🌤️WISHLIST✨GOLD LINING✨NOW! 🌤️
🌷Explore gorgeous landscapes
🐇 Relive a young girl's memories
💛A touching story about an immigrant mother & daughter
🎋Inspired by Chinese mythology
Hi, I'm Emily (SonderingEmily) and I voiced snare drum in the latest TPOT episode! Considering coming to this and excited to be a part of the community 👀
@jacknjellify
Howdy y'all! We've rounded up a great guestlist for Texas Object Hangout 2023! 🤠🐎
Tickets go on sale at Noon on Saturday (9/16) and they're limited! 🎟️
📍Nov 18, Noon - 5 PM, Lewisville Grand Theater, Blackbox Theatre
I'm absolutely speechless — I'm Forbes 30 under 30! As honored and shocked as I am to get this, I couldn't do it without my amazing team. They've been working tirelessly on our next game, and I'm so excited to show it to you.
Also, AHHH!!!!!! 🎉
Looking for a heartfelt game about Chinese food, cooking, & family?✨
A Taste of the Past is out now for FREE w/ gorgeous art, a story about loss, & an original soundtrack! Play as a girl who uses food to find hope after her mother's passing.🍲
Steam:
I'm Emily 👋, & I founded Sondering Studio, making artistic narrative games that touch people's hearts. We are working on our next game!
I write, design, and make videos about game dev. I'm in The Game Awards Future Class and Forbes 30u30 Games ✨️
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
✨A dating sim about Asian American identity, mental health, & stargazing! Wholesome vibes + a cute, heartwarming relationship! Out now for FREE.
#IndieGame
#visualnovel
Steam (PC):
(PC, Mac, Browser):
Hey 👋, I'm Emily, founder of Sondering Studio, game dev content creator, and in The Game Awards Future Class! I'm working on my first commercial project, which I'm writing and designing for.
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
Three years ago, I watched
@thegameawards
and told my friend "One day I'm going to be a part of this." He (lovingly) laughed at me. Today, I am a part of
@thegameawards
's Future Class.
What seemed like a silly dream has become a reality. Thank you for believing in me💛
#gamedev
Cooking Mama but make it ✨Chinese✨
Play as Mei, a young girl who must navigate a train that goes deeper into the past, learn about grief through her ancestors, and complete cute cooking minigames!
#PitchYaGame
#AdventureGame
#IndieDev
Unfortunately I (Emily) was laid off from my content design job at Meta today. I've shipped products like pinning a post to one's IG profile & driven projects that landed on roadmaps touching billion dollar surfaces. I'm now open to new roles.
Contact: emilypitcher8
@gmail
.com
We're hiring contract artists for our unannounced narrative game! All roles are remote with flexible hours. 💛
🎨Clean-up artist
🐇2D Creature animator
💥2D VFX artist (Unity)
Apply now👇
✨Free mentorship alert!
Are you an aspiring game developer? Looking to break into the UX or content design industry? Want to start a game studio?
Our founder Emily Pitcher is starting Sonder Chats, a mentorship program!
More info & sign up:
#gamedev
A Taste of the Past hit 1k reviews and is at a 98% positive rating! We are super grateful for everyone who has played and enjoyed our game. Thank you for helping us achieve this milestone 💛
2+ years ago, I took my first Unity class, knowing nothing about game development.
Today, my game has an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam & I make videos empowering others to start making games. Couldn't be more grateful for everyone's support 💛
#indiedev
#gamedev
Sondering Studio is going to The Game Awards! From left to right, we have Emily (narrative designer & community manager), Peter (lead programmer), and Caroline (art director)! If you're going, we would love to meet up!
I make videos about gaming & my journey as a game developer. I founded my own indie game studio; I'm part of Forbes 30u30 Games and The Game Awards Future Class. My IG has 127k followers! Recently lost my job & looking to make the switch to full time creator & dev 💛
My team at
@Elgato
is currently considering additional creators for 2024 partnership!
Feel free to tag someone you think we should consider, or if you want to be considered quote post with your pitch (Could be a short video, text with pitch, etc. but BE CREATIVE)
For this
#LunarNewYear
, want to support a studio making games w/ Asian American representation? Hey 👋, we're Sondering Studio!
We made A Taste of the Past, which tells the story of a girl overcoming her mother's passing thru cooking Chinese food. We're working on our next game!
✨A dating sim about Asian American identity, mental health, & stargazing! Wholesome vibes + a cute, heartwarming relationship! Out now for FREE.
#IndieGame
#visualnovel
Steam (PC):
(PC, Mac, Browser):
Looking for a free game to play this weekend? A Taste of the Past is a game about uncovering your mother's lost recipes after she passed away. Cook soup dumplings, talk to your quirky ancestors, and reconnect with your Chinese heritage.
#Indiedev
#Indiegames
#madewithunity
We are making a narrative indie game featuring Asian American representation, mental health, and stargazing. Wishlist our FREE game on Steam!
#IndieGame
Steam:
Looking for a video editor who does indie game trailers to make a ~1 minute trailer out of 15-20 minutes of gameplay. Please reply with your portfolio and rates for this task!
It’s
#screenshotsaturday
!🎋♥️
Meet Nu Wa, a Chinese mother goddess 🐍 who oversees the mysterious but beautiful realm in our new game ✨GOLD LINING✨
🌤️WISHLIST NOW!🌤️💛
Sondering Studio is going to GDC! We'll be there all week to show off our newest game. If you're a publisher, friend, or fan, please reach out ✨
Here's what we look like if you see us walking around!
What do you do when you lose someone you love?
A Taste of the Past is a game about a girl who explores a train full of her ancestors, completes cute cooking minigames, & learns about life after her mother's passing. 🍲
Wishlist our FREE game here:
✨Artists wanted✨We are looking for 1-2 digital artists to join our team for the next ~3 months. Our game is a visual novel about Asian American representation, mental health, and stargazing.
More info:
#IndieDev
#VNDev
#GameDev
Hey
#PitchYaGame
! We are A Taste of the Past 🍜:
An
#AdventureGame
about uncovering your mother's lost recipes, navigating a train in the afterlife, and reconnecting with your Chinese heritage. A touching story about loss and finding hope again.
Now FREE on Steam!⬇️
#IndieDev
Everyone's path to game development is different. Here is how our writer and community manager Emily got her start in gaming by joining UCLA's ACM Studio, a game development club 👇
#gamedev
Make soup dumplings in our cooking game about Chinese heritage and family! You can wishlist "A Taste of the Past" on Steam (+ it's a free game!).🥟
#indiegame
#indiedev
We're *so* close to 1k reviews on our lil' game A Taste of the Past. If you played, please consider leaving a review! We read every review and take your comments in consideration for our next game.
I've been rejected from countless game dev jobs. At times, I wondered if this industry was for me. But 1.5 years ago, I participated in a lil' game jam
@ludumdare
& this comment was left on my game. It was the first time I felt like I was meant do this.
Your reviews matter.
We are proud to announce that our next game is supported by the wonderful
@code_coven
's Solstice Program, in partnership with
@unitygames
!✨
We will be creating a social impact game prototype to pitch to publishers. Our team couldn't be more excited!
#SolsticeProgram22
Meet Sondering Studio! I'm hosting a meetup for my community at GDC so if you're going or in the SF area, I'd love for you to come 💛 There will be gifts and other Sondering Studio members!
How do you get better at game dev? For me, game jams were instrumental to my growth. Here's how you can use game jams to quickly improve your dev skills. 👇
#gamedev
PAID OPPORTUNITY✨Looking for someone who can create our studio's website. Currently, we use Wordpress. Please email your portfolio to emily
@sonderingstudio
.com and let me know your rates!
We're a newer studio working in the early stages of a 2D platformer. Our biggest hurdle is level design, & we would appreciate it if any designers are willing to share their perspective on our game & give ideas.
We'll be attending GDC, would anyone be willing to meet with us?
Thank you for 50k followers on TikTok!🎉Always thankful for this crazy journey and your support. Who knew making silly game dev videos could lead to this?
Hey! 👋 We're Sondering Studio, and we make heartfelt narrative games with a focus on Asian American representation. We previously made A Taste of the Past, and we're currently working on our next game. 👇
Time to
#PitchYaGame
! We're making a
#datingsim
about astronomy, Asian snacks, and immigrant families! Check out this work in progress of our title screen.
#digitalart
Itch Page:
A poem about generational trauma and a daughter trying to understand her complicated mother.
(this is a sneak peek of our next game but shhh we didn't tell you)
#poetry
The way their speeches made me SOB 😭 So proud of Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan for paving the way for Asian representation in film. We are here and our stories are important too.
We hope Sondering Studio can be that light for gaming.
Cook Chinese dishes in our FREE game about accepting life after the loss of a parent, interacting with your kooky ancestors, and connecting with your cultural heritage.
Steam:
#IndieDevHour
#Indiewishlistwednesday
#indiegame
New year, new Sondering Studio✨. Here are our resolutions for 2023:
🎮Have a playable demo by GDC
📹Make higher effort TikToks
🎙️Find voice actors for our next game (casting call soon!)
🫶 Connect with the cozy game community more
#indiedev
#gamedev
To celebrate being a part of
@thegameawards
Future Class, I made this video reflecting on my
#gamedev
journey. Getting here took many failures, but I'm so happy I didn't give up.
#TGAFutureClass22
"Women don't want to make games, that's why the game dev industry is male dominated." I've been making game dev tiktoks and here is my gender distribution.
Still think women don't want to make games?
#gamedevelopment
#gamedeveloper
#gamedev
#indiedev
What a spectacular night. Sondering Studio had a fantastic time at
@thegameawards
! We even got to meet some of our favorite voices in gaming. So excited for the future (maybe us being nominated one year? 👀😅). Thankful that I was also part of Future Class!
