Thais Weiller Explained
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Nationality: | Brazilian |
Occupation: | Video game designer |
Known For: | Co-founder of JoyMasher |
Notable Works: | Oniken and Odallus |
Thais Weiller is a Brazilian game designer and producer.[1] [2] [3] [4] Together with Danilo Dias she co-founded JoyMasher and released Oniken, Odallus,[5] [6] Blazing Chrome[7] and .[8] [9]
Work
She has also created Rainy Day, a game about anxiety and depression: she spoke at Game Developers Conference (GDC) in 2017 about "wondering why no one was making games about the 'crappy moments in life,' like break ups, awful bosses, and experiences with serious health conditions."[10]
Rainy Day was described by one reviewer as "" ("a short game about anxiety and depression which you should play now").[11]
She has also published two books on game design, "Game Start" and "Pense Pequeno", under Creative Commons license share-alike. Both books are in Portuguese and available for free download.[12]
Education
She has an M.Sc. in game design from the University of São Paulo.[13]
Notes and References
- Web site: Alexandre . Mateus . Entrevistamos Thais Weiller, produtora e designer de jogos . Jogazera . 9 July 2018 . Portuguese . 25 June 2015.
- News: Luzardo . Alejandro . Soy una 'gamer': la industria de los videojuegos es cosa de chicas . 7 July 2018 . El Pais . 27 March 2017 . Spanish.
- News: Capelas . Bruno . 2016-11-06 . Thais Weiller: 'Jogando, você entende como é ser mulher' . Portuguese . Estadao . 7 July 2018.
- Web site: Serpente . Mãe . Falange Entrevista - Thais Weiller . Falange . 9 July 2018 . 9 August 2016. Portuguese.
- Web site: Chan . Stephanie . The IndieBeat: Glitch Mundo carves out a grassroots festival for indie games in Brazil . 5 July 2018 . Venture Beat . 15 July 2018.
- Web site: Factsheet . JoyMasher . 18 July 2018.
- Web site: JoyMasher on Blazing Chrome . 11 April 2019 . Video Chums.
- Web site: Franzese . Tomas . 2023-01-11 . Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is the first great game of 2023 . 2023-01-12 . . en.
- Web site: Romano . Sal . 2022-12-01 . Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider launches January 12, 2023 . 2023-01-12 . Gematsu . en-US.
- Web site: Batchelor . James . Standing ovation for Palestinian dev at #1ReasonToBe: Developers from around the world share tales of passion, ambition, self-discovery and suffering at GDC 2017 . gamesindustry.biz . 9 July 2018 . 6 March 2017.
- News: Sampaio . Henrique . Rainy Day, da Thais Weiller, é um jogo curtinho sobre ansiedade e depressão que você deveria jogar agora . 9 July 2018 . 27 July 2016 . Portuguese.
- Web site: Game Start . Venture Beat . 15 July 2018.
- Web site: Thais Weiller . 7 July 2018 . Tehran Game Convention.