#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
Hi! I'm Roosa (she/her), a Cinematic Artist at Square Enix in ๐ฏ๐ต who loves her craft and has been making games for 10 years! Recently I've worked on FF7 Rebirth & as a Lead on Forspoken and its DLC. Also passionately fighting for a more inclusive tomorrow.
Kingdom Hearts is out now on Steam!
๐ KH HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX
๐ KH 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
๐ KHIII + Re Mind (DLC)
Each title is on sale at a special discounted price for a limited time!
Here's Utada talking about being non-binary on NHK (which is like the Japanese BBC)!! It's honestly really HUGE because non-binary as a gender identity is still not very well known in Japan unfortunately.
#HikaruUtada
#HikaruUtada
#HikaruUtada25
I was a bit busy on the weekend so I didnโt get around to doing this earlier, but here's the translation for Utada talking about being non-binary on NHK for everyone who expressed interest!! Enjoy~ ๐๐ค๐๐ค
#HikaruUtada
#HikaruUtada
#HikaruUtada25
Some BIG personal news today!! โบ๏ธ After living in Japan for over 8 years and waiting on the application process for 15 months, I am *finally* a permanent resident and can wholly call Japan my home. ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
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I was a bit busy on the weekend so I didnโt get around to doing this earlier, but here's the translation for Utada talking about being non-binary on NHK for everyone who expressed interest!! Enjoy~ ๐๐ค๐๐ค
#HikaruUtada
#HikaruUtada
#HikaruUtada25
I can finally say that I was welcomed into the
#FFVIIRebirth
team with open arms when I became a part of Square Enix last year and have had the great pleasure of working on its wonderful kickass cutscenes. Please enjoy the ride y'all!!! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
#FF7R
#FF7
#FF7Rebirth
#FF7
ใชใใผใน
If you have not yet given
#Forspoken
a chance, please do so! You might end up liking it... maybe even loving it! โค๏ธ
One Year Later, Forspoken May Be Worth a Second Chance
When it comes to games, it was Final Fantasy that showed me back in the day that women were worthy of being heroes and just as capable of kicking ass as men. Incredibly grateful that I got to be a part of bringing
#FFVII
to a new generation. Belated
#InternationalWomensDay
! ๐
Thank you so much for the immense outpour of love for
#Forspoken
on the first
#ForspokenAnniversary
!! This day last year was rough, so I feel truly blessed and maybe even a bit overwhelmed to be surrounded by so much love today. Y'all are wonderful and my heart is so very full โค๏ธ
Itโs still unreal to me that
#Forspoken
is now out in the world in everyoneโs hands. ๐ญ
Everyone of us put a lot of love into it and I hope yaโll enjoy the ride. โค๏ธ
Last day as Luminous Productions today. Still surreal to think that on Monday Iโll be clocking in as Square Enix.
The past 5 years have been a wild, but rewarding ride, and Iโm truly grateful to have been a part of this studioโs journey from the start all the way to the end. โค๏ธ
Thank you all who recently started following me! I will continue to simp for
#Forspoken
, as it truly was a labor of love for me and the rest of the team and I am glad to have y'all along for the ride ๐
โจ Got some lil guys โจ
Also a few keychains (Tifa, Barret, Vincent) and the chiptune arrangements CD! Not a bad haul for Ichiban Kuji. ๐ฅฐ
#FF7
#FF7R
#FF7Rebirth
#FF7
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While the whole
#Forspoken
soundtrack slaps, Bear McCreary truly went above and beyond for Frey's Theme, which is essentially Frey's whole journey from start to end expressed as music. I encourage y'all to listen carefully and see if you can identify what each part represents. ๐
Composer Bear McCreary was cooking beyond belief making the soundtrack of Forspoken.
He is the composer of the God of War series and really showcased his ability to deliver different styles here.
So thrilled that
#Forspoken
won the award for the VFX in Games category at this year's VFX-JAPAN Awards!!! ๐ฅ The VFX team went above and beyond with all the gorgeous magic effects so this is damn well-deserved!
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#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
Hi, Iโm Roosa (she/her)! Iโm a cinematic artist at Luminous Productions working on Forspoken and a Finn who feels at home in Japan. Been in the industry for 7+ years now and worked on stuff like FF15: Episode Ardyn, Control and Quantum Break previously.
In
#Forspoken
you can befriend a bunch of magical cats who will follow you around and camp with you and sometimes, if you're lucky, you can walk in on them gathered to plot some feline grand design.
Since itโs
#InternationalWomensDay
I just wanna say how much it meant to me to be a part of creating a game like
#Forspoken
which is full of incredibly powerful kickass diverse women. Iโll forever be proud and hope Iโll get to make something like it again one day.
#IWD2024
Continuing with my mission to play more smaller titles and this month I completed the following four:
ใปGoodbye Volcano High
ใปRefind Self: The Personality Test Game
ใปA Space for the Unbound
ใปCoffee Talk
Thoughts below!
