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Cheryl Platz

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Creative Director, TPCi. #PokemonEmployee. Author, Design Beyond Devices & Game Development Strategy Guide. Adjunct @ Carnegie Mellon. Ex-Riot Games, Scopely, MSFT, AMZN, EA, Disney. EDS 🥄. Owner of @ideaplatz.com‬. Ideas my own. 🏠 https://Cherylplatz.com

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 25d

IT IS TIME. My second book, The Game Development Strategy Guide, is now out worldwide. Here it is posing like a boss on the #DesignMattersTokyo stage. Grab it at Amazon, my publisher @rosenfeldmedia.com, or your favorite online bookseller to level up your #gameDev work. Amazon: amzn.to/4go56ln

A copy of The Game Development Strategy Guide poses on the stage of Design Matters Tokyo.

A stack of copies of The Game Development Strategy Guide on a modern blue and white carpet.

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 7h

I use the “one does not simply walk into Mordor” meme all the time because I am a nerd and raised on LOTR and married to a die hard LOTR fanatic and then to have Sean Bean ACTUALLY THERE at my first BAFTA party, I am just processing the irony of it 😅

Cheryl Platz and her husband David Foubert pose for a photo at the BAFTA Tea Party in New York City.

Sean Bean telling the Fellowship in the Lord of the Rings “one does not simply walk into Mordor” but the text says “one does not simply walk into BAFTA”

Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe this is only the second darkest of all possible timelines because apparently there is a ceasefire and there are new Futurama episodes again

Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 1d

But that is always 1:1, and now I’m seeing the Weiss context where it was just “hey everyone send me a giant pile of depersonalized observations by EOW” which is maybe ✨not the vibe✨

Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 1d

When I am doing internal ethnography, I usually run a series of level setting questions to get to the person as a whole: “How would you describe your role to someone joining your team on their first day? What are your goals for 2026? What are you most excited about? What takes you the most time?”

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 2d

@wickedfoxgames.com we are clear! If you want to try again tomorrow awesome :)

Still trying to figure out if that was a traffic spike or an update glitch but it’s back now

Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 3d

@wickedfoxgames.com thanks for the retweet, but unfortunately my hosting provider knocked my server down - let’s try again in a day or two

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 4d

Episode 8 of #EnduringPlay, a #GameDev podcast is now live featuring a systems design chat with @joemag.games!

Listen on your favorite platform today to hear us talk about the realities of designing for live-service/live-ops games, the beauty of a well-designed spreadsheet, and so much more. 🃏🎲🎮💜

The Methodical Magic of Systems Design with Joseph “joemag” Magdalena (Enduring Play S1 E8) - The Game Development Strategy Guide

Enduring Play Season 1 Episode 8: The Methodical Magic of Systems Design Episode Summary In today's episode, we demystify another specialty within the game design discipline: systems design. Joseph Ma...

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 4d

It’s funny: the first Highlight group in my Instagram (same name) is Pokémon. But it’s been there for 5 years, since I got really proud of some Pikachu snowmen I made & realized half my Reels were Pokémon related.

There are a ton of them there & then 9/10 of the way through ✨something changes✨ 😇

Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 4d

People be like “omg how’d you write a book and have a job and do a podcast”

Me: “yes all those things but you know what really gets my heart going? Two dozen slight bends of a weight bearing leg”

Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 4d

PT: “pliés? Are you a dancer?”

ME: “I was, yes, even a tiny bit professionally. Not that you would be able to tell from my fall history. 🫠”

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 4d

Few things are more humbling by having your ass kicked by 20 deep one legged plies at the physical therapist at 9AM and being like “yeah well there’s my heart rate spiking workout for the day”

we have some work to do, EDS atrophy nonsense noodle muscles 👀

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 4d

So we started playing this game on my stream this Sunday and I’m kind of obsessed - 30 Birds. It is GORGEOUS and they had me laughing in the first 10 minutes.

I’m still in awards season mode bouncing between games but - we will be back. Moar birds pls. store.steampowered.com/app/1708770/...

