Just had my first Interview with a Journalist who has the whole game already and i could cry about how intensely he liked AND felt the game, the metaphors and the emotional moments in SEA OF SOLITUDE!! Less than 24 HOURS until RELEASE!!! AHHhhhh, excitement level 200%!
I... i finished
#TLOU2
, cried for the whole last part, repeatedly saying „Please don‘t“. What a masterpiece!!😭 Everything about it is perfection in my eyes. And Abby... Abby is the most well written char i ever encountered. Love her!! I‘m utterly speechless! 😱❤️
@Naughty_Dog
Hi i'm Connie, CEO of my game dev company Jo-Mei. I am also the Vision Keeper, Art Director, Writer and Gamedesigner and we are currently creating the game Sea of Solitude about monsters & loneliness.
#girlsbehindthegames
THANK YOU everyone for your amazing feedback to our game and the presentation
@EA
play! After such a long time not showing the game to the public i wasn’t sure if you would like it at all! Your reactions are EXACTLY what we need to finish the game with the right passion & energy!
Sea of Solitude News! We almost touch the finish line! As some fans sensed we take a BIT longer to happily ship SOS instead of sobbing uncontrollably during release.😌Just a few weeks more, SOS will be OUT THIS SUMMER! Are you okay that we take a bit more time? (please say yes)😭
Hi i'm Connie, CEO of my game dev company Jo-Mei. I am the Writer, Art Director, Vision Keeper and Gamedesigner and we are currently creating the game Sea of Solitude about monsters & loneliness coming out this year!
#PortfolioDay
Hi everybody! I was excited all day because we can finally announce the RELEASE DATE of Sea of Solitude!! It will be out on 5TH OF JULY 2019! Just a few more weeks!!! Please support us by preordering it now, right here!
#SeaofSolitude
Home from all day BBQ with my studio. We're so deeply thankful for all your amazing feedback & messages!!! 😭❤️ We cried, laughed and got a little drunk. Wait, what i wanted to say is: SEA OF SOLITUDE is OUT NOW! Please support us, retweet & spread the word!! Release Trailer:
@NickGjerde
I’m seeing it live right now wtf why do they arrest them? They where calm and respectful. USA turns into a dictatorship right under our eyes.
Finally i can say it, SEA OF SOLITUDE arrived on STEAM!! 😱 I was hoping for it to happen for so long! 😭 Tell everyone you might think could enjoy SOS! Thank you!! 😌❤️
Hi i'm Connie, CEO of my game studio Jo-Mei. I’m the Writer, Art Director, Vision Keeper and Gamedesigner creating the game Sea of Solitude about monsters & loneliness coming out this year
If you like see the trailer, over 600.000 views
#VisibleWomen
Guys, GUYS, we need an awesome freelance Systems & Rendering Programmer for a console project! NOW! ASAP!! 😱
Proficient in Unity (C#, HL/GLSL, C++), Experience with modern GPU techniques and shaders, Unity SRP
Please help spread the word!! Thank you!😄❤️
Ladies and Gents, i just wanted to show you the reason i can retire right now!!! Not only did the NEW YORK TIMES an interview with me, they also made Sea Of Solitude the header of the article! And SOS is nearly finished too, what a day, wow!
@nytimes
On the first day of the long awaited summer break they found the key in their mom’s garage. It took them 3 more days to muster up the courage and explore their late grandpas house or “the haunted trap of deEeeath” as everyone in the street called it!
Hi i'm Connie, CEO of my game studio Jo-Mei. I’m the Writer, Art Director, Vision Keeper and Gamedesigner creating the game Sea of Solitude about monsters & loneliness coming out this year
If you like see the trailer, already 600.000 views
#PortfolioDay
Hi i'm Connie, CEO of my game dev company Jo-Mei. I am the Writer, Art Director, Vision Keeper and Gamedesigner and we just released our game Sea of Solitude about monsters & loneliness!
#PortfolioDay
Let me talk about this outstanding indie gem, BALDO. Breathtaking Ghibli-style graphics! I think it tops Zelda’s environmental puzzle design! A bit Dark Souls-ish too, figuring stuff out on your own! I’m 70h in and still stunned! I urge you all, journos & Zelda fans to play it!🥰
Each day after school the kids of the village can’t wait to join old Walter to get all the secret tips for fishing but even more to hear his stories of the wild sea out there!
