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@criteriongames
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I worked at Moon Studios for two years. I was the only woman on the story team. I struggle to find the words to express what a soul-destroying experience it was to work with the heads of the studio, Thomas and Gennadiy.
The whole studio is built on the lie that Quality justifies everything. Verbal abuse. Crunch. Public humiliation. But it just wears you down, and burns you out. Burnt out people do not produce quality.
Please, donβt be fooled. Donβt perpetuate the problem by working for places like Moon. We have to stop the defeatist mentality that this is just what the industry is like. There are better places out there. You deserve better.
Anything good that you had made before they had killed your creative spark was used to lure new, unwitting devs in, to fill the places of the friends you watched leave, one by one.
Iβm Franciska Csongrady, a narrative designer/writer! Iβm currently working on an unannounced game for Moon Studios, and my last big project was Ori and the Will of the Wisps π¦
#VisibleWomen
Tb to when I went to an interview when I was trying to break into the games industry and was told part of the reason I didn't get the job was because I wasn't dressed professionally enough (I had on a long sleeved beige turtleneck and black jeans)
Growing up, I watched my dad play shooters over his shoulder, hoping he wouldnβt notice it was past my bedtime. Thatβs the only genre I knew.
Iβm a Narrative Lead now, and I love exploring new ways of engaging with games beyond combat.
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
Imagine the amazing works of art we are missing out on because women get treated like garbage and burn out before they can add anything to the industry. There are no words to express my anger at blizzard and other studios that treat women this way. Fuck you.
Hey
#VisibleWomen
! Iβm a Senior Narrative Designer and
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
. Being a story person I donβt have many exciting visuals to show off, but hereβs some art projects I like to tinker with on the side.
If you really want to be a wizard and not get Hogwarts Legacy, I suggest looking into indie games!! One game Iβm looking forward to is Witchbrook - basically Stardew Valley but you go to Wizard School!
Took a break from streaming while moving flats. I thought this would be the perfect time for a cheeky lil rebrand, starting with this cozy isometric starting soon screen by my incredible pixel artist and streamer friend
@TofuPixel
π₯°
I look forward to streaming again soon!
Please make an insane amount of noise for the extremely talented
@TigrMoth
! Franciska is joining us as Narrative Designer on Around.
Welcome Franciska!βοΈ
Another non-
#GDC
-goer, reporting for duty π«‘
Iβm Fran, Narrative Designer and Writer with 6 years of industry experience, currently at
@aardman
!
Shila VikstrΓΆm β€οΈβπ₯ Make Games With Humanity
Not going to
#GDC
and I never have bc I could never afford it. So instead, letβs do a round of online networking?
Hi, I'm Shila. EP for
@MetalHellsinger
Believer of kindness and hope to encourage an ounce of humanity in our industry.
RT and say hi?
@karenkho
Hereβs the thing though, I will gladly pay extra to not have to sit next to a child that will kick my seat for the next 3 hours. Surely thereβs some way to solve this problem that doesnβt require anyone being mean to anyone else
Got vaccine no. 2 yesterday. Anti vaxxers were singing vaccine misinformation to the tune of Mambo no. 5 outside the centre. Anyway now everything hurts and to top it all off I have fucking mambo no 5 stuck in my head kill meee
Nothing, and I mean NOTHING is more embarrassing than going in for the European double-kiss greeting but the other person only does one of the kisses. But itβs too late and youβve already leaned in for a second kiss. You stand there, a fool, a kissy faced fool.
I got nominated for an inspiring women award! Click the link below to vote for ya gurl to winπ€ πͺ±π
(it's in hungarian but google will translate for u)
thank you!!! β€οΈπ
Started streaming on a whim in February, and reached a milestone of 1k followers yesterday π₯³
Thank you to
@AlasdairUK
and
@LunaMothWings
for the raids that pushed us over the edge, and to everyone whoβs ever stopped by! Hereβs to another year of making new friends β€οΈ
I'm grateful for everyone's understanding and support. I know reading yet another one of these stories can make it seem like there's no hope for the industry, but there are a lot of us out there who are working to improve it. There is a bright future ahead.
I worked at Moon Studios for two years. I was the only woman on the story team. I struggle to find the words to express what a soul-destroying experience it was to work with the heads of the studio, Thomas and Gennadiy.
Many thanks to
@Deankadani
for featuring me in this Leet article! I'll be chatting with him some more on Friday about my journey up until now, so check back in later on for the interview π
Never would I have imagined at the start of lockdown that our little gamedev skategang would spread like wildfire! Weβre gonna take over the world, and nothing will stop us (except for uneven surfaces) πΌπΌπΌ
@jade_evanns
@AlexisTrust
My cat is scared of the roomba but today she tried to make friends with it by slow blinking at it repeatedly and if she can overcome her fears like that then so can i
I still remember when an author came to our primary school and spoke about her work. It really inspired me, and I hope I get to do that for someoneπ₯Ί10 y/o me would freak out if she saw what the future had in stock!
I just want one thing for women's day and that's for
@Twitch
to stop rejecting my emote on the basis of it being "too sexual". I even uploaded a butthole-less version what more do you want from me π
Men, I beg you. Hold the men in your lives accountable. Pay attention to how they talk about women, even if it's just a "joke". Don't let it slide. I beg you, be the buzzkill. You may be saving lives.
I used to draw a ton when I was younger but then moved more into writing. didnβt realise how much I missed it. Hereβs a lil painted tiger moth girl!
Getting a glimpse into the abuse Amouranth is subjected to behind the scenes was absolutely sickening. My heart breaks for her. I hope this is the first step to her winning back her freedom and starting a journey towards healing.
Tb to when I went to an interview when I was trying to break into the games industry and was told part of the reason I didn't get the job was because I wasn't dressed professionally enough (I had on a long sleeved beige turtleneck and black jeans)
Beloved, π
TUNIC is one year old today. Thank you to everyone who played, sent us lovely words about their experiences, and shared their wisdom.
Here is a distant memory from eight years ago, before there was even a fox.
Russian roulette is boring. Instead, book a flight with
@British_Airways
- the rush of not knowing whether your flight will be cancelled until 11h beforehand is honestly unparalleled
Got covid for the first time. Triple vaxxed, but on day five and still feel like shit. Iβm deathly afraid Iβll have lasting effects. Please send encouragement
As a Hungarian, I feel sick to my stomach. Iβm shocked. Yet another attempt by the corrupt government to scapegoat a group and seize more power. Emboldening more hate and abuse. Iβm seething.
Hungary has passed legislation that bars sharing LGBTQ content with people under the age of 18.
It comes after the ruling conservative party passed another law making it impossible for trans people to change the gender markers on their documents.
There are lots of games writers you've maybe never heard of. I'm signal-boosting one each day - plz RT.
Franciska Csongrady (
@TigrMoth
) is a writer & narrative designer
@moongamestudios
having worked on Ori and The Will of the Wisps!
#gamedev
#gamewriting
Sacrificed a whole lens cloth for this crochet Mipha commission, but all worth it in the end π§ββοΈ
Commission link in thread!
#botw
#commissionsopen
@scovarino
@karenkho
i get that, but being irritated is also literally a natural physical reaction to being kicked in the back or screamed at for hours on end. Both sides are understandable, shouldnt be up to us to "fight it out" but up to airlines to find feasible solutions to this problem
- pandemic isnt over
- reinfections increase risk of long covid
- responsibility is now on individuals
- no boosters available for >65yr olds in UK
- ffp3/n100 masks that fit female face impossible to find
- im losing my fucking mind