Kenzie 🦋
@kenzie__du
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indies will save the games industry
Vampire Survivors developer Poncle is launching its own publishing arm, and it will 'instantly reject' Web3 or AI-related pitches.
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So proud of our team ❤️ Ma, my name’s in a Final Fantasy!!!!!!!!!!! 🥹🥹🥹
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@Xelafina
soooo fucked up. and it's treated like a flex or some quirky trait. but tbh i feel bad for pinoy kids who can't speak any PH language kasi di nila nagegets yung peak humor ahahaha
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So many reasons to love A Space for the Unbound ✨❤️ So cool to learn history and architecture this way 😍
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a laptop would simply not survive the full force of the southeast asian sun
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hello games industry job hunter!! if you need a fresh set of eyes looking over your CV or agonizing over your cover letter, i’d be happy to help - please feel free to DM me and happy to chat when i have time! you got this 🙏
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morning pack-up made bearable with an asian dolce latte and the beautiful CT2 tote 🥰
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sometimes you got to turn on that main character energy on your morning commute otw to
#GDC2024
listening to your life soundtrack, holding on to your iced latte, on a lovely california day ☀️ kenzie, based in manila 🇵🇭, game production ✨
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
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doing one of these since i just capped off a month! i always dreamed of working in production and in indies so this part-time role is perfect 💖 so grateful 🥰
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Saya bersenang-senang bersama saudara-saudara saya di Indonesia. Mereka adalah pemimpin luar biasa dalam industri gamedev dan pembuat shitposter terbaik di dunia. Sampai jumpa lagi! 💖
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I'm headed to GDC 2024! It's a longtime dream to go and I'm so excited to be there. I have some goals in mind to make it a purposeful and productive experience! ✨
TY to
@DMGToronto
and
@TheDovetailor
- I am so grateful and will make the most of this opportunity! ❤️
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Thank you so much for your kind words!! 🥹 All the praise should go to our 3D artists in the Keywords Manila team ❤️ the 🇵🇭 has so many talented gamedevs, and in light of the industry’s situation, I only wish for stability so we can continue our important craft 🙏
So proud of our team ❤️ Ma, my name’s in a Final Fantasy!!!!!!!!!!! 🥹🥹🥹
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me vs the character i think i am
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yesterday was my last day at Armor Games Studios! truly an experience i hold close to my heart ❤️ in the meantime, i'll be taking a little break to shake off a month-long creative block and figure out what's next ✨
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tireddd from day 1 and 2 of GDC - saved the next 3 days for hanging out! here’s a live photo of a quick and dirty snap at moscone but forgot there’s a pedestrian light in the way of the logo lol i was in a hurry ok
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That’s not even what I said in my tweet 🫤 I even say in the same tweet that I’m not comfortable with how I feel, but I’m also trying to to make an honest and personal decision for /my/ own career growth based on my recent exp. I did not say SEA isn’t a great place to make games.
I disagree
SEA is filled with potential, ripe for unique content creation, providing a platform for the severely underrepresented gaming scene
Rewrite the formula, instead of adhering to a flawed & skewed understanding of who and what shape the video games scene
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there’s a lot to say about the craziness of the past few days, but first i would like to thank this crew for coming over and keeping me sane 😂 thank you all for participating in this SEA gamedev beach episode ☀️🌴❤️ and got to do some Coffee Talk guerrilla marketing hehe
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looking at all the TGA drip and... ummm can we have a SEA game event where we all dress up... HAHA
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i've said this before but my future goal is to save enough money to afford a break and work on a Parts Unknown-esque series on the SEAn/lesser-exposed Asian indie dev scenes............ ✨manifesting✨
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it was on this work trip 4 years ago that i decided that i wanted to be a game dev. only been in the industry for a year but i think i owe myself finally saying i achieved that goal. i’m kenzie, a project manager and game designer from the 🇵🇭 and this is
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
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whew my first on-camera non-zoom work 😂 most of the heavy lifting was really done by
@AriefJohan
@rinoaskyes
@mauskino
and the amazing team at gamescom and Eliphant 😄 so glad to see the exponential growth of this show!!
So freaking proud of
@AriefJohan
and
@kenzie__du
for killing the
@gamescomasia
Southeast Asian Games Showcase 🙌🏻
Check out this amazing celebration of SEA games curated by
@20mPodcast
and
@VirtualSEAsia
👇🏻
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honestly yes. right after graduation and entering real life, i was horrified at how much the corporate life i was being prepped for was built on exploitation of employees and consumers
Business degrees remain a massive blight on society. Not only are they laughable, the people who graduate with them are not taught to run businesses well, but to extract cash out and destroy jobs. No one is a bigger drain on society than an mba
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that's a wrap for
#GDS2024
- i was so busy running around that i've ended up with all these stolen pics of core memories 😂 watching the learning and the bonding unfold was an unforgettable experience. i have high hopes for what this event can do for PH indies and beyond! ✨🏝️
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let's go 🇵🇭 games industry! taking the steps to become even more prominent in the global gaming industry 😄
The Philippines will host GameDev Summit, an international B2B event for the video game industry, early next year!🌴🎮
More info:
@GDSummitAsia
#GameDev
#IndieDev
#GDS2024
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so much to see, PH indie game quality is killer 🤯 give your favorites or the games/devs that spark interest a follow with the help of our thread 🥰🧵
VirtualSEA is at PGDX Day 2! First of its kind in the Philippines, the event features rows and rows of incredible indie games, touted as the stars of the country's bright game development future. Follow along as we feature these titles!