Our game PROJECT OCEAN is going full speed now! We're hiring a GAMEPLAY PROGRAMMER (Unity) who contributed to published titles or is extremely talented & can blow us away anyway!!😃
Remote, working on feature prototyping & implementation!
Please retweet!
Our game PROJECT OCEAN is gliding along smoothly!! :D We're hiring a Senior Animator who contributed to published titles & has a deep love for detail, feeling for weight, movement & unique personalities! Remote with flexible working hours!
Please retweet!
I’m so proud that my home country Germany recognizes Sea of Solitude!! One of the biggest TV shows interviewed me. „An important piece of culture“ they say and i melt from thankfulness. 😭 If you want to see me overexcited about SOS, have a look at the full video. 😳😄
Hola everyone, we are HIRING again for our upcoming game PROJECT OCEAN and looking for a Senior 3D Modeler & Environment Artist who is specialized in semi realistic styles (Spoiler Alert)!!😀
Remote, freelance, maximum flexibility!
Please retweet!
Just finished DEATH STRANDING after 65 hours of indulging in it. I’m simply and utterly blown away! I cried, laughed, awed. What an achievement and incredible milestone for the whole games industry. Story, graphic, gameplay, actors. Chapeau
@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN
A MASTERPIECE! 😭🥰
Hi i'm Connie, CEO of my game studio Jo-Mei. I’m the Writer, Art Director, Vision Keeper and Gamedesigner of the game Sea of Solitude about monsters & loneliness.
I had the honor to give a TED Talk about it, over 1,3 million views 😭
#VisibleWomen
Hi
#VisibleWomen
i‘m Connie. I have my own little game dev studio and we developed the adventure Sea of Solitude about Monsters & Loneliness! I‘m doing art, writing, gamedesign and creative direction!
SEA OF SOLITUDE just won the UNITY Award for BEST 3D VISUALS!! 😭😱 After the Nominee at The Games Award for Game For Impact, this Unity Award makes us incredibly proud too!!! What a crazy end of the year, wow. 😱😭❤️😄
Ladies & Gents, FINALLY!!! Some months ago
@TEDTalks
called me & loved our game SEA OF SOLITUDE so much, they wanted a TED TALK about it! 😱 It was an incredibly intense time and here we are, it just went online!! I’m an offical TED Talker now!!😭 Heavy Spoilers ahead! 😄❤️
Ladies & Gents, the famous
@TEDTalks
called me & loved SEA OF SOLITUDE so much, they wanted a TED TALK about it!!! 😱 Yesterday after months of preparations i finally hit the stage in NYC. Online soon! It’s not only the greatest honor for SOS, i’m an offical TED Talker now!!😭❤️
NEWS worth spreading: The German government acknowledged the importance of the games industry, stopped saying „all just killing games & harmful“ and for the first time will massively fund us with 200 Million Euro! Finally we can catch up with the rest of the world! JUST WAIT!😃🙌
I‘m playing No Man‘s Sky VR now for a while and am TOTALLY blown away! 😱 It really feels like flying through space looking down on a planet or walking in solitude over a snow storm ridden wasteland!!! Chapeau
@hellogames
how you improve the game, incredible work
@NoMansSky
😭❤️
Finally i can talk about it!!! We had have the incredible pleasure to work with QUANTIC DREAM on SEA OF SOLITUDE : THE DIRECTOR‘S CUT for the SWITCH!! New script, new animations, new voices and so much more, Ahhhh!!! 😱😄❤️❤️❤️
Happy to announce that we got HALF A MILLION Euro funding from the German government to support our upcoming game with the working title PROJECT OCEAN. More updates soooon! 🌊😎
Lol, about to land in New York City and the Map screen gave me a shock for a second as i felt i lost all my progress in Death Stranding and need to start anew to reconnect America!! 😱😄 Thank you
@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN
#deathstranding
Oh wow, our city BERLIN put a video of Sea of Solitude in ALL subway trains!! 😱 We are not sure why they did it but we screamed/cried with joy when we saw it. Every 10 minutes it plays, thank you Berlin. What an incredible honor!!! 😭❤️
The last days here in L.A. had been simply mindblowing! 😭 Tons of journalists played Sea of Solitude. They where deeply moved, some even cried!! There’s nothing better in this world than seeing people reacting positively to your art. Off to the next days of E3!! 😤❤️
Hi
#VisibleWomen
i‘m Connie the Writer, Art & Creative Director, Gamedesigner and CEO of my game studio Jo-Mei.
