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Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW

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🦦 Freelance Games Producer • IGDA-F Next Gen Leader '24 🐦‍⬛ Volunteer for brIGDA & IGDA-Foundation 🦭 Hobby Artist, Cosplayer, and Zinester @UncannyTitans 🐕 She/Her • 🩷💜💙 🗺️ Meeanjin 🖤💛❤️ (Brisbane, Australia) • AEST

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Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 10d

Hello everyone! I'm Mei-Li, an #IndieDev #GameDev based in Meeanjin (Brisbane, Australia) 🖤💛❤️, I'm

🪻 A Freelance Games Producer currently w/ 3 Indie Studios 🧙‍♀️🐑👻
🪻 An IGDA-Foundation NGL Coordinator (and NGL Alum)
🪻 Volunteering my art and supporting brIGDA

Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · Sep 16

🪻 An artist, zinester, and Cosplayer who has been a bit burnt out for various reasons
🪻 An animal person who currently has many many fish in a huge pond
🪻 A gardening enthusiast who loves to propagate cuttings
🪻 And of course, much more 💜

Hope to find my voice here!

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Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 49m

Boat Builders was absolutely poppin' as I expected too 😂

Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 51m

The demo is on steam if you're interested, everything in the name is there (except no deaths) and it's single player and couch co-op all the way through (once you split) ☺️

Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 5h

Spent today boothing with another game I'm working on, Schrodinger's Cat Burglar 🐱
Such a lovely day seeing people getting excited about the cats and engaged with the puzzles 🥹

Selfie of Developers behind Schrodinger's Cat Burglar in front of their PAX Aus 2025 booth.

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Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 7h

Good timing on this post 🫨

Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 8h

PAX Aus going too hard they're ejecting everyone 😱

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Tempopo 🌷🎶 is OUT NOW @tempopogame.com · 15h

Still so honoured we're coming home with not just one but two AGDAs 🩷
Thank you for recognising our efforts in Music and Accessibility, as well as being nominated for Sound Design; These were some of our core pillars and to have our industry celebrate them is a privilege.

Selfie of some of the core and some of the extended team behind Tempopo in fancy dress holding two AGDAs (Australian Game Developer Awards), one for Excellence in Music and one for Excellence in Accessibility.

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Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 1d

when people say genAI is the future I am struck by how short sighted and fatalistic this is as a concept

it’s recycling our past for the future, it’s drinking our filtered waste while not thinking about how many times you can do that, it’s hoping tomorrow’s answers have already been said

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Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 2d

I did a rush job so they're not as descriptive as usual but they got the job done 🫡

Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 2d

I didn't trust me with a mic either, Nart did!

Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 2d

proud of the @tempopogame.com team tonight for picking up two awards at the AGDAs tonight

both @jeffvandyck.com and @dashurie.bsky.social gave wonderful acceptance speeches and it was a good call not to trust me with the microphone

Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 3d

Ohhhh it so is! I have the loose numpad from them I didn't even notice. Too enamoured by the alien 🥹

Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 3d

We made it to Melbourne! supposedly...

Window display of a hacker or security alien. There's a camera so I tried to fit in and take a selfie with them.

What looks to be a Japanese vending machine except the prices are all over double what they should be (and in AUD)

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Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 3d

A Melbourne regional slang that's like that? Well I'll be damned.

Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 3d

This must be a regional thing and I need to know where. That's a vanilla slice right?

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Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 4d

Well when one of us gets into a roguelike deck builder the other is soon to follow (and also get it on their phones if it's on there otherwise we just pass the controllers back and forth). Only difference is Angus doesn't have a fold phone so he can only play one at a time 😔

Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 4d

Fold phones are a truly marvelous technological advancement, they allow us to be so much more productive.
In other news, Slay the Spire and Balatro being on mobile has ruined our lives.

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Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 5d

I was thinking of doing this with my old business cards that still have my twt! New bsky handle and a sticker so it's a bit nicer. It would be fun 🥺

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Angus Coolan @anguscoolan.com · 8d

Finished implementing the rough design of how you can place and remove ropes in order to finally implement the escort mechanic.

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Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 10d

Fair warning, this game has been called the "goriest, most confusing, and above all stupidest horror game ever" by PC Gamer and not sure what we will cover, but if you can handle violence and gore, come join us for our panel about Harvester (1996) on PAX Friday at 6:30pm in the Fruitbat Theatre.

Screenshot of Harvester scene where a character is holding up a large sheet of paper with text edited over it:
The Best Worst Games in History
present
HARVESTER
Fruitbat Theatre
6:30pm PAX Friday
PAX Aus

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Riley Neville @riley.sbug.games · 10d

Isopod is gonna be out SO SOON I'M TERRIFIED!
go play the demo and wishlist please!

Sbug Games @sbug.games · 10d

The Isopod Demo is back on Steam for #MIGW!
We've added a new friend to meet, a new shell to try on, and a bunch of extra polish✨
Isopod comes out on October 21st (THREE WEEKS! 😱)
Check out the demo here:
store.steampowered.com/app/2053910

Isopod: A Webbed Spin-off on Steam

You're a tiny pill-bug in a big world! Roll, zip, and slam your way through the gorgeous landscapes of the Australian bush, unite your fellow bugs, and fight back the greedy Fire Ant Conglomerate!

store.steampowered.com

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Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 10d

So many people have asked for a bootleg and I am considering getting someone to do it because HOLY FUCK this game is CRACKED

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Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 10d

Updating my pinned before MIGW since there are some considerable changes since the last one. I'll also be working with a 4th studio soon but post MIGW 🤫

The stuff in the quoted is still true.

Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 10d

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Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 10d

Another year of repping Freakon merch but not being in the city for said Freakon 😔

Also, post on Linkedin had the GDrive and Template but the page refreshed so I only have the template to pass on tinyurl.com/mr46667d

Mei-Li Coolan @ MIGW @dashurie.bsky.social · 10d

Better late than never? Flying down on Wednesday so missing out on a lot but excited to celebrate our fellow Finalists at The AGDAs 💖

@ PAX on a panel, 'The Best Worst Games in History' and around supporting 'Schrodinger's Cat Burglar' featured in 'PAX Rising'.

#MIGW #GamesWeek #PAXAus

Where I'll be Games Week 25

Ticked events are:
- Game Worlds, ACMI
- The AGDAs
- Parallels
- PAX, 'The Best Worst Games in History'panel
- Megadev

Unticked events are:
- High Score
- The Launch
- GCAP
- Games 4 Change
- Technically Games

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Studio Folly — DOGPILE!!! @folly.studio · 10d

Announcing... DOGPILE!!! ✨🦴

Dogpile is a roguelike deckbuilder about merging DOGS. Play dogs, get money, customize your dogs with special traits, refine your deck, PLAY MORE DOGS!

Free demo is live on Steam, WISHLIST NOW!!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3839300/...

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