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Geneva/Styx @ Skate & Date Out NOW!!
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They/Them | 25 | Yuri Enthusiast

Black gaymedev, artist, and educator in NYC 💖

Working on: Skate & Date and ValiDate
Prev at: GlowUp Games and NuChallenger

We're not free until we're all free 🇵🇸

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squeezed in time to go to the ryoko kui exhibit before heading to work!!! #DeliciousinDungeonNY
A stack of blocks with black text on the side that says "Unless You Eat, You Can't Get Strong" The front says "Brother Get Out Of Here" and "I do Love Monsters". The front also has images from the Dungeon Meshi anime A picture of me standing in the Dungeon Meshi frog costume cutout. Chilchuck, Senshi, Marcille, and Laois are also in frog costumes in this large cardboad cutout
October 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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after coming home from the skate & date launch party i saw that a certain wyrm got delivered!!!!!!!!

i love having @belbeeps.blue streams on while i work and this lil guy is so cuteee
A makeship plushie of belbeep's worm creature. It's a round purple baby wyrm with confetti on it's belly and a pink swirl on each cheek
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Skate & Date - lesbian roller derby, rhythm game is out now! Come get your yuri on wheels!!
https://f.mtr.cool/scjlbborbl
https://f.mtr.cool/ugehecznam

(I've linked steam codes to itch.io so you can easily get it for both and have Valve take less money from me <3)
Skate & Dates title/logo! The main character Maggie is looking at her rival Patricia with heart eyes with the title of the game in the center of the image.
October 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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TOMORROW!!! Skate & Date Releases!!

I know it took a bit to reconfigure the release date because of Google Play having some issues and me being stubborn about releasing it separately but. It is what it is

Anyway! Tomorrow, Steam/Itch.io will get Skate & Date for Mac, Windows, and Android!!!
A drawing of the main character of Skate & Date (Maggie) smiling with her arm raised and flexed. There are purple silhouettes of her teammates in the foreground.
October 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Showing Skate & Date and on an anti-panel about trans games with other folks at 4:30pm EST @qgcon.bsky.social

So excited to be here!!!
A picture of me and my game Skate & Date surrounded by a colorful border. Below the pictures there's text that says: Geneva Heyward @ QGCON2025
September 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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good morning to ME SPECIFICALLY
A screenshot from Pokemon Sleep. There's a sleeping slowpoke, ralts, and shiny kirlia on the screen.
September 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Skate & Date, a roller derby rhythm game is coming out on September 28th!!

Wishlist now on Steam https://f.mtr.cool/qejleotobv
September 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Hi folks! I now have a ko-fi membership to help with bills.
You can get fun blogs, access to early builds/gamedev assets, *and* monthly stickers! ( Like this one right here)

You'll have until the end of September to join the Big Dipper tier to get this sticker sent directly to you ^-^
An illustration of two lesbians singing into a mic inches away from each other's faces. The lesbian on the left has medium length black locs with purple highlights, while the one on the right has short curly hair dyed red with her roots showing. She's smiling more confidently than her counterpart. There's someone in the background playing drums and above the two singers is a big sign that says "PUNK DYKE NITE".
September 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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huh today i learned who MATSUDAPPOIYO was and wow ppl tune him real good

#VOCACHANCE
A screenshot from the free game VOCALOID CHANCE! There's a big gachapon machine in the middle. On the right are buttons for Collection, Playroom, and Credits. On the bottom right is a volume and language button. On the left are the last 10 vocaloids/utauloids I pulled which are Miku, Gumi, Rin, Butcher Vanity Xi Yi, Chis-A, Luka, Mesmerizer Teto, Luka, MATSUDAPPOIYO, and Miku again!
August 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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last day of #anyc!!

Come down to PlayNYC and check out all these cool games NOOOOW!!