We just released Sea of Solitude, a game about loneliness & monsters!
The
#G4C2020
Awards Most Significant Impact Winner is Sea Of Solitude by Jo-Mei. Help us in congratulating
@CorneliaGeppert
and the development team on their win, and for creating an incredibly intimate and impactful game! 🌊
One of the biggest german intellectual newspapers DIE ZEIT has a whole page about Sea of Solitude. Even neighbors contacted me about it!
Next to the explicitly told stories SOS has deep symbolism and metaphors in it and THE ZEIT analyzed them with a psychologist, WOW! Thanks! 😭
Das deutsche Videospiel
#SeaOfSolitude
von
@CorneliaGeppert
erzählt von einem Monster namens Einsamkeit – und wurde zum Welterfolg. Kann es sogar helfen, seelischen Schmerz zu lindern?
#Abo
#red
Guys guys GUYS, Sea of Solitude is nominated for the category BEST 3D VISUALS for the UNITY AWARD!! 😱 Please vote for us if you like!! Thank you
@unity3d
for that awesome nomination! ❤️😄😱
Hi
#PortfolioDay
I’m Connie art director & writer. These are ingame shots from our game Sea of Solitude, a world filled with emotions manifested as monsters. It came out on Nintendo Switch this year. Might be the last time showing it here before our new game! 🥰
It’s already a fantastic year for our studio, Jo-Mei! We are about to finish SEA OF SOLITUDE and we just got the so far biggest german government funding for our next game SANDS OF SORROW! 😱❤️
Have a look at the teaser artwork below! 🥰
Hi
#PortfolioDay
my name is Connie. I love developing games with deeper meaning and huge monsters! I did the game & artdirection, the writing and am studiohead of my own little Indie Studio. SEA OF SOLITUDE is our latest game about Monsters & Loneliness.
WHAT A NIGHT!! I can happily & slightly drunken announce that Sea of Solitude which was nominated for Best German Game and for Best Gameworld & Aesthetic just won the latter & overall 55.000 Euro! 😱 Thank you
@DerDCP
& Congratz to Ubisoft Blue Byte for Anno 1800 for Best Game!!
I saw Marriage Story. Days later i still think about it. It’s written so real. So human. Adam Driver & Scarlett Johansson are amazing. What hit me most was Adam singing “Being Alive”. That song. That damn song. So full of truths of life. Same as the whole movie.Highly recommend😌
Reply or QRT with your most popular drawing
I rarely find time to draw in private but i had such fun creating this character! This is Sarah, she is a little exhausted after this hell of a year 2020!! 😳😄
Ladies & Gents i am more than proud to tell you that the SOUNDTRACK of SEA OF SOLITUDE has been released today!! Our incredibly talented composer and one of my best friends
@guyjacksonmusic
is responsible for the beautiful music!! If you like listen here:
@rodentadmirer
@HazelMonforton
@luckychristin
I can highly rec the horror movie X from last year to you. We saw it with friends at the Berlin fantasy film fest and loved it! It‘s either endless intense sex scenes or gross horror or both! :D
I’m overwhelmed by all the positive press and feedback for the Sea of Solitude preview. Could cry. 😭 Will recreate & relax for a few days and than answer everyone, ok? You’re all just awesomely nice and i appreciate that highly, SO MUCH. 😭🔥❤️
Hi i'm Connie, CEO of my game studio Jo-Mei. I’m the Game Director, Writer, Art Director & Gamedesigner. My latest work is Sea of Solitude: The Director‘s Cut about monsters & loneliness on the Nintendo Switch!
