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A while ago, what information I needed when pitching to SUPERHOT PRESENTS. But the truth is, I've been using this template when I'm pitching.
Here's an updated version, feel free to make a copy:
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There’s no glamour in making games, and it’s a lot of hard work. Here’s my personal list of Philippine-raised/descent game developers you should support when you can. 🎮
A thread.
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thank you so much to the philippine coverage of our win, however i would like to point out that i am not the only filipino.
our producer, two of our artist, our continuous game testing partner, a musician who did music for our trailer, & our logo was made by filipinos too. 😊
Released in July 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Windows, 'Viewfinder' bested 'Cassette Beasts,' 'Dead Island 2,' 'Disney Illusion Island,' 'Football Manager 2024,' and 'Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin' in the British Game category.
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For folks who want to pitch their games, a template.
I say no to games when they don’t necessarily fit SUPERHOT PRESENTS but I give feedback to their decks (if they’re ok!) and tell devs who’d be good publishers/funds to pitch to.
Feel free to copy!
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I have resigned from
@globalgamejam
's Executive Committee because of the board's refusal to make a statement about the global crisis:
#BLM
, COVID-19,
#JunkTerrorBilllNow
, etc.
This Chris Avellone thing, and knowing how he became a Keynote speaker is just a nail in the coffin.
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Mamayani is an RPG exploring unsung Filipina heroines, which is the perfect example of games promoting education and awareness! Witty dialogue, and inspiring women, what more can you ask for!
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Tulak (translates to Pusher) just gets too real and too hard. I’ve had the privilege to see the team’s journey in making this game, and Steven’s exposure to society definitely helped shaped the narrative.
Pay what you want:
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For any Southeast Asian/ South Asian/LATAM developers that need introduction to XBOX, Sony, Nintendo for funding and/or support, just DM me. I’ll intro you, no fees, no agenda.
Just good vibes. ❤️
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today in what did this person eat or drink to have so much rage vs philippine developers 😳
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We are about to be fully funded and more. And if this isn’t happiness, I don’t know what is.
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This neutrality is the same excuse they said when we brought up as a community as to why they didn’t support BLM, Hong Kong or Palestine.
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
And that’s why I’ve stepped away from organizing GGJ.
Earlier I was happy to report that
@globalgamejam
decided to drop a sponsor after the community spoke out about it but they just announced that they'll happily take such sponsors again, because they're 'tech-neutral'. Good luck with that, no more GGJ for me.
(source:
@hachque
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This is a friendly reminder that you don’t have to be good at something to enjoy doing it. 🥰🥰🥰
✨Happy holidays ✨
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.
@_Ishify
, undoutedbly has been one of the best female game designers since she was a student. So playing Bliss Cafe, which she led for Spooktober, was a treat playing on tropes expected from a maid cafe, friendship bordering on playful dating.
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Home again by
@nell_do_well
is a tabletop game about the struggles of the Tao (which translates to people in English) community to be understood by a society. The design choice of making stats communal is so powerful & refreshing.
Buy here:
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Just to illustrate, here’s
@OnionBlaze
’s other game Himig. Exploring the innocence of Philippine customs surrounding dating, and is such a pleasant slow (that hopefully gets featured by
@_wholesomegames
), calm game with playful camera placements.
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I've known of people who don't go home, period. I know someone who had to go to work on the night!! of their wedding (which was filed way in advance & is a well earned leave) because of an AAA client.
People who don't see their kids, people who don't have lives outside of work
Over the last month I've interviewed 19 employees from outsourcing studios in SE Asia who've provided artwork for SO MANY games you've played.
Here's our story on how AAA game publishers profit from other people doing their crunch overseas:
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this is a friendly reminded that i will be on an expedition to antarctica (a life long dream) to meet penguins. i will be back around feb 20!
there may or may not be internet, but i will be doing my best to live my life and hopefully, finally, enjoy it.
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#screenshotsaturday
folks, SUPERHOT PRESENTS is accepting game pitches for weird niche experimental video games all year long.
Drop your pitches and game builds at gwen
@superhotgame
.com and/or superhot
@superhotgame
.com 🥰
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A lot of people sent me a DM about what free games they can play, mostly due to budget constrictions. They want to support but don’t have funds, or have limited funds.
And while the 🇵🇭 will always be the first thing I bring up, I’m including indie games I know.
A thread.
