Mel (she/her)

@meltea.bsky.social

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Director @gamesmellow.bsky.social Game dev / Narrative Game Designer / UX Designer. Working on Blueberry, a game about a woman's life, trauma and memory processing. Co-creator of Orwell.

Steam review of Blueberry screenshot. Text: Posted: 5 Jun @12:45pm Blueberry is a perfect example that a good game does not need to do too much! Even though the game is very short and can easily be finished in about 2–3 hours, it was an emotional rollercoaster in the best way. This game will make you feel things, even with this simple yet perfectly fitting vector-illustration artstyle! Usually, I want games to be fun and mechanically heavy, and I would also say that I might not be the target audience of the game. But I also understand, that this game does not want to be "fun" in the traditional sense. Much more, it wants you to experience different emotions and leads you on a very personal and real journey: In this game, you play through the life and memories of Barbara, or "Blueberry", as she was called by her mother. We start with her as a senior and after a phone call from her son, you basically save yourself into some kind of "Wonderland", the Tower of Life, where you then recall different memories and experience different stages throughout Barbara's life, starting with her as a 4 year old child. The gameplay consists of simple platforming and focuses more on the different memories. There are decisions to be made and while some just include different dialogue options, some decisions in this game go much deeper. In some cases, the game does not even present them as actual choices, but instead lets your actions influence the outcome, so it always feels like YOUR story. As mentioned before, this makes this game an emotional rollercoaster. The game also includes heavy topics such as alcohol abuse, suicide and suicidal thoughts, depression, and anxiety. But it handles them in a way that helps you understand why people act the way they do, without ever telling you, "This is good" or "This is bad." Instead, you get to understand the emotions behind not only Blueberry /Barbara, but also of her parents.
Kuppelhalle audience at AMAZE
Screenshot of bug text: #289 3_6 Kitchenson: Bug Emilio not stopping crying
Screenshot from Artemis II live stream by NASA. Looks moony!
Interview with 8-year old Lucas Ye who designed the zero gravity indicator "Rise"
Artemis II Crew getting ready to enter Orion.
Infographic from NASA's live stream of the Artemis II Moon mission showing an infographic of the rocket and the cryogenic propulsion stages.
The little plushy "Rise" which is basically a smiling ball with an Earth hat, being held by one of the astronauts.
Screenshot Steam store showing Orwell key art, -75%, 2.49€.
Shatner and Spok from the original Star Trek with the caption "Death is real"
A coaster with a rainbow on it saying shit at one end and more shit at the other
Screen cap from "Our Planet" where a really sad looking Laysan albatross chick sits on the beach and stares at the ocean in existential dread.
Panel Talk with Luara, Pia Bäneke, Natascha Wiedenfeld and moderator
Slide showing the algorithm which decides where MaxTac AV (Night City special police) spawns in Cyberpunk
Picture of Adam's presentation saying "Is humanity at it's core just dark?"
Screenshot of Blueberry, a game that I am currently making. It shows an elderly woman on a platform in front of a pink wall.
From left to right: Ben and Nicholas from BTS, myself and Jessica, also from the awesome BTS team.
CSD with umbrellas
Cat sticker saying: Stay Weird. Cat is bending over weirdly and looking at a fly.
Slide by Lukas: "Question everything"
Thorsten talking on stage about A MAZE festival
Stage at At GameCon Central Asia 2025 showing attendees and Thorsten from A MAZE.
Youtuber Jay Foreman in his kitchen cutting carrots with the London Transport Museum poster "For the Zoo, book to Regent's Park or Camden Town" in the back on his will. Yes, the one with the 4 penguins. The OTHER one with the 4 penguins.
It says FINISH GAME. It is NOT ticked off yet 😭😭😭
Silent Hill 2 screenshot. Sign on the wall: There was a hole here. It's gone now.
Screenshot from the new Silent Hill 2 remake showing a Lying Figure monster walking down the streets.
René Magritte's 1929 painting of a pipe with the capture "Ceci n'est pas une pipe." Kinda looks like a meme now that I think about it
Screenshot of my to-do-list for bug fixing: - make some tower parts easier? - cat anim looks like crap - Intro: remove dying area in water
Chat with my best friend. Me: "We could also just pretend Kamala won for the rest of our lives (3 "see no evil" emojis and 3 cry emojis). "I can't deal with this." Best friend: "Okay"
Screenshot from Blueberry: Teen phase tower
Line drawing of a street close to Nakamise
Spam sushi
Drawing I made today of Tokyo Bay. Also added some watercolor clouds.
Sign in the Tokyo National Science Museum Miraikan saying "Your life is constantly under threat by many hazards."
A delicious-looking piece of raspberry cake. Behind it is a keep cup with a skull on it (of the famous "Death Before Decaf" in good ol' Brissy).
I proudly present: My Bluesky user number is 859,536. Should make this my new online banking PIN 😝
Screenshot of Bluesky DM feature empty inbox state. UI text: Nothing here. You have no conversations yet. Start one!
A slide from Sos Sosowski's hypertalk saying FUCK UNITY. Well, I guess they gaslit us all
Astrid Refstrup giving excellent advice
Frame from this Dan Olson doco that a Dutch person from the audiences suggested
Slide from Gwen's presentation: round Earth = fake, banana shaped Earth = real
AMaze stage: panel "Looking glass into the future" with Pietro Righi Riva, Flan Falacci and Rami Ismael
A stage with a bunch of pink pool flamingos and 2 DJs. Projection in the background says "CHAMPAGNE AND SUNSCREEN SPRAY"