At 1B on the lower level! its not crowded and we're also handing free buttons in masks! Avoid con crud with a mask 😤
A picture of me and my girlfriend at our very pink playnyc table at anime nyc. We're both giving up peace signs and wearing masks.
August 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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PLAYNYC DAY TWOOO!!! COME ON DOWN TO 1B FOR ALL SORTS OF COOL GAMES AT #ANIMENYC

Especially if you need a break from the crowds and wanna sit for a bit. Come do some stamp rallys too ^-^

#anyc #gamedev #playnyc
A picture of me at my booth at playnyc/animenyc. There's a monitor with my game Skate & Date on it, a qr code to wishlist my game, and a lesbian flag underneath it. Theres also some pink cubes showing some stickers and prints I'm selling
August 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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almost forgot to post this but!!! yuri fans!! gamers!! here's how to find me at #animenyc inside playnyc!!!

please come play skate & date (you could even get sickers, buttons, and preorder the game!! 🫣)
August 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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The Betty Biters bite back!

Meet them in Skate & Date, a #rollerderby #rhythmgame coming to PC and Android in September 2025!

And stop by our booth to play Skate & Date at the @playcrafting.bsky.social Play.NYC Section at #animeNYC! (Booth 1B-221!!)
A drawing of the fictional junior derby team, the Betty Biters. From left to right are Bernadette (the lead jammer), Elizabeth, Roberta, Beatrice, and Anabett. They are all wearing red vests and a tank top with two grey fangs. The background is a fiery orange red to represent their fierceness. An image of the basement animenyc map. There's a square representing PLAY.NYC in the center with the Skate & Date logo next to a speech bubble that says "Booth 1B-221 With Munity Games". There's an arrow pointing at the PlayNYC square next to the speechbubble
August 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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I wanted to do a whole sheet of "yuriful pokemon" but this is all I managed to finish in time for #animenyc haha
Three drawings of Pokemon. One of Ash's butterfree and the shiny butterfree it fell in love with. A drawing of two trans Pikachu's with sunglasses and juice boxes with "T4T 4EVER" written under them. Lastly are two Heracrosses, one with a little bow offering a pecha berry to the other
August 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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two posts in one day?! had to because i loooove um jammer lammy❤️💙

gonna have these cuties as a sticker at #anyc too!
A drawing of Lammy from Um Jammer Lammy holding hands with Katy Kat. Lammy is very bashful and looking down while Katy is looking right at Lammy with a smile.
August 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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I wanted to make fruity gamer art to have at #anyc so here's some pikmin 😌💖
Drawings of queer pikmin. A blue and red pikmin are holding hands with the mlm flag in a heart. A pink pikmin and a glowing pokmin are reading what looks like tiny utena manga with a lesbian flag in a heart. A rock pokmin is pffering nectar to a purple and white pikmin with the polyamorous flag in a heart. The background is a simple wash of green
August 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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A certain roller derby rhythm ga(y)me is going to be at several game showcases this year!

I'm so honored and grateful to be able to show this game at these events!

Please make sure to check out @gdocexpo.com @playcrafting.bsky.social and @qgcon.bsky.social
A square image with text saying "Skate & Date will be at... PLAY.nyc, GDOCExpo, and QGCON: The Queerness and Games Conference" The main character of Skate & Date, Maggie, is pointing up at the text with a shocked expression, and there are anime action lines on the border of the image. Maggie is wearing her roller derby outfit with her hair in two afro puffs and a hot pink helmet.
August 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Happy #screenshotsaturday!

Wanted to share some amazing art from @balitzy.bsky.social that's in Skate & Date!

They've made some amazing CGs I'm excited for you all to see <3
A screenshot from Skate & Date of the two main characters, Maggie and Patricia, studying. Maggie's thoughts are displayed in a textbox, and it says "But I've been making improvements at least!"
August 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Happy #screenshotsaturday!

Been working hard on Skate & Date and kinda nervous about it because of all the itch.io news.