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we won an award for
@playViewfinder
📸
pls download our demo during steam’s puzzle festival and wishlist our game
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one of our programmers, our voice actress are also filipino ( the tweet has limits ). i might have forgotten other folks, but there was a lot who didn’t need to leave the philippines & still got to work on our amazing game. truly a blessing to work with an international team.
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This year has been a roller coaster of emotions. But I’m happy to say I can sleep soundly at night knowing that I never compromised my ideals.
Two Filipinos in one post.
Also, It was a conscious decision that I affiliated myself with Robot Teddy.
"Making games and shipping games in itself is already hard, but it's so much harder for someone if you weren't born in the 'right' country"
Robot Teddy's
@ifnotnowgwen
is one of the industry's Game Changers
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✨ hello world! i left
@robot_teddy
to set up an indie consultancy. ✨
i still work with
@superhotthegame
,
@well_told_ent
&& sfbgames, while finally prepping myself to finish soup pot and a director for
@viewfinder_game
.
i’m down for long term stuff if you wanna work w/ me.
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A year ago I got an award recognizing my community contribution to Philippine Game Development Education.
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i knew that starting the trailer with the old tweet was a risk, and I was reminded a lot about it.
I just want to say that it was
@DevRelCallum
’s idea from two years ago. I never forgot. Now everyone is saying they remember
@mattstark256
’s tweet.
Thank you fren ♥️
Dis 4 u
.
@viewfinder_game
is a mind bending experience where your pictures come to life!
#TheGameAwards
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Do I know any Junior Producer who is looking for work? Great team, great company! Work from anywhere.
RTs appreciated. DMs open, thank you 🙏🏼
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Arwyn Silva (
@OnionBlaze
) is one of my personal favorites who is capable of extensive art styles + genres. Double Delights tells the story of a lot of immigrants who use food to communciate and survive in foreign lands.
Play with controllers here:
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@stevesaylor
I think people maybe don’t understand that making a game accessible means thinking about it from ground up and redesigning, essentially making it all over again. but yes, a remake to make it accessible is always ace!!!
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Academia School Simulator is one of the most technically advanced games produced ph game! With art from
@RyanSumo
, programming expertise of
@MarnelEstrada
, the legend
@tristanangeles
, and their amazing team!
Purchase in all store platforms, gift it:
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#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
Yes, that is a laptop underneath the table, and yes I like hiding during conventions.
(ps this was taken in 2015)
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i have a ginormous problem and it’s that i bought a penguin half my size. so far looking for luggages that can fit him since i tried to carry him on board and they made me check him in yesterday
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We can finally talk about Viewfinder. Thank you so much to
@chengeling
,
@SerKnowles
,
@Derek_Lieu
, Jorge Wieneke for helping with this trailer!!!
To my co-directors
@mattstark256
&
@georgbacker
for letting me run with it! Thank you to the
@thegameawards
team and
@geoffkeighley
!
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.
@yangyangmobile
is definitely at the forefront of flawless execution and intricate narrative design, starting with The Letter. Seeing Dani + John take care of their people, and make some of the best games is inspiring.
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Time’s up. So late as always!
You sent me this same thing last week. And maybe people should know you chose Chris Avellone over a woman! And for what, some petty residual politics you can’t get over.
And your board’s response to my call out WAS AND NEVER WILL BE inclusive!
Given recent events in our global community, the
#GGJ
believes its necessary to remind our participants of our Inclusiveness Policy and Code of Conduct.
Please read it, understand it, follow it, and strive to be a positive force. Thank you!
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Marie Condo Simulator, a
#ggj19
by some lovely folks from
@altitude_games
, is short + sweet but their journey of creating a polished game in under 48 hours without too much stress is something we should all aspire to achieve. Also, spark joy!
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Wassup
@globalgamejam
, are you really discrediting the work I did for
#GGJ20
? And removing me faster than crafting a statement?
This, right here, folks. The board of Global Game Jam! Egos and pride over doing what's right!
I have resigned from
@globalgamejam
's Executive Committee because of the board's refusal to make a statement about the global crisis:
#BLM
, COVID-19,
#JunkTerrorBilllNow
, etc.
This Chris Avellone thing, and knowing how he became a Keynote speaker is just a nail in the coffin.
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Hey folks, if you’re from the global south, a family of immigrants, or a marginalized group, we are organizing an event just for you! it’s free, it’s next week!
meet publishers and studios through the
@MeetToMatch
we’ve set up! 1/x
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During my free time, I make small games w/
@ichickooo
.