If you like see the trailer
#PortfolioDay
Hi
#VisibleWomen
please forgive a 2nd post, i would like to show my work stuff! 😭 I’m Connie the Writer, Gamedesigner, Creative & Art director of my own game studio. We just released our emotional storydriven game SEA OF SOLITUDE: DIRECTOR’s CUT about Monsters & Loneliness ❤️
Today Germany celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Wall that split our nation! For 30 years now my family is free! Free choice of speech,free to leave the country! And i can contribute with okay-ish games and bad jokes for all of you!😌 I wish Freedom to everyone!❤️
Wow, this review😳❤️:
“The giant thrumping heart that powers this adventure is an understanding of what nearly every other game about mental illness radically fucks up.
It’s not that we’re monsters because of our trauma—it’s that our trauma makes us see ourselves as monstrous”
WE ARE HIRING for our next project!! Looking for experienced GAMEPLAY PROGRAMMER (Unity) who has contributed to several published titles. Freelance remote, working autonomously on feature prototypes! Please retweet or contact us via work
@jo
-mei.com 😄❤️
@jesawyer
I heard him now a few times on such discussions; everyime he seems almost anxious to talk. He stutters, seem unable to formulate coherent sentences. I wonder what’s going on. As a business guy he at least should sound confident even when he doesn’t know what he talks about. Odd😕
Tiny news from Sea of Solitude: Finished all voice recordings! SOS has lots of dialogues and we had the pleasure to record at the infamous PINEWOOD studios in London where movies like James Bond, Star Wars & Batman Begins got shot! Thanks to the whole team What a great week. 🥰
As a fisherman’s daughter & grand daughter the only proper holiday before the release of SOS is of course by going fishing! As every year in beautiful Norway! 🥰 Btw, only 6 more days until SEA OF SOLITUDE will be released, ahhh! 😱
I talk alot about
#TLOU2
but it‘s such an utter masterpiece! That love for detail is stunning. Cried over benchmarks on the wall by kids in a house.😭 The tabletop rpg of survivors of the outbreak. The best was seeing Abby start gasping close to chasms. She is afraid of heights❤️
The days since SEA OF SOLITUDE is on STEAM are just incredible! So many supportive & kind people, sharing and spreading the word! The rating on Steam right now makes me cry! You all make a small bunch of game devs incredibly happy!! THANK YOU! 😭❤️
GUYS, look what our former Lead Artist who created almost all environment art & monsters in Sea of Solitude just finished!! Wow, congratulations Janina! Absolutely beautiful piece of art! 🥰😌❤️🙌
In our new game PROJECT OCEAN we want to push the limits of what game characters can look & feel like! We're hiring an exceptionally talented freelance CHARACTER ARTIST who can create models of humans AND monster (Spoiler Alarm!!).😃
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Hi i'm Connie, CEO of my game studio Jo-Mei. I’m the Writer, Art Director, Vision Keeper and Gamedesigner of the game Sea of Solitude about monsters & loneliness!
If you like see the TED talk i had the honor to give about our game:
#PortfolioDay
*Screaming high pitched* We just won the NYX Game Award for BEST VISUAL ART on the Nintendo Switch for Sea of Solitude: The Director’s Cut!! 😱 I seriously wasn’t expecting that, thank you everyone who voted for our tiny game. ❤️
The Verge did a huge interview with me about the monster designs in Sea of Solitude! Thank you for this amazing opportunity tell so many readers about it! 😭❤️ Also, it’s the first time we show some original ARTWORKS of SOS! 😱 Hope you like it!
Hi i’m Connie, a game designer, writer, art director and owner of a game studio!