#TheGameAwards
Sondering Studio welcomes Ray Hsiao for level design this summer! Ray is an incoming senior studying computer science at UCLA and, outside of playing and making games, enjoys reading, running, and drawing. Find Ray on Twitter
@hsiaoluobo
🥕🦈
From a text-only game to my indie game with an Overwhelmingly Positive rating & over 1k reviews, I've come along way in my 3 year game dev journey. In my latest YT video, I reflected on every game I've ever made and lessons learned along the way. 👇
Are you a game developer looking to create more diverse games?
My game about my upbringing as a Chinese woman has an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam, and here are my lessons for developers creating games with POC characters 👇
#indiedev
#gamedev
#RepresentationMatters
So freaking proud of
@venbaGame
for their amazing wins tonight. Here's a compilation of us cheering every time they won — amazing speeches by
@brownmoney__
!
"Majoring in English is a waste." Now, I work full time as a designer for Instagram, which I love, and write for Sondering Studio, an indie game studio I founded. Couldn't be happier!
Sondering Studio is hiring a Visual Development Artist! This is a part time contract role. This artist will be concepting our environments, characters, and creatures.
🏘️Remote
⏳Flexible Hours
Apply below 👇
By day, our designer/writer Emily works at Instagram. At Sondering Studio, she crafts narratives about her Chinese cultural heritage, family, and exes.
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
With The Game Awards approaching, I wrote an article about the most pivotal moments in my gaming career and important lessons I've learned along the way as a member of Future Class.
Check it out!
#gamedev
#indiedev
As a studio all about Asian representation, we would love to spotlight other studios pushing for inclusivity:
@prettysmartnews
! They are in
@code_coven
w/ us making a rhythm game about the humor & frustrations of being an Asian-American woman working in male-dominated industries.
I've been reposting my TikToks to Instagram reels the past month and the growth has been insane. I went from 900 followers (a personal account for friends) to over 30k followers.
Many of my videos on Instagram reels outperform my TikTok videos. Should you invest in IG? 🧵
Thank you everyone for a wonderful
#GDC2023
. I got to meet internet friends IRL, talk to some of you guys (thank you to those who came up to me!), and attended many insightful talks. I am so grateful and my heart is full! 💛
Thank you to everyone who took the time to review our game. With your support, we reached 600+ reviews!
While we can't share what our new game is about yet, we're working very hard to bring the best experience for you. We hope you cry even more in our next project 😅
We're having a Discord social to celebrate
#AAPIHeritageMonth
! 🏮We will be playing games made by AAPI devs. You'll be able to chat with our team/meet new friends, potentially voice act some of the game characters, or just listen in. All are welcome regardless of background!
Cook Chinese food, talk to your wacky ancestors, and learn about the meaning of family in our FREE game! Play as a shy high school student who must uncover her mother's secret recipe 🍲
#IndieWishlistWednesday
#IndieGameDev
✨⭐️Have you ever wanted to play a
#datingsim
that has POC characters and deals with mental health? Play our emotional
#visualnovel
about falling in love and stargazing. Come check it out and support our game! ⭐️✨
#PitchYaGame
#indiedev
A Taste of the Past hit 100k plays! We can't believe that over a year since launch, people are still playing our lil' game.
In the meantime, our team has been hard at work on our next game. We can't say much now, but we think you'll like it 👀
✨🏡🚲 Minami Lane is OUT NOW! 🌸🦝🎉
🏡 Build and customize your street
🎯Complete objectives & maximize happiness
🦝 Find Tanukis and pet cats !
This is my second game as an
#indiedev
and I'm so happy to have worked with
@blibloop
,
@NamedZak
and
@_wholesomegames
on it 💖
❣️CALLING ALL SINGLE GAMERS❣️Our FREE visual novel has a cute + healthy relationship! Fall in love w/ a soft boy & play a game w/ inclusivity!
#indiegame
#visualnovel
#gamedev
Steam (PC):
(PC, Mac, Browser):
Merry Christmas from June and Miles! Have this special announcement as a gift: our
#indiedev
team is releasing our
#visualnovel
#indiegame
on January 18, 2021!
We're having a co-working social on our Discord! Bring your art, homework, whatever you'd like. Let's be productive together✨
We will be there & you ask us questions! We will be showing some concept art for our next game.
Also a great opp to network w/ other devs!
#gamedev
We are so excited to announce that we are a part of
@GDoCExpo
! Our game A Taste of the Past is a part of the
#GDoCExpo
Direct, the Gradient Convergence, and a dev interview.😍
📅September 15-19
More info here:
Thank you so much for writing this book! I finished reading it and loved learning about women pioneers in the industry. As a woman creating inclusive games, yes to more diversity!
My book's out now! And people like it! You can buy it, too!
Read all about women who have been making games - as writers, engineers, composers, + more - since the 1960s 💜🎮
How it started vs. how it's going.
From making my first Twine game to starting a game studio, I could not be more proud of how far I've come.
#GameDev
isn't about getting it right the first time, or second, or even the third. It's about loving the process of learning.
#indiedev
A Taste of the Past turns one years old today🎂. Thank you so much for your support! Every day, I am astounded that so many people enjoyed our lil' game.
I wrote a letter about how this game changed my life. If you're interested in what inspired our game, read onward!