😍WE ARE SO BACK😍
Are you going to
@GCAPConf
and have a project you're starting to pitch and want feedback from?
📅Applications Open📅NOW for teams looking to GCAP PITCH:
- 10 minute pitch
- 15 minutes of feedback
Calling all game developers heading to
#GCAP24
- do you have a game to pitch? ⚾️
Thanks to
@wearevicscreen
we are welcoming the return of GCAP Pitch for another year, hosted by
@lisy__k
!
Spots are LIMITED so read below!👇
Growing up and even to this day I’ve been embarrassed and have hidden my middle name.
I was raised by white parents, which has led to a transracial identity. My middle name ties me to Korea.
I want to feel proud.
Kee-Won was my birth name.
Lisy Kee-Won Kane.
#StopAsianHate
The cat is out of the bag!
Absolutely thrilled to be joining the
@wearevicscreen
Board. I'm sure if you've ever met me, I've probably cornered you about how great VicScreen is.
Big thank you to
@blakemizzi
for pathing the way for Games representation on the Board!
We talk about burn out from the effort of work. But burn out from emotional exhaustion and devastation of our friends and peers just trying to make a living has destroyed me this year.
1/3 After over 7 years, my incredible chapter w/
@leagueofgeeks
is coming to an end. I will be FOREVER grateful and in awe of the studio Trent, Ty and Blake have built and how they've supported me in my career. 😭
I love this team with all my heart ❤️
✨Today marks my 5 year anniversary of joining
@LeagueofGeeks
and it’s been the perfect mix of challenging and empowering. ✨
As far as first experiences into this often tough industry I feel incredibly fortunate.
Here’s to another 5! 🎉
"A Queensland court has overturned a suspended jail sentence and conviction handed to a police officer who hacked into a confidential computer system and leaked the address of a domestic abuse victim to her violent former partner."
Fuck off.
To kick off
#GDC2022
, today was my first day in my new role with
@Kepler_Interact
.
I’m so thrilled at the opportunity to support more studios and projects like
@SifuGame
💕
Big next step in my career, lots of learning and knowledge!
I love games ❤️❤️
I don’t know else who needs to hear this.
I’ve gone up like 3 dress sizes since the pandemic and I’m slowly trying to get back into working out.
I was complaining about my size this morning and my boxing trainer said; “But your body can box, how great is that?” ❤️🩹
✨Big Announcement time✨ -
@GirlGeekAcademy
is BACK and with
@SarahMoran
's continued support I'm taking over as Managing Director.
I'm ALSO kicking off my own Games Consulting biz in parallel, focused on supporting founders with my XP in production, leadership, operations etc!
Activision Blizzard is looking to avoid a shareholder proposal that it interview at least ONE diverse candidate when it hires for a position.
ONE.
ONE?!!?!!!??!
We’re so excited to welcome
@lisy__k
to our WINGS PC & Console Selection Committee! 🥳
Lisy is an experienced videogames producer & Co-Founder of
@GirlGeekAcademy
. She currently supports projects at
@KeplerInteract
& is a board member for
@wearevicscreen
💜
Telltale reportedly searching for partner to finish Walking Dead by hiring its former devs
Third episode is supposedly almost finished, would be completed with the fourth by Telltale vets as contract employees
I went through a 6 month job interview process with a AAA studio to ultimately be rejected. I was pretty upset and dented my car trying to park while crying.
Two months later I got an offer at LoG where I’ve been able to do and learn all the cool shit.
#shareyourejections
Bless Camp Cope for throwing an all ages, affordable show in what is almost 2020.
Firstly everyone is my height. Secondly, going to gigs as a teen in a safe, alcohol free space, is SO exciting and lovely.
This industry is cruel & harsh. Times like this it feels like there’s no space for growing a team that wants to do things better.
The founders of LoG have always pushed for fairness & kindness.
I’m fucking devestated.
Please hire these amazing people (see thread)
Nervous and excited to announce I recently got accepted into the MBS Executive MBA program commencing in 2023. 🎓
Wouldn't have been able to do this without the encouragement + support of Kepler 💖
Also friends, see you in 2024 👋🏽👋🏽
Today was my last day at Kepler Interactive; and here’s a little photo highlight. I’d set out to get out of my comfort zone & learn about publishing and have learned A LOT!
I’m going to go rest mode for a month or so before I figure out what’s next. 😴
I finished my Executive MBA after 18 months of 8am classes and exams and not seeing my friends.
And look. It’s me. A child in their art smock just happy to be there (I always forget how short I am, Napoleon energy).
Open inspections while the tenant is still living in them is so fucking cooked.
Just had like 15 people come through my apartment, no masks, recording all my shit.
STATE ELECTION COME THROUGH WITH BETTER LAWS FOR TENANTS
🚨 Tomorrow, 10a PST! 🚨
Tickets for our first ALL DAY
#GDC
event go LIVE. And the event is FREE!
