#PGDX Workshop done, had a blast! People practiced by themselves, in pairs, or in groups. And we had brave volunteers who pitched in front and also did PowerPoint Karaoke! I forgot to take photos lol, if anyone has some, pls share them with me 😅

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I'm giving a workshop this Saturday at Philippine GameDev Expo! It's called Level Up Your Pitch: Public Speaking Skills for Game Devs🎙️ You'll learn practical techniques to help improve how you present your ideas - to build confidence, reduce filler words, & connect more effectively with an audience

I'm giving a workshop this Saturday at Philippine GameDev Expo! It's called Level Up Your Pitch: Public Speaking Skills for Game Devs🎙️ You'll learn practical techniques to help improve how you present your ideas - to build confidence, reduce filler words, & connect more effectively with an audience

Hey all, I'm still here! Just been busy with a lot (a LOT) of game consulting work, and some teaching. I haven't been able to write in my game design blog either, as weekends have been reserved for friends and family. Hoping things slow down enough so I can write and post again 😊

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Just finished Act II of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and every time I think it's the end... What do you mean there's another act?!?

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Game Writing class is now done! I asked my students if I should keep teaching Inform for the next batch, or stick with Twine. While they liked Inform, it was also difficult to code in. So they would get distracted getting their game to work rather than just writing :( Twine was simpler, easier.

Revealing 10 games that will be featured in this year's Southeast Asian Games Showcase! 🇮🇩 KuloNiku: Bowl Up! 🇵🇭 Until Then 🇲🇾 Overhours 🇹🇭 Nightmare Circus ...and more! Follow to see what other games are participating in the show! ✨👀✨ #SummerGameFest #SEAGShowcase

My husband @carljavier.bsky.social asked economist @jcpunongbayan.bsky.social if he should buy a Switch 2. I am part of his decision 😅 "There’s personal enjoyment, my wife’s enjoyment, and the joy I would also derive from my wife enjoying the console..." technology.inquirer.net/146797/shoul...

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Just want to shout out to Game UI Database - it's a resource I use frequently to find UI/UX references for games. Tonight I needed to look a screen up on my phone for someone, and of course the site's filters work beautifully on mobile. Thank you @eddcoates.bsky.social 🙏 www.gameuidatabase.com

New video! The amazing @athanateus.bsky.social interviewed me about game balancing for his book, Playing with Balance: Game Economy Design. I'm a big fan of his, and it was so much fun to geek out about game design with him. Check out our conversation here buymeacoffee.com/lunajavier/p... #gamedev

Playing with Balance: Discussing game balancing with Oscar Clark — Luna Javier

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It's hard to be excited about anything when this is happening in my country tonight: www.cnn.com/2026/05/13/a... Been watching the livestreams from the media but still no definitive answers.

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New game design blog post, about mobile games this time! 📱 I always record my first session when I’m studying a mobile game, because the first-time user experience (FTUE) is crucial. Here’s why it’s important: buymeacoffee.com/lunajavier/m... #gamedev #gamedesign

Mobile FTUE: Why you should record your first session — Luna Javier

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I have a bunch of unfinished blog drafts lying around, but there are rare days like today when I spend Sunday afternoon writing one out in one sitting. I wouldn't chalk it up to "inspiration" or "motivation"; it's just a blog post. But sometimes the thoughts come easy? Scheduled for this Thursday!

New game design blog post: It’s been a year since I left my studio to become a game design consultant and educator. So far, no regrets 😊 buymeacoffee.com/lunajavier/what-game-design-means-one-year-later #gamedev #gamedesign

What game design means to me, one year later — Luna Javier

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We had a school exhibit today and my students' games were being showcased in a Twine webpage on demo computers. I realized I needed to improve its UX for visitors on the spot. "I knew my Geocities childhood would come in handy someday," I thought to myself as I quickly edited the HTML in Notepad 😅

Gave a career talk about Enderun's Multimedia Arts program today. While making my slides, I realized I've always been a creative. Yes, I've been making games for 20+ years, but I also: - Wrote and directed award-winning short films - Was a music and games journalist - Wrote music and novels for fun

Watching the Artemis stream, I can't breathe aaaaaah (To quote my student this week: "Miss, I think you like space.")