For
@risingseagames
, we made one heavily inspired by Philippine Ethnoastronomy of our fellow Filipinos from Tawi Tawi. The short narrative will be translates to Tausug by a champion of peace.
We’re so happy!
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.
@yangyangmobile
’s skill at marrying the Japanese influence we grew up to is so delicate. Context maybe necessary but the experience is still accessible. Love Esquire threads on that! Their games are on sale now on Steam!
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Hi, building a list of Freelance producers. Please tag folks or reply here (or DM me).
👏🏼Technical producers!
👏🏼Game Producers with experience of submissions!
👏🏼Publishing producers!
👏🏼People who don’t have a lot of experience but have the right attitude!
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Among Us being translated to Bisaya is definitely a really good milestone for localization!
Second... 💬 Languages 💬
Here's the task list for us: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish EU and LA, Dutch, Russian, BR and EU Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, FIlipino (Bisaya).
More languages to come, but that's the focus for now!
ok byeeeeeeeeeeee 🚀
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Piece of Home explores how fucked up family relationships can be, but all the tiny puzzles brought me back to the 90s.
@moodybread
and her team set a new standard in terms of taste and execution. I’m forever a fan.
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I can finally tweet about it!
So many thanks to
@playeveryware
who did an amazing port at record time,
@NintendoAmerica
, NOE and Japan for being such lovely people, and
@InnerslothDevs
for trusting Robot Teddy to assist in the release.
Get it on the eshop. Yay!
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Mayari continues to be one of the most beautiful games ever made rooted in southeast asian folklore + textures. Ingenuity has shifted from a games studio to a software company because life, but please buy it!
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With
@mostplayedgame
Derrick’s ruthless game design, tease your conyo friends and attempt to get a higher score with Make Tusok the Fishball.
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Game Development has always been a personal thing to me. Every small game I've ever made, there's always something I want to learn and want to make specifically. It's beyond commercial viability or recognition for me. All of the games I made, even the bad ones, I love.
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Fighting games are one of the hardest games to build. But godamn
@ranidagames
makes my heart melt for doing a transmedium take on it! The balancing must be so intense, and I recently found out their designer was my upperclassman in HS!
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A while back, I made a pitch deck template which you can find here:
Since we finally announced, I can now publicly share the deck we built for our studio
@chikonclub
and our game Soup Pot with some notes:
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I've always silently, and consciously worn the colors of the non-binary flag. It's my silent protest all these years, and why I refuse to be boxed by English pronouns (tho I'd respect yours).
To grow up not having restrictions on gender expression is a human right. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️👭👬👨👨👦👩👩👦
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And the game that captured my heart when Arwyn was still using VeggieStew as their collective’s efforts. A papercut out farming game with cat puns, his skill to create adorable and loving spaces is such a treat!
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For the first time, playful media / games will be part of Gawad Alternatibo which showcases alternative media that's worth seeing and following. A lot of the games I submitted weren't selected in the curation, so here we go.
A Thread.
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Erick Garayblas of
@kuyimobile
is a legend as one of the first successful mobile ph
#gamedev
. And Streetfood Tycoon with its unique art style and showcase of street food sprinkled with money management is pure bliss to play!
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60+ games homegrown in the Philippines! From students, hobbyists, to seasoned professionals across PC, mobile, console, tabletop and VR.
I promise to let the world know we make amazing games.
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me: *goes to the mall, drops off something for replacement, looks for mics, and nice web cam*
“I’ll only buy essential stuff.”
me, 20 minutes later: *buys a manta ray plushie*
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I don’t speak for the entirety of the Philippine people, but I get super uncomfortable when someone messages me, especially a person of colonizing heritage, to ask about using our mythologies for villains in their medium.
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hello, i am putting this here that i will be open to mentoring two folks within six months (one in manila + one from anywhere in the world). my set of skills are production, community organizing, and programming. if you want to improve in those, drop me a msg
all genders welcome
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Just finished a call and crossing fingers the indigenous community would want us to collaborate with them in making games about their heritage, their culture, and increasing awareness of how wonderful they are.
I’m gonna cry happy tears now.
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Guess who is on vacation?!
@DevRelCallum
!!! Guess who is in charge of 🤖 🧸?! It’s me.
First rule of this week, HAVE SNACKKKSSS ALL DAY.
Second rule, take naps.
Third rule, world domination!!!