If you haven't already, go to yellat.money to push against the payment processors censoring queer and nsfw creators!!
A screenshot from the game Skate & Date. Two characters (Maggie, the main character, and Emma, her teammate) are shocked on the left side of the screen. On the right side are three characters from the opposing team. One of their opponents, Lydia, smiles and has dialogue in the textbox that says, "Mai would loop you like it's nothing, just you wait!"
July 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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The Psyche Girls are ready to psyche out the competition!!

Meet them in Skate & Date, a #rollerderby #rhythmgame coming to PC and Android in September 2025!

Demo is on itch.io and Steam now!
A drawing of the fictional junior roller derby team called the Psyche Girls. Mai, the lead jammer is in the front. She is a short girl with pale skin and black hair. To her left is Debrah, a girl with freckles and hair pulled into a bun. To Debrah's left is Lydia, a girl with pale skin and brown hair in a ponytail. On Mai's right is Patricia, a tan girl with medium length blonde hair. On Patricia's right is Elodie, a dark skinned girl with braids
July 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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the first time i reached the oeak was bc she carried me 😭 she finished doing a solo run under an hr and is doing harder runs it's bananas to me
a screenshot from the multiplayer game PEAK. My character is blue, unconscious, and being carried by a pink character (my girlfriend) up the final area in the game. My blue character also has a tiny,colorful hat with a spinning pinwheel and a floral button up. My girlfriend's pink character has a normal camper uniform in skirt form.
July 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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been off bsky a bit bc of many life schedule changes but i hope everyones had a good pride month ;v;

i think i finally figured out how to keep my tamagotchi alive haha
An image of me holding a pink tamagotchi connection that's shaped like an egg and has yellow buttons. There's a small screen inside it showing my tamagotchi ( a tiny sheep) brushing their teeth with a little mug to the right of them.
July 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Oh also!! I'm giving a talk at Waffle Games!

It's all about why creating the games you want to make, and not the one algorithms you to, is essential to building a name for yourself and the growth of your career! 

It'll be at 4:30 (the last talk of day one!!) so feel free to stop by :D
At the top of this image, it says "Waffle Games 8.0" and has the EGD collective logo in the top right. Below that, there's a picture of me smiling with the title of my talk to my right. The title of my talk is: Make Games for Yourself Below that it says: Geneva Heyward Adjunct Professor, New York University June 14th at City College
June 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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The Rockin' Rollergirls will crush your team and your self-esteem!

Meet them in Skate & Date, coming to PC and Android in September 2025!
(and the demo is out right now!)

Skate & Date will also be at Waffle Games THIS SATURDAY!!! Come thru and big s/o to @egdcollective.bsky.social !
A drawing of the fictional junior roller derby team callrd the Rockin Rollergirls! Maggie, the lead jammer is in the front. She has medium brown skin and two afro puffs. To her left is Emma, a shorter girl with beige skin and medium length orange hair. To Emma's left is Delilah, a girl with pale skin and brown wavy hair in a ponytail. On Maggie's right is Tracie, a dark skinned black girl with microbraids in a low bun. On Tracie's right is Valerie, a pale skinned girl with long light brown hair Flyer for the EGD Collective's Annual Waffle Games event. The flyer states that it's a free game convention and has: - Game and art exhibitors - Panels with game Professionals - Game tournaments with prizes! - Game workshops - Free waffles! At the bottom, the dates are June 14th at the CCNY NAC Building and June 15th: virtual on Discord. There's a QR code to sign up for the event on the bottom left of the flyer. The EGD collective logo is on the bottom right.
June 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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The new demo for the lesbian roller derby rhythm game Skate & Date is out NOW on itch.io for Mac/Windows/Android!!

If you like wholesome yuri and visual novels you'll like this!
And don't worry! There's an easy mode if rhythm games are hard for you.

Check it out at: gensuta.itch.io/skate-and-date
The Skate & Date title screen art of the main characters, Maggie and Patricia, staring at each other with the game title in the middle.
June 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM