoor space to host a private event for us? (I probably can)
@leslee_annsh
One of my favorite memories is meeting a 20-something version of this guy at E3 who asked what I did in games, and then VISIBLY GASPED when I told him I was a producer on God of War.
God of War is gold, baby.! Thank you to every wonderful human who worked so hard to make this happen. Neither word nor emoji can express the love i have for you all. 🙏 Next stop, April 20th!!!
EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE YOU SHOULD PRONOUNCE ‘SIGIL’ WITH A SOFT G, THE CITY’S NAME IS ACTUALLY SAID WITH A HARD G. THE SECOND EDITION SOURCEBOOK “SIGIL AND BEYOND” FROM THE 1994 PLANESCAPE BOX SET EXPLICITLY STATES THAT THIS MISPROUNCIATION IS ILL-TOLERATED WITHIN THE CITY BEC
Okay, we’re all set! -
GameDev PerkUp
#1
June 12, 1-4pm
Good People Coffee Company
RSVP -
PLEASE RSVP even if it’s just “Maybe”! We’ll have tables set aside directly related to RSVPs, let’s help our gracious hosts prepare.
Let’s gooo!
Wait but seriously, would people be interested in an LA gamedev coffee meetup if I could find a good coffee shop with an outdoor space to host a private event for us? (I probably can)
@cjp_still
I did this in my 20s + would just stop entirely (with enough time for them to adjust & not collide) with a pleasant “I’m helping” smile.
It worked pretty well - socially, you’re 100% at fault if you run into a STATIONARY person. Many confused looks tho. I still do this sometimes
@leslee_annsh
tbt to the time I worked on a game for ~2 years, and was put under “Additional Production” instead of my actual title (which I took a pay cut to accept)… because I left 2 months before the final milestone, because my contract was ending.
My favorite part of playing a cleric/warlock is getting to say “let me talk to mom & dad real quick” when referring to my goddess and my warlock patron
@Ebonscale
I had an internship mentor sit me down & explain that they weren’t going to hire me after, but that I didn’t want that anyway because their studio doesn’t invest in juniors.
He advised me to reach senior elsewhere before trying to return, IF I still really wanted to work there.
So I moved to Seattle way sooner than expected, TLDR because I found a great place at a great price & wanted to jump on it.
Apologies to literally everyone that I said I’d get coffee with before I left, and then didn’t 😅 I’ll visit often, so we’ll work something out soon!
My little sister (my favorite person in the world) had a big scary surgery today of the “we won’t know how bad it is until we get in there” variety
…and it turned out really well! It was almost the 100% best possible scenario! I’m so happy right now 😭
VALORANT is looking for two mid-to-senior level game designers to come join our character team!
Requirements:
- game design experience etc etc
- must be nice to your producer (because it’s me, I’d be your producer)
@ramencult
Honestly the best Valentines Day gift is not having to miss D&D, and if my valentine doesn’t understand that, they’re going to have to make one hell of a Persuasion check if they want to stick around
I promised myself I wouldn’t be the kind of person who only tweets about the game she is working on…
…but I failed to consider what would happen if I started working on the game I tweet about all the time.
Things currently making it feel like The End Of Times:
- Coronavirus news: KINDA
- US political news: KINDA
- My ‘every single week with no exceptions’ D&D group is finishing our three-year campaign tonight: ABSOLUTELY
@draggles
My dad’s a big gamer & into League, and since COVID my mom (never a gamer) has been watching competitive games with him.
She told me recently that she knows “some of the characters and strategies” and proceeded to explain jungling to me & name champs I’ve never heard of 😳😳😳
@qorquiq
@kchironis
Nah, I think he was one of the “I make art and anyone who works on AAA is a sellout” types, so,
The whole table DID go silent though, which was fun!
I am convinced that a very real part of being a good producer is knowing when (& being brave enough) to ask those very basic “groundwork questions” - which can be scary to stop & discuss when ppl are ‘so busy’ since you don’t want to misuse their time or compromise their trust.
So thrilled to announce that I'm the english voice of
#Bridget
in
#GuiltyGearStrive
! I love this cutie with all my heart 🥰
THANK YOU to
@ArcSystemWorksU
&
@pcbproductions
for your trust & guidance. What an honor it's been to watch this character's beautiful journey unfold 🪀🧸
My sister just announced that she is voicing Doc Ock!!! 😭
I’m so insanely excited and proud.
@KellyOhanianVO
is my favorite person in the world - she’s an incredibly good & kind person AND ALSO monumentally talented.
I couldn’t be more thrilled!
Here's your first look at 'MARVEL'S SPIDEY AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS'
The new series premieres later this summer on Disney Junior and Disney Channel.
Source:
@EW
I watched ONE cartoon (Avatar) and now Netflix is recommending me anime with descriptions like “a girl tranforms into a cat to catch her crush’s attention.”
@tha_rami
@qorquiq
It also stirred a level of rage in me when that was literally the only feedback I ever got at 3 consecutive studios early in my career.
Hi
#girlsbehindthegames
I'm a producer at
@Survios
. I was also a producer on the upcoming God of War, and have published ~5 Call of Duty games at Activision. In the industry 8ish years. I also run a D&D campaign?
It can be uncomfortable to draw attention to What A Good Job You’re Doing (esp for women), but what I’ve learned is - sometimes you gotta.
Not only for yourself, but also for the social capital to protect your team & help others. I would rather be uncomfortable and have this.
First impressions:
- way more sunny than I expected (maybe I brought it with me)
- I forgot how awesome it is to live somewhere walkeable!
- traffic’s equally bad, but Seattle is WAY smaller, so it feels less bad cuz it’s less overall time
- coffee is better in LA, fight me
That time I played a “Warforged Spore Druid” who was actually just sentient fungus controlling a large person-shaped clump of moss that had grown around a suit of armor.
Did I mention that I hit a cool milestone this weekend?
I’ve officially been to 500 specialty coffee shops worldwide! Here’s one of the prettiest coffees I had this weekend to celebrate :)
Post an image of yourself as a romanceable NPC without downloading new pics
(I’ve posted this one before, but this is about as thirsty as I’m willing to trap on twitter dot com 🙌)
The feminine urge to say ‘I’m sorry’
…when people on social media are ‘excited to announce they’ve just started working at (toxic company you used to work at)’
🗣️ It's almost time for another "Word on The Street" podcast.
This time tomorrow, tune in to episode 2 to hear
@scottjohnson
talk about Prototype Planning for Ghost with
@Ghostcrawler
,
@pwnieride
and Kristina!
🕚 12.12.2023, 11am PT
The D&D movie last night was so fun, and full of very-D&D shenanigans!
First time ever it felt appropriate to wear both my “polka dot” d20 dress, and my polyhedral drop earrings 😂
Valentine’s Day baking lineup:
- Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cupcake
- Cherry Rose Cake
- Red Velvet Oreo Mini Cheesecake
- Ruby Chocolate Heart Cookies