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hey folks, i am thinking about getting an intern who i can handover tasks to at robot teddy.
cause i have a lot of things i do both in and outside robot teddy, and i need some time back to do other stuff.
(don’t worry i binge anime every sunday and sleep half my saturdays)
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I'm just really enjoying this new cool thing that
@Olima
of
@FutureFriendsVG
taught us today! It's different from quote tweet and shows credits to the video which is super awesome. Here's our demo's trailer!
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Biased since I help set up their page but Garrison Archangel makes my meka fighter dreams come true. One of the last ph games greenlit on Steam. While Indigo Entertainment is closing (?), play this high intensy game on itch!
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Today, someone whose deck I reviewed way back got signed a few days ago!!!
And I am just so genuinely happy to know the devs can now be comfortable, and that I can play the game in the future.
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a couple of devs asked me about how recoup works 💰 💰 💰 so i repurposed the percentage calculator that
@legobutts
shared ages ago.
hope this helps with your publisher negotiations so people know how much units they have to sell.
make a copy here➡️
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looking for an artist to do an 80s action movie inspired key art, think rambo, indiana jones, he man but with carrots
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Happy to announce that I’ll be working with
@DevRelCallum
and over the next few months!
We will battle timezones and make awesome stuff happen, so stay tuned! 🤖🐻+🐧
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I keep getting requests on how to make games and start in the industry, and I wrote about it last year. Here’s a bunch of resources for the development side of games:
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If you know people who still support police brutality and extra judicial killings, make them play Duloga by
@Snackbyte
and how badly redtagging is! Really throws me back to that Psychopass scene that people protect the law.
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Very happy to announce that I’ll be serving
@IGDA
as the Regional Coordinator for Asia-Pacific, and working closely to support chapters within the region, alongside some lovely individuals.
Pretty excited to take care and support people who care to build a better industry 💕
The IGDA is excited to announce the launch of its Regional Coordinator Program. To learn more about the program, as well as the coordinators joining us, read more on the website:
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This is just a reminder that if your panel is filled with straight white men, please consider ensuring representation for Asians, Africans, and Central and South Americans.
The fatigue from seeing white folks on panels, even if you folks are successful, is exhausting.
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Hey everyone, I’ll try the visa thing again. Please don’t be angry. It’s the system that’s broken, and systems can be changed, slowly.
If you get to go to GDC this 2020, remember to have fun! Do well, and take care of yourself. Play games featured in events like
@indieexchange
.
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So, I am now working full time!!! for Robot Teddy 🤖 🧸 which means Robot Teddy bot can come to life!
Callum + Robot Teddy Collective is awesome 😎 I will now try to make “sent you a gCallum” a thing.
So uhhhh, I hired
@ifnotnowgwen
full time after *checks* 3 days of part time work.
What an absolute badass she is. Robot Teddy makin moves yalllll
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if you're free in the next three hours, visit some of the Philippine game developers showcasing
@indiefiestaph
Say hi here:
Learn about the event here:
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Heavily inspired by
@RawFury
’s Kingdom with an island/tribal perspective, this Visayan pre-colonial game is one of my ABSOLUTE favorites. You have no idea how badly I want
@lorddlazaro
to come back to making games.
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I’ve sent out rejection emails to all but one.
This shit is hard.
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A local game developer died last week. One rushed to the hospital just tonight.
Take care of each other.
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If you’ve released a game and have a teammate that has global south heritage, kindly fill up this form so we can showcase your trailers! We already have some in line, but the more the merrier!
RTs appreciated!
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Finished with my work review, and I got promoted from ✨business associate✨to 🎊bizdev🎊 🤖🧸
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The demo that
@ichickooo
and I work on during weekends is finally live! It’s about one of our favorite food, sinigang!
RTs appreciated and it’s free to play on your browsers. ☺️
Our Sinigang game demo is now up! Try and see if you can make the perfect dish😉
Play it here:
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I saw this on my feed, and a lot of my industry work outside of work is about this.
Disclaimer: I said girls, because they asked us for advice to the future generation of women who wanted to make games. You can read the Q&A here:
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In the light of the recent bullying incident, let us remember how much of bully Bakugo is but how the shift in his attitude towards Deku was because of him coming to terms with his insecurities and weaknesses! Bullying is bad but bullies have to decide to change! Otherwise, 🤦♀️
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Another episode of a person attempting to explain to me the demographics of gamers in the Philippines for a festival I’ve run for the past five years. 🤔
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