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i dont really use linkedin but… (almost) 3 years at
@VirtualSEAsia
??? i feel like i’ve come so far from one faithful day DM-ing
@mauskino
😂
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the emails, messages, and social media posts about GameDev Summit are rolling into my inbox/notifs... i could cry. most took away something from the event, be it in their games craft, business, or personal dev't. i'm out of words. i wanna thank the magic of Boracay ahaha✨🏝️
that's a wrap for
#GDS2024
- i was so busy running around that i've ended up with all these stolen pics of core memories 😂 watching the learning and the bonding unfold was an unforgettable experience. i have high hopes for what this event can do for PH indies and beyond! ✨🏝️
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manifested one year later! 😁✨
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"...one of Steam's famous curators" let's go
@VirtualSEAsia
/
@mauskino
!!! 🎉
Indonesia has been named as the largest contributor of games on the PC game distribution platform Steam in Southeast Asia in early 2024. This is based on data shared by one of Steam's famous curators, Virtual SEA (
@VirtualSEAsia
), on Saturday (1/6).
#SEAToday
#VirtualSEA
#gamers
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growing pin/keychain collection from Level Up KL 🥰 curating my stickers next haha
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did a little blurb on
@coffeetalk_game
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@IntoTheSpine
's lovely and massive 2023 round-up ☕️ just incredible how much comfort and excitement games bring to our lives, right?
Following the roundups of 2020, 2021, and 2022, past contributors and a few guests get together to break down 2023 with personal essays, poems, and criticism.
These are the stories of 2023 — told by 70 writers around the world.
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so grateful 🥰 ty for the song and cake everyone!!
Happy birthday
@kenzie__du
❤️ to many more years of your awesomeness in the SEA games community
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me when minor inconvenience
New languages coming soon to Until Then 🌐✨
🇵🇭 Filipino localization, malapit na!
🇯🇵 日本語版近日公開！
🇨🇳 简体中文本地化即将推出！
#untilthen
#untilthengame
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i can’t stop laughing at the chaotic energy of these pics………. riding e-trikes plus eating ice cream on a dark beach under the stars with friends (and pitching a project you’re really excited about) is a great way to spend the night ✨
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bringing this up again, i'm open to help! i should also mention i served as an outsourcing project manager handling/hiring many 2D and 3D artists, so i think i can give a little insight in terms of hireability in such positions!
hello games industry job hunter!! if you need a fresh set of eyes looking over your CV or agonizing over your cover letter, i’d be happy to help - please feel free to DM me and happy to chat when i have time! you got this 🙏
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i fucking hate it here lmao
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my public transport card collection… i wish i could live somewhere i didn’t need a car 😭 sometimes i would take a line end to end just to get a feel for the different parts of the city when i had time
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new inspo
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Today’s my last day at my day job. Next Monday, I start with a new company. Excited and anxious - it’s a step forward to the games career I envision for myself, and I want to do really well! 😖😅
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RTing for the other side of the world! Get a quick n easy fill of everything exciting in the SEA gamedev space in one newsletter! 📩 to share future SEA games news/events/etc!! Thank you for your support ❤️
Myself and members of the SEA Game Dev Collective are happy to announce the launch of the SEA Game Dev Collective Digest.
A newsletter documenting all the game dev going-ons in the Southeast Asia region, curated by the SEA Game Dev Collective. Link in next tweet.
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have i been bumping that all this time
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man i wanna start curating recommended games that can be finished in like 2-3 hours
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was leading a team on an overseas project in feb 2020… messaged hq to say they should bring us home already but they said carry on and hit your targets. ended up getting stuck there for another month in lockdown, confused, scared and subject to asian racism 🥲
What experience in the workplace radicalized you?
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Wow you can really spend an entire day on a single job application huh (inc 3 hours fretting over the send button)
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i want to buy everything and make my collection accesible back home 🥹
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And that's it - so excited to start writing my article on all the amazing Filipino representation in the games industry I witnessed at GDC ✨
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PLAY LAMPLIGHT CITY! One of the best detective experiences in games!
Hi! I made a detective adventure game where you can get things wrong but aren't forced to restart from the beginning if you do.
It's on sale on Steam, so check it out!
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me at 20: yeah i can handle a 6 hour straight 3AM road trip on half a burrito and a shot of tequila
me at 27: i think this tiny pandesal is giving me acid reflux or a heart attack *reaches for the oximeter*
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looking at some job listings and seeing stuff requiring 7, 8 years of experience - genuinely curious how do you arrive on the # of years to prove someone is competent enough for a role?