We are also excited to welcome keynote speaker
@lisyk
! 🎉🎉🎉
#WeMakeGames
Like a lot of us I’m really fucking struggling.
Super grateful for all the support from local and international game dev friends. My one glimmer of hope is that everyone shows their true selves in moments of crises and I’m so lucky to have a great community.
Beyond excited to announce our partnership with PD on our new project! ✨
Gettin' to work with this supportive and wise team is a huge honour and can't wait to share with y'all what we're workin' on! 💕
Here at Private Division, our team is always looking for new and unique projects to share with our community and to the world. We're happy to announce that we're teaming up with three new studios:
@moongamestudios
,
@LeagueofGeeks
, &
@Roll_7
!
Read more:
Absolutely biting my tongue and white-knuckling through this.
I’m absolutely not mincing my words when I say - the past 4 years it’s been made very clear to me that I should go sit at the kids table and be grateful for existing in this industry.
Being a producer sometimes feels like someone dumped a jigsaw puzzle on your desk but half the pieces are missing, there’s a IKEA instruction book for some reason and if you don’t figure it out the internet will hate you.
"Officially" updated my 🐤Twitter profile to include that I'm also an advisor + producer with the fine folk
@KowloonNights
.
Especially for my lovely Aus games community, please reach out if you ever want to chat!
It still doesn't feel real but today was my last day with
@LeagueofGeeks
💔😭
I have learned so so much and had just the wildest experiences ✈️✨
Now, to take a 'month' off (I'm doing a couple small fun projects because .. of course) and recharge my brain for what's 🔜🔜
It bums me out that the expectation is that I need to leave Australia to “further my career”.
I adore traveling the world but I also love my community in Melbourne.
We are very excited to announce our new program in partnership with the ever supporting
@FilmVictoria
. 🎉
The pipeline is still leaking 🛁, so we want to support early & mid creators with a Games Careers Incubator; info & apply here:
#gamedev
#inclusion
Victorian women and non-binary games practitioners - get ready to advance your careers and leadership in the games industry through the
@GirlGeekAcademy
Games Career Incubator – a new collaboration with Film Victoria, launched today
Wow. I've been harassed online before, but
@teemedlin
- I have no idea who you are, nor was I at a conference/meet-up/event w/ you 4 days ago. Lying about this is next level- also, ++ photo is from my
@NewCo
article I published years ago/from a conference 3 years ago. Get a life.
Today marks my ✨7✨ year LoGiversary. It’s been such a wild journey growing alongside this awesome team. Really looking forward to showing everyone what we’ve been making 🤫
I miss the studio and just want to have a pub lunch with
@LeagueofGeeks
💕
A rare opportunity!
@LeagueofGeeks
are looking for someone to join our production squad 📊
You'll be workin' with me to help solve lots of problems 🕵🏽♀️ and empower our incredible team 🎮 to do great things.
Happy to answer any questions, DMs open!
I've been rejected by:
- Riot (13 interviews)
- EA (Firemonkeys)
- EB Games
Countless others where I didn't get an interview.
More devestatingly; City Beach in highschool. All I wanted was to work there and be cool.
Some weeks it is VERY difficult to feel like the games industry is capable of systemic changes.
I keep having this sinking feeling that the pandemic has put us back to square one.
Diversity isn’t going to be achieved through PR.
I’m tired.
Do you know this feeling?
🎀 Pulling out headphones while walking home alone
🎀 Holding your keys in between your fingers
🎀 Crossing the road to avoid a shadowy figure
🎀 Stomach churn at footsteps
🎀 Feeling confident for once while walking home
Nah me neither.
In my final hours of “GDC” and the conflicting emotions of joy, pride and absolute fucking rage at the industry.
On one side there are so many great people working hard at making this industry better for all - but there’s still a VERY VERY clear undercurrent of hate and ego.
Melbourne folks Marie Kondo’ing away their lives; remember to recycle as much as possible.
👗 Fitted For Work look for women’s business clothes to help disadvantaged women trying to get into the workforce
💻 I’ll be selling stuff on eBay and depop!
@PeeksTV
Wait, how did we get to pre school?
Let’s just stick to your logic of profile photos versus Twitch?
I think the answer you’re lookin for is; it’s appropriate for women to show off their bodies when it’s empowering for them and not at the governance of you, a stranger.
GUESS WHAT? We’ve created a book series with
@PenguinBooksAus
! "Girl Geeks" books 1 & 2 will be in stores from July 2 💕
Our book launch events are on in Melbourne () and the Gold Coast () this weekend - we'd love to see you there!
If I said; I’m bringing a spinach cob loaf, is that odd? Is it a Brisbane thing?
Last night at work drinks we talked about what an Aussie buffet would look like and I said cob loaf. This was met with 99% confusion.