No game design blog post this week. I have a few ideas, but I'd rather write a good one that has my full attention (and not post for the sake of hitting a schedule). This week was full of consulting work, teaching, learning Inform... Plus I finally got an ao3 account and wow that's a rabbit hole 😁

16 years ago today, my article on Gamasutra about prototyping Awakening: The Dreamless Castle came out. I figured it disappeared when the site rebranded to @gamedeveloper.bsky.social. I was wrong: it's still up! Behold, what indie #gamedev looked like in 2010: www.gamedeveloper.com/design/quick...

New game design blog post: I wrote about Slay the Spire by @megacrit.com and why I spent 100+ hours in a roguelike when normally I’d get frustrated and quit. The secret? Making me feel like I’m in control. buymeacoffee.com/lunajavier/s... #gamedev #gamedesign

Slay the Spire: Player control — Luna Javier

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My students asked me what my first impressions were of Clair Obscur. I said I was a big fan of Charlie Cox so I was enjoying it. They exchanged this look that said, we know something but we can't tell you... Anyway I just finished Act 1 so I know what that look meant now. Joke's on me. 💔

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I used to make fun websites in high school using html in Notepad (Geocities, anyone?) - but it still took me three hours to figure out how to make an email newsletter for my game design blog 😅 A Saturday morning well-spent, but sheesh! (It needs a bit more testing, and then I'll post the link!)

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Trying something new! I'm sharing a #gamedesign exercise I give at workshops: use playing cards to design a party game 🃏 It's fun to watch participants discover that their game ideas fall apart once they're in players' hands 😁 buymeacoffee.com/lunajavier/exercise-playing-card-party-game #gamedev

Exercise: Playing card party game — Luna Javier

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Announcing the 'Careers in Play' panel at the upcoming Women in Games Careers Expo! This 45-minute panel will explore real-world soft skills, the rise of generalist roles, graduate launchpads, and how to navigate unconventional entries into the industry. ⬇️

Sometimes I wonder what the point of all this is, as gas prices go up, horrible people in power make horrible decisions, and I lose myself in yet another video game. But where else am I to go except art? To restore my faith in humanity, and believe that good can prevail in the face of all this evil

New blog post! 🎉 I write about Journey by @annapurna.com @thatgamecompany.com and how it's a great example of emergent storytelling, on my little game design blog: buymeacoffee.com/lunajavier/j... #gamedev #gamedesign

Journey: Emergent storytelling — Luna Javier

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The Southeast Asian Games Showcase is BACK this Summer! Submissions are now open to Southeast Asian based developers + Southeast Asian led teams. The showcase goes live in June during the week of Summer Game Fest ☀️ 🗓️ Submit your game by March 31st via the form below!

I have several unfinished drafts for blog posts - too many ideas, excited about all of them, but easily distracted by urgent work things. Husband finally said: "Sunday is writing day. We will both sit down and write." And it worked 😅 I finished a post. I just got project-managed y'all

Today was the first day they saw Inform and they are excited yahoooooo

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Currently fiddling with Inform, as I want to use this in my Game Writing class this term I'm a bit worried this could be too intense for a non-technical class; none of them will have dev experience BUT. Come on. How cool is this?! The left image is the natural language code. The right is the game.

Got an idea for next week's game writing class: Narrative Method Bingo. Students will play a co-op game, yell out if they see a narrative method being used (e.g. Dialogue! Props! Audio!), and then cross it out on my custom cards But then I realized... I may have to explain to them what bingo is 😭

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Started Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 last weekend! Yes, it's gorgeous and wonderful and Charlie Cox and Kirsty Riders's voice performances are amazing... Also it's been a while since I had to Google "beginner tips" for a game but here we are 😅 I know I'll get the hang of it soon enough

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