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yes 🙏 and for our local industries to have a place and a voice in the global game dev discussion. our devs bring something really special to the table ✨
My parents had a choice of where I'd grow up, and they picked the Netherlands over Egypt.
That's also why I'm going to continue on this mission of ensuring that no matter where anybody grows up, they have a fair shot at getting into the games industry.
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literally fuck anyone who thinks all girls strive to become experts in their field just to impress boys 😬😬😬
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i would like to applaud game devs who have day jobs. creating art outside of the 9-5 while still tending to all your basic survival needs is incredible
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now that i am wrapping up a role, and sorting out all the things that i am doing and want to do, I'm setting up a website to lay out all that information 👀
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✨glow-up✨
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i wish i spent more time playing even more games on the PGDX expo floor, but throughout the weekend i 1000x felt that the PH indie dev community for both pros and students is something special. i love it so dearly and the possibilities for our games and devs excite me 💕✨
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updating my resume and refusing to change the bird twitter icon
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when i put together my own game studio one day i’m gonna design a great dev team jacket lol
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i don’t look one second and a cult has started in the comments
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✨ being part of an event that believes so strongly in the PH games industry
✨ getting into a dream part-time role and learning SO MUCH at a wonderful company
✨ getting a shoutout from Critical Distance for my writing
✨ doing the SEA game events circuit and surviving 💕 HAHA
BRAG ABOUT SOMETHING YOU’RE PROUD OF ACCOMPLISHING IN 2023 ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
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IGDX has been great to meet old/make new friends in SEA game dev 🥰
VirtualSEA will be at IGDX 2024! We’re excited to meet participating game developers and learn about your upcoming projects - whether on the booth showcase floor, business meetings, or casual chats at the expo! Who should we check out? 😀
#IGDX2024
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top 25, quickly done - tried to do strictly one per series or developer too! maybe we should do separates for aaa and indie lol
Off the dome and in no particular order, my top 25
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!!! PH indie devs look here!! 👀👀👀
We are the Global Games Fund - powered by
@gamedevworld
.
We support pre-production & prototype stage game projects by developers in emergent territories with up to US$50,000 in funding, mentorship, and access.
We launch Q2 2024. Read more at
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this was such a fun, wholesome 😇😈 (HAHAHA) typa event 💕💕💕 ty all, and looking forward to many more to come ✨
This is the most Filipino women n queer devs I’ve seen in one place!! 🤯
While still relatively intimate, it’s incredible to see n it makes me wanna cry 🥺
Thanks to
@sarahhana
for coming n being our guest of honor 🤩
@lunagamedesign
@nalshiradraws
@mellow_minx
@kenzie__du
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Currently sending out meeting requests, but if you have something exciting to share with
@VirtualSEAsia
at MYDCF/Level Up KL, happy to connect and have an IRL chat through MeetToMatch 😄✨
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so exciting!! get ur SEA games fix here!!!
Southeast Asian Game Developer Community Celebrates Games from the Region with Southeast Asia Games Onward 2023 Event!
#SEAGO2023
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me after writing 2 sentences
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same boat 🥲 - and it also makes me feel like a permanent newbie in my career, especially since so many opportunities prefer you to have overseen a project from start to finish
Received a rejection today for a job I was really hoping to get, the reason for rejection was apparently that they need more 'consistency' and I've had too many jobs in the last 2 years.
I can't help 4 redundancies and a company liquidation sadly
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meanwhile everyone who enters my room has a "damn bitch you live like this" expression
You know what is one of the best things about making a cozy game?
I get to see so many ✨aesthetic ✨ gaming setups! 😊🌿🌸
Here are my favorites!
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the most exhilarating, entertaining documentary/yt video essay series i have ever seen (and i go through those like popcorn)
This is a story about the day physics died. It's also about Bill Clinton, the hit 2005 show Prison Break, and the Higgs boson, in that order.
(Link in next tweet, retweets appreciated!)
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my mom was on family feud and they aired the ep today - i’m more surprised that she actually managed to keep it a secret more than the fact that they won the main prize lol
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honestly before jumping into games i wasn’t sure i had any skills to bring to the table? but now i feel i’ve yet to unleash the real potential of my financial modeling certification onto the world
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Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (2024)
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i’m home (and with follow up work tomorrow lol), tired and overwhelmed with feelings with how the first GDS indie games event turned out. thank you to everyone who came + shared their favorite moments, feedback, thoughts with me. your presence is what made the event come alive 🥰
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this year……. i just wanna save money, take care of my health and my family, and play 100 games for fun 🙂
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the indie takeover and the presence of more non-western game studios coming in guns blazing is so inspiring, excited to see more and more projects and studios from our side of the world/the equator/the global south!!!
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Many, many thanks to those who have supported us through ko-fi and reposts 💞 tweeting again in case you are able to share some ☕️ haha or a share on your feed 🥰
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trying very hard to focus and put everything into this writing test/portfolio 🤯🤯🤯 go me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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a brief respite from the GDC madness - a traditional travel sidequest 📚❤️✨
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just hit out a massive undertaking... which indie game should i get myself as a treat
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