Happy pride folks
I'm still fleshing out the entries, but here's a list of over 200 retro games (pre-2010) which were made by trans people or which had trans people on the dev team.
We have always been here.
https://dotmaetrix.neocities.org/classictranslist
I'm still fleshing out the entries, but here's a list of over 200 retro games (pre-2010) which were made by trans people or which had trans people on the dev team.
We have always been here.
https://dotmaetrix.neocities.org/classictranslist
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Credits include myself who was not out publicly at the time.
One of our Engineers was also trans as well but I won’t out her as being trans without her consent
My own credits also include https://there.com (released 2003)
I have other titles after 2010
https://www.mobygames.com/person/1286266/danika-bird/credits/
Though this is missing a number of credits and the ones under my dead name
I hate typos. :P
.... Holy fucking shit are you telling me I get to put Psychonauts and Sam & Max on here?!!!!
Both of those games featured fantastic voice acting that brought them into my heart, and you’re to thank for that! We are absolutely gong to celebrate you. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
I was mostly a team member, just a programmer, not a lead, not the designer.
Ratchet & Clank 1&2 (PS2)+ (PSP) 1, James Bond:From Russia..., Portal Runner had two of us, Pirates'! Gold (Gen), are most notable.
The first one was one of my favorite games growing up and it still is, really appreciate all of the aspects of the game, I love it.
How was your experience programming it?
Nothing was ever good enough for them.
I made useful systems & they refused to use them.
They threatened to fire me yearly, every time I dropped below 13 hours a day working. They didn't treat other people that way.
Love what I accomplished, no work life balance.
Was Suicidal AF
The very idea of it gives me panic attacks.
Worked out better for me for about 2 years, until the contacts dried up with the PSP and DS.
I... Had tons to unpack.
But I was also fighting for my job 200%.
I became a complete wreck.
Could barely eat or think straight for months after that job.
But,egg cracked.
You know something, you're the second person with From Russia With Love on their CV to @ me today. I'm THIS close to cooking up some kind of HRT-In-The-Studio-Water-Cooler conspiracy theory
I do know that the trans programmer I worked with on Portal Runner had been at EA briefly before me, but I was just a CD/TV back then. I wasn't even considering transition...
But I wanted to get back to my TG life in LA, so I didn't take the offered full time position. Also, paid less than contracting.
Later, for $20k more from EA_spouse settlement!
Yay!
Has anybody linked the Ben Saint lecture on her? She's really cool
The NES was in-part unintentionally caused by a trans woman!
The Satellaview's BS Super Mario USA, had some trans performers from a Japanese Night Club voice the various Birdos during it's satellite distribution:
https://www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/birdo-gender-trans-female-male
Also, unless I'm missing something, I think this might be the earliest videogame example of trans characters being played by trans performers, and this is like the most amazing way that could manifest ever!
But yeah glad I could pass some info along!
let's do computer music.
i'll start.
https://youtu.be/UsW2EDGbDqg
She's actually got a couple entries on the list from people using her music in Tron games.
As far as game music, I've also got Julie Dunn on several C64 games, and Alexis Janson and Maddy Thorson did their own music on a few of their own games too
https://remywiki.com/Jamie_Thompson
ty so much for this ☺️.
it honestly means a lot to me b/c when I grew up... well we all know how shit was in the 90s and 00s, so seeing people like me that were alive long before I was born doing shit that I grew up wanting to do feels really awesome.
(She’s also an early furry writer so I guess that’s part of my interest there x3)
https://www.mobygames.com/person/23380/siobhan-beeman/
https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/2022/04/02/miyamotos-quote-pac-man-e3-and-the-role-of-hype-culture-in-video-game-history/
It's also actually a 4-bit sample made by rapidly twiddling the volume register.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology_6581#Design
i would be honored if you'd consider Star Guard, completed 2009 and a design finalist in the 2010 IGF. it was made solely by me.
CAN YOU SEE ALL OF MEEEE
None of us are free until we are all free. 18yr old trans woman is in jail simply because she can’t afford bond.
And several Pokémon games that also have Maddie Blaustein's work in them!
While certainly queer, i dont think thats trans.
Sorry for the question.
If you are adding ports, @gmatom.bsky.social who I worked with at Aspyr should have games added to this list from there and Westlake Interactive - I don't think she updates her website often, but she has this list on there: http://www.glendaadams.com/Glenda_Adams/My_Work.html
although the first two HP games being on here feels a bit like Cursed Knowledge considering... what *she's* been up to recently, I am absolutely beaming at many of the other games on here!
Glenda sent me some pics for a project I need to get back to of some EA swag! https://bsky.app/profile/gameswagarchive.com/post/3lljosmes3k2d
I hope Rebecca Heineman went on to do something better than Alvin and the Chipmunks for Wii (aka do literally ANYTHING besides Alvin and the Chipmunks for Wii.)
/Jk, I really appreciate the thoroughness of the list. 🏳️⚧️
then i noticed over the years that his coworkers n friends started avoiding pronouns and then at some point started using he/him
https://archive.org/details/msdos_Boppin_1994
https://bsky.app/profile/rabidrodent.bsky.social/post/3lps57ffs5k2k
Also this inspired me to try Caper in the Castro it's pretty cool.
I have respect for the people behind these games, it's honestly very cool seeing something like this being compiled.
thanks for the article!
If you're still taking additions, I was a precertification tester on Halo 3: ODST and some Halo 3 DLC/updates
the one I like the most is of course trans why wouldn't it be
Thank you so much to every single one of you <3
Meanwhile, I'm defying all known trans stereotypes by having absolutely no web design skills whatsoever lol
reject whitespace return 2 animated gifs
I knew her as a child, albeit before she transitioned. I went to elementary school with her son. I only learned about what she had done, and her transition, after seeing her obituary.
The impact she had, which you've wonderfully chronicled, makes me wish I had known sooner.
One thing though. Unless I missed something, I don’t believe Utada Hikaru of Kingdom Hearts fame identifies as trans. They came out as nonbinary in 2021, but I haven’t seen anything to suggest trans.
So many talented people credited for their great contributions.
In particular, Rebecca "Burger Becky" Heineman is a personal hero of mine. It's great to see her name so many places.
Thank you very much for sharing.