#PortfolioDay
is perfect to find many new great artists for our game projects! Here my latest personal drawings! ❤️
At this years GDC i will give TWO TALKS! 😱 „Paint It Black: The Art Of Sea Of Solitude“ & „Monster Design Based On Human Emotions“. Each 60min long and full of never seen before artworks!! Please come watch and share! 😄❤️
#GDC21
Another big personal milestone in my life happened, the LA TIMES made an exclusive Interview with me about Sea of Solitude, even in the printed version!! After New York Times SOS has now been in both major newspapers of the USA. Thank you so much
@Toddmartens
, great article!! 😭
The game “Sea of Solitude" makes the argument that interactive entertainment should be able to speak as thoughtfully and meaningfully about mental health as film, TV and music. From
@Toddmartens
:
Hi i‘m Connie, Berliner business owner of my tiny indie studio for 14 years, in the industry for 18. I do game design, art direction, writing & business development. Here at the incredibly beautiful atlantic coast of Portugal, become one with nature! 😄
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
In a Train from Berlin to Hamburg right now after 6h at home. 😄 Starting the European Sea of Solitude Press tour! Thanks everyone for being so incredibly nice here and at E3 last week! It was a blast! I met so many great fans, new and old friends! Curious what life brings next😌
I... I finished Demon's Souls... it's just... pure perfection. Outstanding beauty & love to detail. This unique tension & constant awe the game evokes is, in my eyes, unparalleled. What i wanna say is OMG GO PLAY IT!! My hands still shaking from the final boss! :D
Maan, what a crazy awesome bunch of weeks... months... YEARS! 😱😄 Btw, the Hollywood Reporter did the most in-depth interview with me so far on how i came up with the idea of Sea of Solitude. Thank you so much for having me! 😄
@nlyonne
Toothpicks!!! It’s what brought me through the first smoke free year! The only dangerous thing that can happen to you is certain men getting weirdly aggressive seeing a woman walking by with a toothpick in her mouth; i had some really fun encounters that way! :D Good luck!
@Gronkh
@seaofsolitude
Oh WOW, danke Gronkh!! Ich bin echt dermaßen ueberwaeltigt von all dem positivem Feedback! Werde selbst von Non-Gamern auf der Strasse angesprochen das sie SOS spielen wollen! Und Danke das du mein T-Shirt mochtest. 😄 Bin ueberrascht wie viele Amerikaner die Band auch kennen!
For weeks i was getting on the nerves of friends & collegues talking about OUTER WILDS. Just finished it after 50h & sitting here in tears. The most breathtaking game i ever played. Stunned by its perfection in leveldesign, story, world, everything. Love to
@Mobius_Games
@A_i
❤️
Our new game with the working title OCEAN just got the biggest new media funding that Berlin’s Medienboard ever awarded! We are so proud and humble to use it well. Thank you for believing in us!! 😱❤️
Okay this week was a outstandingly great and today rounds it up: Just came out of an awesome meeting with this guys! Do you know that logo? They invited me to Los Angeles to talk. Hmmm. What could that mean? 😱😄
#seaofsolitude
@Legendary
Woaw
@Forbes
wrote a stunningly in depth article on SEA OF SOLITUDE!! Merci😱❤️
„To psychoanalyze and relate to others while experiencing your first traumatic moments is no easy task. Everyone is struggling with something toxic at some time in their life“
Incredibly honored that the Berlin Museum For Video Games
@CSM_Berlin
not only put our game SEA OF SOLITUDE in their portfolio but created an installation including a whole boat looking like ours where you can sit inside and play!!! I can retire now!! Thank you! :D
Hi
#PortfolioDay
I‘m Connie, a game developer and art director. These are some of the earliest concepts for my game Sea of Solitude. It portrays emotions like loneliness and self doubt manifesting as monster!
Good luck my american friends, we are watching from all over the world, crossing our fingers & hope you kick that malicious narcissist out!! You have the support of us Germans!!! ❤️
I’m so excited to announce i will give my first (two!) GDC talks this year
@Official_GDC
! 😱
Paint It Black: The Art of 'Sea of Solitude'
'SOS': Game Design Based on Human Emotions“
How i turned the lowest point in my life into a piece of art. ❤️
Survived the first work day of the year here and my TED TALK *ahh i did a Ted talk, still feels unreal!* about Sea of Solitude went up on Youtube. I consider this a good monday.😌🙌 If you haven‘t seen it, give it a try but beware of SPOILER ALERT! 😱❤️
Only a few times in my life i had been shaken to the core by the sheer genius of a game. OUTER WILDS did it. I thought noone could top Dark Souls Lvldesign, OW did. I’m in awe ALL the time, stunned by its perfection. A whole solar system & gripping story. Chapeau
@Mobius_Games
❤️