Kai Nyame ๐Ÿ๐ŸŒฑ

@nyamedev.bsky.social

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POC indie dev behind Studio Hitsuji ๐Ÿ | prev Serpent Showdown ๐Ÿat USC | prev Gameheads ๐Ÿ‘พ from Oakland | Niantic Black Developers Initiative โœŠ๐Ÿฝ Alumni | ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชžOK!

Selfie of Kai (nyamedev) with short dark curly hair + 2 long braids, brown eyes, wearing a soft white hat with a brim. Smiling & holding a "peace" sign up to the camera.
Flyer for Bitsummit "14" Punch: drawn in a comic/manga style with screen tones & action lines. Black Comic Bubble Text: Japan's Industry-Leading Independent Game Developement Festival in Kyoto" White Comic Bubble Text: "doki doki" Footer Event Dates: 5/22 (fri) Business Day 5/23-24 (sat-sun) General Admission Day Other registration & event details can be found at: https://bitsummit.org/en/
Banner image with logos for Kamegumi development collective, GBStudio, and USCGamesExpo 2026. Central title says "Dark Forest" in green text and shows a pixelart icon of the protagonist character
collaborative banner with the text "Gameheads 10 years", includes characters and art from over 100 student projects completed throughout the program
game screenshot: mysterious camera pan over an underground location with customized character in the center of an elevator contraption
"Achievements Menu" in Steam's UI. Showcases 1/7 achievements unlocked (14%), and a new highlighted icon "Star Chart Novice: Complete the tutorial" marked as complete
Celestial Sokoban!!! Cute Star Child wiggles back and forth glowing in a starry sky
Cute "star child" character waves at the viewer
screenshot of a familiar gamedev UI (Steam) with a UI window stating "approved for release" and "select the button below when you are ready to make your demo available on Steam". A green "RELEASE DEMO" button is active and waiting to be clicked :)
Selfie of Kai Nyame @nyamedev.bsky.social short curly hair, turquoise knit sweater, waving at the camera.
Black in Gaming's Black Fest at GDC Livestream, Camera closeup shot of Gordon Bellamy, panelist.
dark blue background, a 3D orange and tan low poly character called "star child" waves at the camera cutely.
Selfie of Kai Nyame, (she/her) from GDC 2024.
Screenshot of nyamedev.bsky.social's bluesky account profile + bio, now with 5k followers!
Screenshot from video game shows a long steampunk vehicle with a central bright core object, 3 sails perched on top and large rickety wheels. The vehicle sits next to a patch of debris in a reddish sandy post-apocalyptic desert
3 kick-ass POC indie game devs taking a selfie
Black and white map from a pocket fiction book. Locations include "Mossflower Wood" and "Redwall Abbey" and others
A grey and white cat (very handsome), named "Mr. Whiskers"
Screenshot of @nyamedev.bsky.social's account profile with 990 followers
That circle thingy that visualized your immediate social media community by arranging profile pictures around a central profile in concentric rings of 'closeness'
Poster graphic for 2024 Game Devs of Color Expo. Kai Nyame Abbey's talk titled "Indie Studio Survival Guide". Headshot of Kai against a greenery filled background with a colorful border.
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Low-angle photo of a grey and white cat with eyes closed (snoozing!) with his tongue sticking out. Part of a couch is visible in the background.
Yellow and blue slide deck on a large TV with the title "Project Management for Returning Students" for the summer 2024 Gameheads cohort. NyameDev holding the camera for a selfie before the talk!
NyameDev's profile picture above the text "Post Space: New Project Announcement!". Background is a blurred blue-and-green gameplay screenshot of the aforementioned in-progress indie game.
NyameDev's profile picture above the text "Post Space: New Project Announcement!". Background is a blurred blue-and-green gameplay screenshot of the aforementioned in-progress indie game.
Screenshot of the Livestream where Kai moderates a panel for the Black In Gaming (BIG) Fest.
Table of wonderful Black women at Lisette's Pre-GDC "Black Girl Game Dev Brunch" โœจ
Selfie of Kai Nyame, wearing a green jacket and holding up a peace sign towards the camera
Selfie of Kai Nyame holding up a peace sign towards the camera
Screenshot of Twitter post: "Not sure if everyone can access the GDC app but if you can, do check and make sure your address isn't there ๐Ÿ˜ฌ" by AFNarratives
Steam Remote Play Together sale banner featuring Serpent Showdown on 30% discount from 2/12 - 2/19
Top down 3D dungeon-crawling game with a strange fisheye camera distortion applied
Selfie of Blasian game developer Kai Nyame waving at the camera
A long table completely covered with the cards and tokens of the boardgame "FlameCraft"
Nicely rendered image of the Godot Engine mascot and a big bold headline "4.2"
Plastic model (gunpla) of a green, brown and yellow mech-frog held in my hand.
Close-up zoomed photo of the pill-bug gachapon's face with small black eyes staring at camera
Pill-bug gachapon curled in a ball
Notebook with black cover and red/orange/yellow alchemy symbols + text collaged on the front.
Screenshot in Godot Engine: yellow grid ground, purple rocks, a small spaceship model and a materials-test sphere are visible.
300+ people in an event space listening to the opening remarks for the Gameheads Student Showcase
White text on a dark background reads "Dawn of the final day: 24 hours remain"
mobile game screenshot of "Ancients AR", showing a oceanic real-world-map with mysterious floating islands.
Meme: "indie dev who's only marketing plan is to tweet a lot" and "billionaire destroys Twitter"
Key art for "ancients ar" a mobile game made during Niantic's Black Developer's Initiative. The byline reads "transform your commute into a fantastical adventure"