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Mei-Li Coolan
@dashurie.bsky.social
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🦦 Freelance Games Producer • IGDA-F Next Gen Leader '24 🐦‍⬛ Volunteer for brIGDA & IGDA-Foundation 🦭 Hobby Artist, Cosplayer, and Zinester @UncannyTitans 🐕 She/Her • 🩷💜💙 🗺️ Meeanjin 🖤💛❤️ (Brisbane, Australia) • AEST
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 13d
Hello everyone! I'm Mei-Li, an #IndieDev #GameDev based in Meeanjin (Brisbane, Australia) 🖤💛❤️, I'm

🪻 A Freelance Games Producer currently w/ 3 Indie Studios 🧙‍♀️🐑👻
🪻 An IGDA-Foundation NGL Coordinator (and NGL Alum)
🪻 Volunteering my art and supporting brIGDA
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · Sep 16
🪻 An artist, zinester, and Cosplayer who has been a bit burnt out for various reasons
🪻 An animal person who currently has many many fish in a huge pond
🪻 A gardening enthusiast who loves to propagate cuttings
🪻 And of course, much more 💜

Hope to find my voice here!
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 2h
Post you from a different era.

I used to make new cosplays for each con every year so roughly 3-5 per year and one time 7 🤯 No wonder I burnt out hard after a decade 😂
This is an early Cheshire done in 2011, my second year of doing it. I eventually did another version for a Secret Six group 💚
Picture of me crouched pulling a sword out from behind me as Cheshire (DC) for a Rogue Gallery group at Supanova Brisbane (back when John? hosted). Self made outfit that looked accurate from the outside but don't look on the inside 😬
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 10h
People doing SXSW after MIGW are so strong, I fell asleep as soon as I settled on the plane (not woken up until we were close to landing) and again after getting home for like another 6 hours, and we only got there on Wednesday! Good luck y'all 🫡🫡🫡
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The Indie Brew - Your Indie Game Media Specialists @theindiebrew.com.au · 1d
The true cat experience 😹

Game 👉 Schrodinger's Cat Burglar 

#SchrodingersCatBurglar #indiegames #paxaus @abandonedsheep.com
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Buru and The Old People @buruthegame.bsky.social · 1d
Buru’s first ever @paxaus.bsky.social was epic 🐦‼️
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IGDA Foundation @igdafoundation.org · 3d
Huge thanks to @theguardian.com for spotlighting our work helping devs from around the world build sustainable careers in games 🎮💫

Read the story 👉 buff.ly/e5iyPDa

Support our mission to make games more inclusive: buff.ly/0Gz5Hib

#GameDev #Inclusion #IGDAFoundation
The non-profit helping people from all over the world to become successful game developers
The IGDA Foundation broadened its reach by attending the world’s biggest video games event this summer – but faces challenges funding its work helping underrepresented developers
www.theguardian.com
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 1d
I was absolutely mesmerised by this one Indie Dev Night and I'm so keen to see how they go. Never played pinball like this and I was HOOKED!
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Rockalot @rockalot.bsky.social · 1d
The game I'm making, Bumper Bout, is finally up on Steam! 🎉

Local versus pinball in the style of Puyo Puyo Tetris! Pick characters and stages.

PLEASE WISHLIST!!! It goes such a long way! Thank you!!!

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #pinball #partygame #unity

store.steampowered.com/app/3938260/...
Bumper Bout on Steam
A multiplayer pinball party! Battle local or online across a mix of quirky and colorful arenas each bursting with hazards and surprises. Master every character’s unique Super Ball move to turn the tid...
store.steampowered.com
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 1d
Pictured (and panelists) are (L to R):
@ranitesiram.bsky.social
@dave.powerhoof.com oof.com
@lychee-sodapop-exe.bsky.social
@mrparoxysm.bsky.social
@ingechu.bsky.social
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 1d
What a wonderful MIGW this year was. So emotional and loving, truly so lucky when we are able to come and see everyone. On another note, I want to see the Steam graph for Harvester purchases over the last week 👀 Wish we had more time to talk about it together 💔
Selfie of 'The Best Worst Games in History' panelists of PAX Aus 2025. There are 6 people who are dressed in outfits hinting towards Harvester characters (Stephanie, 2x Steve's, Hank, Mom) and also Hatsune Miku 💖
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 1d
Turns out I've been able to convert a bunch of people into the lifestyle this MIGW 🫡
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 7d
Fold phones are a truly marvelous technological advancement, they allow us to be so much more productive.
In other news, Slay the Spire and Balatro being on mobile has ruined our lives.
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 2d
Waiting for a mate and @ifycomedy.com appears 🤯 So beyond lovely meeting him and just so so so cool to have a chance to chat 🥹🥹🥹
Picture of Ify Nwadiwe and myself in the halls of PAX Aus 2025.
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 2d
What's a Mom and son (Hank) to do but talk about but how much a kidder Steve is 👩‍⚖️🤠
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Ingechu @ingechu.bsky.social · 2d
Pax panel buddies! @dashurie.bsky.social
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 2d
We have a demo on steam right now if you wanna feel like you're at PAX 🥺
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 3d
Boat Builders was absolutely poppin' as I expected too 😂
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 3d
The demo is on steam if you're interested, everything in the name is there (except no deaths) and it's single player and couch co-op all the way through (once you split) ☺️
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 3d
Spent today boothing with another game I'm working on, Schrodinger's Cat Burglar 🐱
Such a lovely day seeing people getting excited about the cats and engaged with the puzzles 🥹
Selfie of Developers behind Schrodinger's Cat Burglar in front of their PAX Aus 2025 booth.
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 3d
Good timing on this post 🫨
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 3d
PAX Aus going too hard they're ejecting everyone 😱
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Tempopo 🌷🎶 is OUT NOW @tempopogame.com · 3d
Still so honoured we're coming home with not just one but two AGDAs 🩷
Thank you for recognising our efforts in Music and Accessibility, as well as being nominated for Sound Design; These were some of our core pillars and to have our industry celebrate them is a privilege.
Selfie of some of the core and some of the extended team behind Tempopo in fancy dress holding two AGDAs (Australian Game Developer Awards), one for Excellence in Music and one for Excellence in Accessibility.
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Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 4d
when people say genAI is the future I am struck by how short sighted and fatalistic this is as a concept

it’s recycling our past for the future, it’s drinking our filtered waste while not thinking about how many times you can do that, it’s hoping tomorrow’s answers have already been said
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 5d
I did a rush job so they're not as descriptive as usual but they got the job done 🫡
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 5d
I didn't trust me with a mic either, Nart did!
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Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 5d
proud of the @tempopogame.com team tonight for picking up two awards at the AGDAs tonight

both @jeffvandyck.com and @dashurie.bsky.social gave wonderful acceptance speeches and it was a good call not to trust me with the microphone
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 6d
Ohhhh it so is! I have the loose numpad from them I didn't even notice. Too enamoured by the alien 🥹
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 6d
We made it to Melbourne! supposedly...
Window display of a hacker or security alien. There's a camera so I tried to fit in and take a selfie with them. What looks to be a Japanese vending machine except the prices are all over double what they should be (and in AUD)
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 6d
A Melbourne regional slang that's like that? Well I'll be damned.
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Mei-Li Coolan @dashurie.bsky.social · 6d
This must be a regional thing and I need to know where. That's a vanilla slice right?
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