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Episode #11 - I Quit My Job to Build a Gaming Startup… And It’s Been Wild

April 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM

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Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

New video is up! Jase and I discuss my journey into gamedev. This is a great way to occupy your time while you wait for our HUGE @moonfrostgame.bsky.social announcement later today.

Watch, subscribe, share etc etc please and thank you, I love you all🫶

youtu.be/VIYVqngIscc?...

Episode #11 - I Quit My Job to Build a Gaming Startup… And It’s Been Wild

March 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

New video is up! Jase and I discuss my journey into gamedev. This is a great way to occupy your time while you wait for our HUGE @moonfrostgame.bsky.social announcement later today.

Watch, subscribe, share etc etc please and thank you, I love you all🫶

youtu.be/VIYVqngIscc?...

Episode #8 - He Designed the Fall Guy… and Now He Composed Moonfrost’s OST!?!

March 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Reposted by Gina

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

Excited to share this episode talking to @danhoang.bsky.social (Shudan) who composed the @moonfrostgame.bsky.social
Music.
Did you know he designed the Fall Guy and created the visual direction for #FallGuysGame before joining us?

What you think of the OST? 🎶🎵🎼

Watch👇
youtu.be/1FC8JYihzUQ?si…

https://youtu.be/1FC8JYihzUQ?si…

February 21, 2025 at 6:37 AM

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

Excited to share this episode talking to @danhoang.bsky.social (Shudan) who composed the @moonfrostgame.bsky.social
Music.
Did you know he designed the Fall Guy and created the visual direction for #FallGuysGame before joining us?

What you think of the OST? 🎶🎵🎼

Watch👇
youtu.be/1FC8JYihzUQ?si…

Episode #8 - He Designed the Fall Guy… and Now He Composed Moonfrost’s OST!?!

https://youtu.be/1FC8JYihzUQ?si…

February 21, 2025 at 6:37 AM

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

If you haven't see this, we took our game to the Red Bull Gaming Sphere and did an episode about networking.
Thank you for watching!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9fk...

Episode #6 -No one cares about your business card - learn how to network

Moonfrost: 3D Modelling Art Process

February 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

Want to catch a glipse of how we're creating characters in @moonfrostgame.bsky.social Game? Check out this video with Joe and get a proper behind the scenes look!

#gamedev

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L63a...

YouTube video by Moonfrost

Episode #5 -A Day in the Life of a Girl Boss

February 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

One of our discord community members asked what my day typically looks like, so I recorded a day to show you. A lil out of my comfort zone, but hopefully insightful 😅

youtu.be/ZjAZPJrmXD8?...

Episode #4 -Stop Wasting Money on Marketing

January 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

I started this channel 3 weeks ago.

This morning I woke up to 760 subscribers. Oh my gosh! 🫶🙏🫶🙏🫶🙏
I will continue to make content for all of you and tysm for all the love! 💜

January 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

Want to know how we've built a community through organic growth marketing with a $0 marketing budget for our debut title Moonfrost?

Find out in my chat with Jase 🧙‍♂️

All shares appreciated 💜✨

Watch here👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEyl...

Episode #3 - Don't start a business with your best friend!

January 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

Episode 3 is up! Don't start a business with your best friend + talking about the dynamic between founders.

Will be shooting loads of content with the Moonfrost team next week, so hang tight Frosties! 💜✨

youtu.be/ZVK3v2ut3Cs?...

2 weeks in Tokyo and the best coffee I've ever had! #coffeelover #founder #tokyo

January 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

Last year i spent two weeks in Tokyo, this is a short recap. I'll be covering a lot more of my next trip, but for now- enjoy! ^_^

www.youtube.com/shorts/JdsVJ...

The Art Direction of Moonfrost

January 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

Everyone on this train is coughing except me 😅

January 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

Episode 2 talking very broadly about the art direction on @moonfrostgame.bsky.social ✨ there's quite a lot I'd like to cover in depth in future episodes.

Also, what's in the mystery parcel!! 📦 Any guesses??

Watch ⤵️
youtu.be/EgkSdgCPOKg?...

Episode #1 - When Should You Start A Business? 3 Key points to consider!

January 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

What would you like to see me cover in this channel? What questions do you have about running a studio, founding a startup, game dev or anything else? 💜✨

Gina @ginanelsonart.bsky.social · Jan 3

Diary of a Boss Witch Episode #1 is out now!

Please share and thank you so much to everyone who's subscribed already 💜💜💜

youtu.be/QWIWq9Vhl3Q?...

Episode #1 - When Should You Start A Business? 3 Key points to consider!

January 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

Diary of a Boss Witch Episode #1 is out now!

Please share and thank you so much to everyone who's subscribed already 💜💜💜

youtu.be/QWIWq9Vhl3Q?...

My name is Gina Nelson, I'm the co-founder of Oxalis Games- an indie gaming startup where we've raised $6million to create our debut title, Moonfrost. In this video blog I'll be sharing my journey an...

January 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM

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Rami Ismail (رامي)

@ramiismail.com

In fact, I would argue that going to GDC is only a good move for anyone outside of the US if there is a direct, actionable deal that comes out of it, or if you have plenty of money and want to meet up with friends. It's a terrible deal otherwise: you can visit two or three events for the same price.

Dora B @heyitsdora.com · Jan 2

Reminder:
- You do not NEED to go to GDC. You can want to, and that's okay! But you're not missing out/shooting your career in the foot if you don't go
- You should have specific, actionable goals to make GDC worth it for yourself to ensure you're getting real value out of it beyond "going to GDC"

January 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

Happy New Year Friends!

January 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

First chats about starting an indie studio dropping soon. If you're an indie dev or thinking of taking the startup journey then subscribe 💜

All shares appreciated, we all know these algos are shite.

youtube.com/@diaryofabos...

Diary of a Boss Witch

youtube.com

December 30, 2024 at 9:20 PM

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

I'll never really understand why the most effective YouTube thumbnails are the ugly and garish click baity ones. Like, why don't you want to click on thumbnails that just look nice?

December 30, 2024 at 7:38 AM

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Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

There's so much I wish I'd known before starting a games studio.

After a season of mentorships I've Decided to kick off a YouTube channel to share some of my insights.
If you run a startup or are considering starting a studio, give my channel a follow.

youtu.be/T8AOGy2qBYM?...

I raised $6 Million - A gaming startup founders journey

I raised $6 Million - A gaming startup founders journey

December 29, 2024 at 7:44 PM

Gina

@ginanelsonart.bsky.social

There's so much I wish I'd known before starting a games studio.

After a season of mentorships I've Decided to kick off a YouTube channel to share some of my insights.
If you run a startup or are considering starting a studio, give my channel a follow.

youtu.be/T8AOGy2qBYM?...