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 5d

Every time I switch industries or companies I learn new things. Riot: so much in esports. Scopely: adapting to live-service changes at scale. TPCi: what’s a planogram? 😅

Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 6d

LIVE on Twitch - let's dig deeper into my new pile of BAFTA games and explore new titles! Bring your questions about my new book The Game Development Strategy Guide or my podcast Enduring Play - let's get into the game. #gamedev #uxdesign 10AM PT - 1PM PT twitch.tv/funnygodmother

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Making magic since the Internet was a thing. UX designer, game developer, gamer, video game professor, author, actress, puppeteer, engineer, public speaker, voice-over artist, traveler, #PokemonEmplo...

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 7d

We are all way past normal cognitive load in ways no one wants to discuss. Like, I donated to some G*za fundraisers and now get way more personal appeals than I can comprehend because my email was shared without my consent and it’s too much on a daily basis but can’t complain as they have it worse

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 9d

As someone who spent decades doing improv comedy, writing is a bit agonizing. Year+ of work with no real-time feedback & even when you release there’s this wait to see if it resonates with everyone. Things ARE crazy. But your opinion about the things you DO like determines what thrives in market.

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 9d

It’s been great to hear about my new book, The Game Development Strategy Guide, making it to people! It’s been less great to hear that my publisher’s distributor doesn’t currently have access to Vine on Amazon so I’m stuck at one review. Your review can make a BIG difference. amzn.to/3KDwZdr

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Lisa Angela 🌱 @leeloowrites.bsky.social · 10d

Talk about a life well-lived. RIP to the amazing Jane Goodall.

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 10d

RIP Jane Goodall, who has died at 91.

She was a gentle disrupter who reshaped how we understand our place in nature. Her research with chimpanzees revolutionized science, and her boundless optimism touched the world.

buff.ly/5Hwx3Z7 🌎🩺

A photo of Jane Goodall, in her later days with a quote from her: "The greatest danger to our future is our apathy.

Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other."

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 10d

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 11d

S1 Episode 7 of #EnduringPlay: A #GameDev podcast “Engineering for Scalable, Sustainable Games” is up featuring @wickedfoxgames.com co-founder @caeriehouchins.bsky.social on major podcast platforms or at www.gamedevelopmentstrategyguide.com/enduring-pla... - explore AAA vs indie dev with us!

Podcast cover for Enduring Play Season 1 Episode 7: Engineering for Scalable, Sustainable Games with Carrie Houchins, hosted by Cheryl Platz, enduringplay.com

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 12d

But my experience was a full radical hysterectomy saphlingo oophrectomy because the cancer risks were too high to leave anything in after my ovaries malfunctioned. YMMV if you’re not going scorched earth

Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 12d

The biggest issue was the temperature regulation, and I didn’t get the loss of migraines I was promised. Honestly the benefits outweighed the harms. I struggled with hormones though because pills have a cancer risk but I rejected patches and other delivery methods due to EDS issues.

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 12d

Important community-funded journalism and food for thought in an era when divergent perspectives are dwindling. What motivates the people making the decisions? Are things exactly what they seem? Have they always been? Who is no longer here to tell their story, and who is currently being unwritten?

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 13d

Despite NJ Transit's VERY best efforts, I am home and we are LIVE on time for Sunday Funday with the #MagicMafia on Twitch! Join me for an East Coast MOEment and some more indie games 10AM PT - 1PM PT. #uxDesign #gameDesign #gameDev twitch.tv/funnygodmother

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 16d

This was the first time I ever got to weigh in on the production of an *actual printed card* going into *actual Pokémon card packs* and it’s so exciting to see them out in the wild 💛❤️💛

Pokémon TCG Live @pokemontcglive.bsky.social · 16d

The Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution Series brings with it changes to physical code cards, including a new design highlighting Pikachu ⚡

Log in to Pokémon TCG Live any time on or after September 25, 2025, to be gifted a Deck Box, Coin, and Card Sleeves featuring the new Pikachu code card illustration!

Log in to Pokémon TCG Live on or after September 25, 2025 to receive cosmetics featuring the new Pikachu code card illustration!

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