#RJplays
I am here once again with my personal rec of
#Forspoken
for the Square Enix Publisher Sale! You can grab that *and* the DLC, both at 60% off - it's a steal! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ Lots of discourse flaring up again recently, so it's the perfect time to see for yourself & make your own opinion ๐
(Some) Westerners: โThe Japanese are gonna be mad that the new Assassinโs Creed protag is a black samurai no doubt!!!โ
Japanese folks: โohhh, itโs Yasuke! So coolโ
This is incredibly maddening and I honestly have no words. Itโs insane that you can dish out absolute bangers in our industry, such as Hi-Fi RUSH, and still have this happen to you. It ainโt right.
Too busy with various things to go to Tokyo Game Show this year, but hereโs a throwback to last yearโs TGS where we were displaying the actual outfits for Frey and Tanta Sila which we 3D scanned for the game!
#Forspoken
It's so wonderful to see
#Forspoken
making it into so many folks' Top 5 played games for this year's PlayStation Wrap-Up. Thank you for giving Frey a chance, love you all! ๐ซถ
It is also, of course,
#1
on mine.
Got this cute newly released book explaining what asexual and aromantic mean to show my support to the cause - really lovely to see a book like this in Japanese as the concepts are still fairly unfamiliar to folks here!! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Laughed at this pic on the back, it literally me. ๐คฃ
Iโm pretty bad at celebrating my own wins, but I unlocked a new career milestone with the Forspoken DLC by having my name be in the fancy part of the credits for the first time. ๐
#Forspoken
#InTantaWeTrust
#itwt
Folklore was one of my personal biggest sources of inspiration for
#Forspoken
, for the Break specifically and also in general. Probably my favorite game from the PS3 era.
Got pretty far in Folklore (PS3), nice game with a cool atmosphere around Celtic myths, traditions and creatures, in order to solve a murder mystery that happened 17 years ago.
You absorb creatures (folks) and they become part of your arsenal you can assign to fight back.
Happy anniversary to my pride and joy
#Forspoken
: In Tanta we Trust DLC! Can't believe it's already been a year. I'll always look back on this project with so much love, as it was truly the most fun I have had in my career so far ๐
#InTantaMayWeTrust
#InTantaWeTrustAnniversary
We're planning to have this be a regular hang out and make it a welcoming safe space for all diverse folks, not just women, so if you're a marginalized dev in Japan and you'd like to join us just give one of us a shout. ๐
Another milestone reached in my career - going to the orchestral live of a title I worked on. ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ What an absolutely incredible experience! So happy to share it with the best of friends. ๐
#FF7R
#FFVIIRebirth
#FF7
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Canโt believe
@gameinformer
is just gone. Nothing was quite like having the game you were working on featured with some badass art on the cover and I will hold onto these memories forever. Thank you for everything ๐
Very honored and excited to announce that I have become a Women in Games (
@wigj
) Ambassador!
I've always been passionate about making the industry a more welcoming place for marginalized folks so I'm happy to join WIG on their mission to do exactly that.
#2023recap
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The release of
#Forspoken
! Lots of feels about this one, frustrations and regrets among them, but most of all I sincerely loved every single moment on this project and it was the most fun Iโve had in my career so far. Would do it all again in a heartbeat... โค๏ธ
The world has lost a legend today with the passing of Akira Toriyama. It was without a doubt thanks to Dragon Ball that the love of anime took the world by storm in the 90s like it did. It will be incredibly difficult to fathom Dragon Quest without his involvement going forward.
Bit late to celebrate my birthday in Japan time since I was really busy with work yesterday but I am now older! ๐ฅ
If you wanna celebrate with me, Iโd love nothing more than for you to give
#Forspoken
a go or show me your best virtual photography or memories of the game! ๐ฅฐ
"Despite what the internet would lead you to believe, the game deserves a lot more praise than it received, especially when it comes to its unique, magical movement." ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
#Forspoken
I say this every year, but in Finland we call Valentine's Day Ystรคvรคnpรคivรค, which means Friend's Day, and it is a day to celebrate all the beautiful friendships in your life. So a warm shout out to y'all for making my days brighter and more bearable, much love โค๏ธ
I feel truly humbled and so grateful to have
#Forspoken
included in a Best of 2023 list. It truly means the world. Oh, oh man... I think there's something in my eye.... ๐ญโค๏ธ
yep i am definitely now casually counting Forspoken as a very good Square Enix game. if it looked interesting to you at all, you should try it and i bet you'll have a good time
Finally got my hands on this
#Forspoken
leather wristband thatโs only available on the PlayStation Gear shop in US & Europe and itโs sooooo cool. ๐ณ itโs almost like I have my own mini Cuff (yes I know I have it on the wrong wrist but still ๐ฅน).
With the DLC something I wanted to show was the juxtaposition of how Frey whoโs not had her powers for long uses them (raw, instinctive, based on her NYC parkour experience) with how an experienced Tanta like Cinta uses hers (graceful, controlled, minimum effort).
