Laure De Mey
@lauredm.bsky.social
Creative Director on Botany Manor, now working on something new ✨ prev: programmer @ustwogames | BAFTA Breakthrough UK | Obsessed with anything procedural | 🇧🇪 | She/Her
I’m at #Develop:Brighton this week pitching our next game! The seagulls sure are something else here 😄
If you see me please say hello! 👋🏻
If you see me please say hello! 👋🏻
July 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’m at #Develop:Brighton this week pitching our next game! The seagulls sure are something else here 😄
If you see me please say hello! 👋🏻
If you see me please say hello! 👋🏻
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Hello! I'm a children's book illustrator who loves to draw fun characters and the worlds that they live in 🌟
You can see more of my work here:
www.rachelsanson.co.uk
I'm ready to jump in to some new projects, and shares help me out so much 💜
#art #illustration #kidlit #kidlitart #publishing
You can see more of my work here:
www.rachelsanson.co.uk
I'm ready to jump in to some new projects, and shares help me out so much 💜
#art #illustration #kidlit #kidlitart #publishing
May 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Hello! I'm a children's book illustrator who loves to draw fun characters and the worlds that they live in 🌟
You can see more of my work here:
www.rachelsanson.co.uk
I'm ready to jump in to some new projects, and shares help me out so much 💜
#art #illustration #kidlit #kidlitart #publishing
You can see more of my work here:
www.rachelsanson.co.uk
I'm ready to jump in to some new projects, and shares help me out so much 💜
#art #illustration #kidlit #kidlitart #publishing
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🎉 👏 Congratulations to @botanymanor.bsky.social for being selected to receive the Xbox Excellence Award! This beautifully creative game from a brilliant team absolutely deserves the spotlight! Well done, Balloon Studios! 🎉 👏
April 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎉 👏 Congratulations to @botanymanor.bsky.social for being selected to receive the Xbox Excellence Award! This beautifully creative game from a brilliant team absolutely deserves the spotlight! Well done, Balloon Studios! 🎉 👏
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Congrats to @balloonstudios.bsky.social on this awesome achievement! 👏🏾💚
If you like beautiful cozy games, you’ll love Botany Manor 🌷🪻🌼: www.xbox.com/games/store/...
If you like beautiful cozy games, you’ll love Botany Manor 🌷🪻🌼: www.xbox.com/games/store/...
🎉 👏 Congratulations to @botanymanor.bsky.social for being selected to receive the Xbox Excellence Award! This beautifully creative game from a brilliant team absolutely deserves the spotlight! Well done, Balloon Studios! 🎉 👏
April 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Congrats to @balloonstudios.bsky.social on this awesome achievement! 👏🏾💚
If you like beautiful cozy games, you’ll love Botany Manor 🌷🪻🌼: www.xbox.com/games/store/...
If you like beautiful cozy games, you’ll love Botany Manor 🌷🪻🌼: www.xbox.com/games/store/...
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We had such a lovely time at the BAFTA Games Awards 💜
We're so honoured to have been recognised in the wonderful Game Beyond Entertainment category, and of course congratulations to Tales of Kenzera: Zau for taking home the award!
We're so honoured to have been recognised in the wonderful Game Beyond Entertainment category, and of course congratulations to Tales of Kenzera: Zau for taking home the award!
April 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We had such a lovely time at the BAFTA Games Awards 💜
We're so honoured to have been recognised in the wonderful Game Beyond Entertainment category, and of course congratulations to Tales of Kenzera: Zau for taking home the award!
We're so honoured to have been recognised in the wonderful Game Beyond Entertainment category, and of course congratulations to Tales of Kenzera: Zau for taking home the award!
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I see that Botany Manor is leaving Game Pass in about 2 weeks time.
Please give it a shot. It may just surprise & delight you as much as it did me.
Please give it a shot. It may just surprise & delight you as much as it did me.
Botany Manor Review - Delightfully satisfying to explore
Botany Manor is a faultlessly tight experience that may surprise you.
www.gameshub.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I see that Botany Manor is leaving Game Pass in about 2 weeks time.
Please give it a shot. It may just surprise & delight you as much as it did me.
Please give it a shot. It may just surprise & delight you as much as it did me.
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Mudborne, our frog breeding game, is OUT NOW!!!! 🐸
Be a frog! Eat bugs!! Befriend forgs!!! Save your pond!!!!!
Expect mushroom farming, loads of menus, clever breeding puzzles and a 20-30 hour long adventure.
Hoppy World Frog Day, everyone! 🐸💚
Be a frog! Eat bugs!! Befriend forgs!!! Save your pond!!!!!
Expect mushroom farming, loads of menus, clever breeding puzzles and a 20-30 hour long adventure.
Hoppy World Frog Day, everyone! 🐸💚
March 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Mudborne, our frog breeding game, is OUT NOW!!!! 🐸
Be a frog! Eat bugs!! Befriend forgs!!! Save your pond!!!!!
