Sarah Chen
sarahchen.bsky.social
Sarah Chen
@sarahchen.bsky.social
Indie game developer at Studio Chyr + PhD at Oxford Psychiatry on developing custom games for moral questions
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Tigers, snakes, plants - what if their last habitat stood in the way of a hospital?
#LastHaven asks: how do we choose between protecting nature and meeting human needs?
Take part in this citizen science project today.
Learn more:https://last-haven.net
#PhilosophyMatters
May 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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It's true! You can just make a game!

Here are some helpful tips on how to get started with your first TTRPG: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/one-page-rpg
May 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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🌞 SOL CESTO - OUT NOW ON STEAM 🌞

After 2 years of hard work, Sol Cesto is finally out in Early Access! A roguelite where the eerie charm of Inscryption collides with the high-stakes thrill and explosive combos of Balatro.

Please help us spread the word 🙌
May 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Instead of New Year’s resolutions, I’m trying to trick myself by introducing: A Hundred Hours Till I Quit (in 2025)! — where I pick various hobbies and cannot drop them until I’ve gotten to a baseline skill point where I can truly determine if I enjoy them
January 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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a lot of people have reached out to ask about how to get into design / games

i finally wrote up a super comprehensive (free!) guide on pivoting into ux & optimising your application based on my own experiences

it's still kind of a WIP but i'd love to get your thoughts :)

avaliao.gitbook.io/guide
Start here | ava's guide to a ux design career
avaliao.gitbook.io
December 20, 2024 at 11:48 PM
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The full program for the #GameUXsummit is now available!
Join us this Thursday Dec 19 online for a few hours of sharing around #UX and #gamedev 🥰

www.eventbrite.com/e/game-ux-su...
Game UX Summit 2024: UX friends online
Light version of the Game UX Summit: half day of relaxed panels, talks, mentorship, and sharing within the game UX community. Online.
www.eventbrite.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:43 AM
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will be helping review portfolios and resumes here, come join :)
December 18, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Based on in-game League match-up observations, the meta Arcane character pick and therefore the strongest is… Heimerdinger
November 16, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Highly complicated title, but TLDR a fun little paper I wrote on how toxicity in gaming could be regulated (and is!): dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
The Toxic Cost of Cheap Usernames: Re-Applying Friedman and Resnick's Framework in Competitive Video Game Networks | Games: Research and Practice
Toxicity in video games, acting in a rude, abusive, bullying, or deliberately losing manner, ruins competitive team-based video game experiences for everyone involved. Companies are experimenting with...
dl.acm.org
October 30, 2024 at 11:15 AM