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Monica Fan => GDC 2026

@designermonicat

Game Designer by day, k-pop and cat lover by night Current: @Pipeworks Cofounder: IGDA Neurodivergent in Game Dev SIG, @HimboHunter Bubble Tea is my religion. My opinions are my own.

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The State of Gaming Accessibility | MAGFest 2026
The State of Gaming Accessibility | MAGFest 2026 YouTube video by MAGFest Too

Looking for something to watch after the Pokémon Day announcements? Check out the recording of @designermonicat.bsky.social‘s and my gaming accessibility panel we did at MAGFest this year! It’s linked below. 😃

27.02.2026 16:46 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Hey It's a me~~

26.02.2026 19:24 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Friday night's film was... "Wuthering Heights" the Emerald Fennell one.
She said she wanted to recreate her thoughts and feelings after reading the novel when she was 14.
In that respect it's a very successful film bc it feels like a 14 year old white girl's Wuthering Heights tumblr made into a film

15.02.2026 20:33 👍 79 🔁 14 💬 6 📌 4

Acting Journey update: Had to quit a project as lead because the cinematographer cannot stop posting pro ICE stuff

(And some other creepy interactions)

I forgot how messy film industry is lol

03.02.2026 18:40 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"It is not Gambling It is understanding Market"

30.01.2026 21:53 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Prediction Market GDC Mixer

Prediction Market GDC Mixer

GDC 2023: NFTs
GDC 2024: The Metaverse
GDC 2025: AI
GDC 2026: Gambling!

30.01.2026 19:30 👍 81 🔁 27 💬 8 📌 17
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Had to wear a padded bra because I am late on laundry

* New Gender Disphoria Unlocked *

27.01.2026 22:16 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Anonymous messages! Anonymous messages!

Spent an hour shoveling the driveway and two hours later you can’t even tell I did it. Snow’s coming down really hard now. Still have power, thank heaven. Just gonna bunker down.

Figure it’s a good time to do another one of these. If ya wanna ask me stuff, ask away!

ngl.link/davelgil

25.01.2026 15:52 👍 30 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Just got a letterboxd account debating if i should keep it anonymous

On one hand I’d love to see and share weird films and expand my horizons

But ppl seems so emotionally intense about movie opinions these days …

I know I’m weird since day one ><

25.01.2026 19:08 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

My wife saw this, and—

21.01.2026 07:42 👍 97 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0

AO3 been down and my tumblr page been melting down

If only we have a video games equivalent of AO3 to keep folx occupied

#foodforthought

21.01.2026 17:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I had a crazy week, finger crossed everything goes well I get to see myself on big screen again.

I’m both excited and deeply terrified about 2026

Trying to just let life take me around

17.01.2026 06:45 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I am so excited for this game <3 <3

16.01.2026 18:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The year is 2026.

Facebook is still the primary way for film crews to keep In touch.

Guess I will have more shrimp Jesus in my life in the foreseeable future TwT

15.01.2026 03:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

2026 is the year of yaoi

And yes it’s a recession indicator

14.01.2026 03:45 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I have worked on wildly different vibes of project so it’s hard to find an answer
lol

13.01.2026 00:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Every person working in entertainment got ask the question at some point “what you work on I would know?”

Usually during first time meetings. I never know what to say because I don’t know what they watch/play/read

Do neurotypical ppl just able to clock stranger”s consuming habit ?

13.01.2026 00:08 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 4 📌 2

sure

12.01.2026 18:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Anyway, one thing clear for me during Magfest is, we have a severe messaging issue as an industry

10.01.2026 19:24 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I highly recommend game devs to go to gamer panels at cons.

Yes it’s a lot of wrong speculations and screaming, but it’s also a good way to understand how our industry is being perceived and why they always seem to hate us

10.01.2026 19:23 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

After nth YT shorts of “why i love HR”

It finally occurs to me the reason YouTube pushed shorts so much is to use it to transition the platform from content consuming to social media

Im not sure how I feel about this ><

08.01.2026 18:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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08.01.2026 01:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ooo thank you!!

Let me know if you need someone on camera (wink wink)

07.01.2026 21:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

TBH I am usually happy with any type of acting work from ads to mocap to VO. It is therapeutic to allow me social following a pre written script.

One day tho, I want to make an FMV games that combines my love for films and games and chaos <3

07.01.2026 21:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Good question. When I was a kid, I mostly did TV/movie stuff, but during college, I got into theater and enjoyed it.

That being said, given my work obligation, doing 8 shows a week seems impossible anymore. so seems like indie film is more likely the way to go

07.01.2026 21:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I hope so too! Haven't done it for so many years, it is SCAWWWY~~~

07.01.2026 20:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Anyway, all this is to say that I enrolled in acting classes again because of the show

We shall see if I still love it as much as I used to :)

Happy New Year ^_^

07.01.2026 19:58 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It took literally almost died for me to peruse game design career, by that time I was ready to burn the world down

My parents now fantasize my future had I became a doctor. They will probably never understand my life choices. I’m learning to make peace with that

07.01.2026 19:58 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Growing up I wanted to be an actor. When my mom learnt about that she told me I’m too ugly to be seen on screen and stage

I was 7

My life since been about trying to live a “normal” life while fantasizing working creatively

But the voice always come back whenever I try to step out

07.01.2026 19:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Shane is the type of kids I used to be envious of

What do you mean your parents accept who you are unconditionally regardless who you are? Who would go out of their way to support you ?

This is the fantasy dream of every Asian kids I feel lol

07.01.2026 19:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0