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Jess 🍔

@jessmwoodward.bsky.social

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Co-founder @ Mischief Makers Studio. NZ-based Freelance 2D Art Generalist. (she/her) Currently making: Burger Bois! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3224290/Burger_Bois/ I am all about cats, strength training, and video games. 😌

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Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · Sep 29

Hello to everyone who's found me from starter kits! 👋 I'm a recovering graphic designer turned programmer/tech artist.

I co-founded @mischiefmstudio.bsky.social with my brother @itsalex.bsky.social so we could make Burger Bois! 👇🍔👇

Burger Bois | Mischief Makers Studio @mischiefmakers.studio · Sep 16

NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT! 🍔😗👌

Burger Bois: A food truck simulation game about flavor, not labor. Wishlist on Steam now!

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Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 1h

Programming whilst exhausted is a fraught activity but at least I have Teaspoon helping me

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Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 14h

omg it's her (don't believe her lies)

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Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 16h

the cat is waiting for you to serve them a slice 👀

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Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 17h

Read your post before I read the QRP and thought you'd been hacked for a moment

Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 23h

I am READY 👀

Frosty Games 🍦 @frostygamesfest.com · 23h

Frosty is ready for summer 😎 We're excited to reveal the new look for our December show!

Frosty Mini will be a shorter showcase (compared to Frosty Games Fest in June), but it will still be packed with some of the coolest games made in Australia & Aotearoa, and a chocka-block Steam event to boot 🎮

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Sean @doctorears.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re in Sydney go check out CORPOREAL at SXSW, it’s creepy/cool as hell #indiedevs #indiegames

Max @coldout.bsky.social · 1d

CORPOREAL is playable at the SXSW Sydney games showcase this Thurs & Fri. Check out the demo if you're around and the many other indie games on show. (I won't be there in person but i'll be there in spirit) 📸

A screenshot of CORPOREAL gameplay showing a zoomed-in photograph of a bedroom on a microfilm-viewer screen, a fuzzy face visible in a mirror in the corner of the room.

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Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 1d

This is so lovely! 😭❤️

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Schrodinger's Cat Burglar 😺 MIGW @abandonedsheep.com · 1d

A quick story for post-PAX Australia 2025.

This was our second PAX - we showed Schrodinger's Cat Burglar back in 2022. It was a bit different back then - third person chase camera, no twin-stick or co-op, rougher at the edges...

Schrodinger's Cat Burglar, the game, running in third person chase camera from 2022

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Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social · 2d

Big day! The Abbess Garden, our little game, has its demo available in the #SteamNextFest 💖

If you think you might like a cozy gardening game set in 17th-century France, with real plants, a thrilling spy plot, queer romance and court drama, try our #indiegame!
store.steampowered.com/app/3873090/...

The Abbess Garden key art (young woman Agnès in front of a garden, forest and an abbeay), inside a Steam Next Fest decor, indicating the dates of the fest (Oct 13 - Oct 20 2025)

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Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 2d

💙💙💙

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Calliope Ryder 🔜 MIGW, SXSW @callioperyder.bsky.social · 2d

aite #sxsw syd

Tomorrow 10am (😭) i’m gonna be talkin mad smack about agile. jira will not be forgotten either, everyone’s getting it. see you there??

after that i’ll be talking madder smack about GG and the rise and normalisation of conspiracy theorists. pray for me, it’s gonna be a big day 🙏

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Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 3d

ya DAMN RIGHT. 😤

Still awaiting clarification on how this happened though. Human error on original investigation is annoying but fine. Flimsy security system means I'm cancelling my account.

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Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 3d

You too! :D I hope you're enjoying the comforts of being home again as much as I am

Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 3d

I am on thin ice but maybe forgiven

Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 3d

Home now. Teaspoon greeted me with immediate purry smooches. Juno is convinced I am a stranger.

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Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 3d

MEL 🛫 AKL

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Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 3d

YESSSSSSSSS

Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 3d

I saw you across a hall like twice over the entire week but always when I running late to something 😭 Next year I think I'll do Weds - Tues so maybe we can grab a post-MIGW lunch or something!

Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 3d

Likewise! :D I know it's always a frantic week but if the stars align I'd love to grab a coffee with you next time ❤️

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Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 3d

Waiting for my flight home. 🥹 Thank you MIGW for a wonderful time.

Highlight of the trip was hands-down Parallels, which will now be a must-have part of my MIGW schedule for years to come.

Very excited to go home and see husbo + cats though. 😭❤️

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Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 3d

Between your GCAP talk & your Parallels one, I have never been more excited to woo a house 👀

Thank you for sharing with us!

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Jon Cartwright (GameConsulting.com.au) @gameconsulting.bsky.social · 3d

With Darwin and Wellington in the bag tomorrow I fly to Sydney for @sxswsydney.com

I'm around all week, doing a panel on publishing, a talk on running your indie game as a small business, mentoring, and looking for games to publish.

Say hello, don't make me "Jonny-no-mates".

Picture of Jon Cartwright wearing glasses looking to the left of the frame. Text reads SWSW Sydney 2025 - Official Mentor

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Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 3d

They're SO GOOD. If I'd made it to Muji this last week I woulda bought two more. Makes packing soooo much easier.

Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 3d

Alex... Please..... I am so tired.............. 😭

Jess 🍔 @jessmwoodward.bsky.social · 3d

I got a couple of no-vacuum-cleaner-needed vacuum seal packing bags from Muji a while back and they have saved my life every time I've travelled since

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