Expect mushroom farming, loads of menus, clever breeding puzzles and a 20-30 hour long adventure.
Hoppy World Frog Day, everyone! 🐸💚
Be a frog! Eat bugs!! Befriend forgs!!! Save your pond!!!!!
Expect mushroom farming, loads of menus, clever breeding puzzles and a 20-30 hour long adventure.
Hoppy World Frog Day, everyone! 🐸💚
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Draknek & Friends Official Podcast Episode 19 featuring @lauredm.bsky.social and @kittbyrne.bsky.social from the @botanymanor.bsky.social team is out now! Topics include the inspiration for setting the puzzles in a manor, and tricking players into playing puzzle games.
pod.link/1777156468
pod.link/1777156468
Draknek & Friends Official Podcast
Join Alan and Syrenne from Draknek & Friends as they talk to developers of some of their favorite puzzle games, shedding light onto how games get made and the people behind them!
pod.link
March 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Draknek & Friends Official Podcast Episode 19 featuring @lauredm.bsky.social and @kittbyrne.bsky.social from the @botanymanor.bsky.social team is out now! Topics include the inspiration for setting the puzzles in a manor, and tricking players into playing puzzle games.
pod.link/1777156468
pod.link/1777156468
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🌿Botany Manor is a cozy game but also a window into challenges women face in academia.
For #WomenInSTEMDay, we interviewed the devs @lauredm.bsky.social and @kittbyrne.bsky.social to explore how these issues were woven into storytelling and gameplay. 🎮
Read it @ jgeekstudies.org/2025/02/09/b...
For #WomenInSTEMDay, we interviewed the devs @lauredm.bsky.social and @kittbyrne.bsky.social to explore how these issues were woven into storytelling and gameplay. 🎮
Read it @ jgeekstudies.org/2025/02/09/b...
Botany Manor: a cozy game unveiling the inequalities in academia
Interview with Laure De Mey and Kitt Byrne Download PDF Botany Manor is a multiplatform game developed by the English indie studio Balloon Studios and published by Whitethorn Games. Initially relea…
jgeekstudies.org
February 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
🌿Botany Manor is a cozy game but also a window into challenges women face in academia.
For #WomenInSTEMDay, we interviewed the devs @lauredm.bsky.social and @kittbyrne.bsky.social to explore how these issues were woven into storytelling and gameplay. 🎮
Read it @ jgeekstudies.org/2025/02/09/b...
For #WomenInSTEMDay, we interviewed the devs @lauredm.bsky.social and @kittbyrne.bsky.social to explore how these issues were woven into storytelling and gameplay. 🎮
Read it @ jgeekstudies.org/2025/02/09/b...
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My other half makes really cool music, if you like Aphex Twin / Boards of Canada give it a listen! 🎧💽 continualbrew.bandcamp.com/album/winter...
Winter Sun, by Continual Brew
9 track album
continualbrew.bandcamp.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
My other half makes really cool music, if you like Aphex Twin / Boards of Canada give it a listen! 🎧💽 continualbrew.bandcamp.com/album/winter...
I'm still in shock 😂 but also very happy, grateful and excited 🧡
Umm... 😳🙀
We're very honoured to share that Botany Manor is in the BAFTA @baftagames.bsky.social longlist for Debut Game, British Game and Game Beyond Entertainment!
We're in great company too! 🌿🏡
We're very honoured to share that Botany Manor is in the BAFTA @baftagames.bsky.social longlist for Debut Game, British Game and Game Beyond Entertainment!
We're in great company too! 🌿🏡
December 11, 2024 at 5:18 PM
I'm still in shock 😂 but also very happy, grateful and excited 🧡
four games I've worked on
November 20, 2024 at 9:13 PM
four games I've worked on
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Botany Manor is coming to PlayStation on December 17th! ✨🌺
🔎 Immerse yourself into the life of Arabella Greene
🏡 Explore your lush manor and gardens
🌻 Uncover the secrets to bloom long-forgotten flora
Coming to both PS4 & PS5! 😊
🔎 Immerse yourself into the life of Arabella Greene
🏡 Explore your lush manor and gardens
🌻 Uncover the secrets to bloom long-forgotten flora
Coming to both PS4 & PS5! 😊
November 12, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Botany Manor is coming to PlayStation on December 17th! ✨🌺
🔎 Immerse yourself into the life of Arabella Greene
🏡 Explore your lush manor and gardens
🌻 Uncover the secrets to bloom long-forgotten flora
Coming to both PS4 & PS5! 😊
🔎 Immerse yourself into the life of Arabella Greene
🏡 Explore your lush manor and gardens
🌻 Uncover the secrets to bloom long-forgotten flora
Coming to both PS4 & PS5! 😊