#Forspoken
Just wanna celebrate the fact that since our first meet up last month, our attendees have doubled for this month and our group as a whole has quadrupled since then! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Thank you so much for all the love for
#Forspoken
and our whole team! ๐ญโค๏ธ All I want as a dev is to create something that'll make a difference to at least one person - brings a smile to their face, helps them keep going etc - so hearing things like this makes it all worth it. ๐ซถ๐ป
For
#FreyHollandBirthday
I want to deeply thank Luminous Production Team, Square Enix and every single person working on this incredible Gem of a game!
I'm amazed,smiling,laughing and having so much fun, there's no word to describe how much I LOVE
#Forspoken
โค๏ธ
I'm thankful,To
This is such a small thing but required very intricate teamwork; body anim, facial anim and VFX had to be perfectly synced timing & placement wise to be believable. I remember demonstrating the silhouette of the hand I wanted on video call to Ihara-san who animated it.
#Forspoken
Itโs 7/7 and itโs also our 7th engagement anniversary and we are about to see Nana (means 7 in Japanese) for the last of LIVE JUNGLE with our seats on level 7. Life is good, hereโs to many more wonderful years nerding together. ๐โจ
There's still a lot to be done in Japan when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights and acceptance, but it's really nice to see Sega Sammy, Kojima Productions and Playstation stepping up from the local game industry to sponsor this year's
@Tokyo_R_Pride
. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
To everyone who started following me recently (probably because of my enby Utada tweet), hello! Iโm a game dev in Japan and post about my work, random Japan shenanigans, diversity and occasionally translate lyrics and what not. Nice to have you all on board! ๐ฅฐ
This is absolutely heartbreaking, we are losing so many incredibly gifted seiyuu way too young. All of her work is absolutely stellar and will live on within me and everyone who came across her work I am sure.
Rest in peace queen.
Unabashedly excited for the cooler than cool
#Forspoken
displays at Akiba Yodobashi Camera!!
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Omg! Seeing Ella get some so well-deserved recognition for her nuanced performance as Frey feels so damn good. I think I have something in my eye... ๐ญ
Best Lead Performance in a Drama nominees: Ellise Chappell as โKathy Johansonโ (Deliver Us Mars), Ella Balinska as โFrey Hollandโ (Forspoken), Yuri Lowenthal as โPeter Parkerโ and Nadji Jeter as โMiles Moralesโ (Spider-Man 2), Fee Marie Zimmermann as โHannah Stoneโ (Wanted: Dead)
Thank you so much for the shout out! ๐ Really means a lot, especially now when the the industry is treating us devs like we are nothing but expendable resources. I love my craft and nothing brings me more joy than to hear my work has brought a smile to someone's face, truly.
Wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the wonderful
@RjOkami
, just seen on the
#FinalFantasyVIIRebirth
end credits. You can see the passion and love for her work in Forspoken and beyond, and I am incredibly grateful to have met her on this platform. Keep shining no matter what.
We've been nominated for five
@GoldenJoysticks
Awards!
#FF7R
๐ฎ Console Game of the Year
๐ Best Storytelling
๐ต Best Soundtrack
๐ฃ๏ธ Best Lead Performer โ Cody Christian (Cloud)
๐ฃ๏ธ Best Supporting Performer โ Briana White (Aerith)
Vote now:
Got myself some new swag to show support for
@SamanthaBeart
's awesome show "It Takes A Village" which celebrates the lovely folks who make the games we all love! Monthly donation goals to great causes included.
Check it out now, if you havenโt yet ๐ฅ
๐ฌHonestly it is because of stuff like this that it was such a breath of fresh air to work on Forspoken and have a protagonist like Frey (especially as a woman myself). Even if she's not up everyone's alley, personally I love her to bits now and forever. โค๏ธ
According to a study by the University of Glasgow that was published in Royal Society Open Science, 94% of games had dialogue split in favor of male characters even when including games like Final Fantasy X-2 which has multiple female protagonists.
Really wish I could have been in NYC to see this back in January, it looks so epic and is hands down my favorite piece of marketing we did for the game!
#Forspoken
I'm not much of an xmas person myself much like Frey, but all the holiday-spirited
#Forspoken
positivity today has really warmed my heart! โค๏ธ Please enjoy this super adorbs art we shared for the holiday season last year. ๐โโฌโจ
After 7 years of living in Japan, I finally qualified to apply for permanent residency (need to wait months for my app to be processed tho)! The young me who first moved here would be stoked to know she made a life here. Still up to the same shenanigans just with more friends. โค๏ธ
Can't believe we lost another one of the great artists in the industry, Mutsumi Inomata-san, so soon after Toriyama-san and just as suddenly. It ain't right. ๐ Her character designs for the "Tales of..." series are absolutely gorgeous and will live on in my heart. ๐
First trailer for Forspoken In Tanta We Trust has dropped!!! Iโm really proud of the passion and care my team put into the cinematics on this one and really canโt wait to show more of what weโve been cooking. โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
#FORSPOKEN
I just finished
#LittleGoodyTwoShoes
the other day - it's a great blend of relationship management and horror elements with multiple interesting endings and really worth checking out if that sounds like your jam! ๐
For Pride 2024, we spoke to Little Goody Two Shoes developer Astral Shift about the gamesโ sapphic romance, their work as queer creatives and LGBTQ+ representation in the games industry: