Willow Flame

@willow-flame.bsky.social

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Indie game designer and language lover! Drummer in the grunge rockband Water Maze 🐟 言語を習うことが好きなインディゲームデザイナー! Water Mazeというグランジロックバンドのドラマー🐟 https://willowflame.itch.io/

Orange and silver gems are stuck on my checks alongside some silver spikes
a photo of my eyeshadow pallet that is from the Wednesday Netflix show. On the front it has the character Thing with a gem stuck on him
A picture taken of my mirror on my laptop. In the mirror you can see me holding my phone. I have a fake lip piercing on.
A picture of the poster for DIV's live at Ikebukuro Edge. My arm is the picture holding 4 polaroids, one of each band member. DIVの池袋Edgeのポスターの写真です。ポスターの前に、私の腕があります。手の中にバンドメンバーのチェキがあります。
My laptop with an error message on it saying that it ran into a problem and couldn't be repaired.
Wall from the kanji museum in Kyoto
Image of a drinks cover with beads on it
A pic of Water Maze from their live at Shinjuku Marble. The band is playing in a circle with the guests around the band.
A picture of the white board used in the lesson. It has last week's contents written on it, two pieces of paper with finger spelling on it in the Japanese and American Sign Language alphabet. My name is also written on the board, however I have hidden 3 of my names and only left Willow Flame
An orange dinosaur sitting on a drum stool with a bone in one hand and a half eaten chicken drum stick in the other band. He is sitting behind a blue drum kit. Around him in English, Korean and Japanese is the text "You can do it"
Hand written sheet music with fish drawn on top
A picture of me sitting behind a drum kit
3 images I drew of the kobold I'm playing as. One is waving happily, one is crying, and the last is happily eating some meat
A screenshot from the game Inkfield Grove. Thea is saying in both Japanese and English that her Favourite book is Alice in Wonderland and that she is really happy. Next to the textbox is a sign language video in Japanese Sign Language. Above are UI icons for the game showing inventory (12 wood, no bottles, 30 money) and carried items typewriter, axe and book.
An image of Inkfield Grove in the Blue Ocean Games Rising Tide Challenge. The skill shows the player character next to the ghost Thea who says "Dear Mum, don't forget to plant the watermelons before the end of April." The text above the video describes the game saying "Inkfield Grove is a quirky farming RPG with a charming crayon-style art. Grow crops, befriend ghosts, and write letters, all while building real-world skills! Learn new languages (including Sign Languages!) and boost your touch-typing skills as you play. Special thanks to Manae Makino for providing the Japanese Sign Language videos!"
A video of Inkfield Grove that shows the player interacting with Thea. Text appears on screen in both English and Japanese with Japanese Sign Language in a frame next to the textbox. Thea, the NPC, says to the "Would you like to read a book together?" The player then chops down some trees and finds book. Returning to Thea, she says "Alice in Wonderland is my favourite book. I'm so happy." Next onscreen is a typewriter where the player types up a message for Thea's mum so that the player can deliever Thea's message.
A poster for the talk "Signs, Syntax and Side Quests with Willow Flame" On the poster includes this information "Rhianna Hawkins (aka Willow Flame) is a language educator, game designer, and founder of Willow Flame Productions, a studio creating educational language-learning games that include both spoken and Signed Languages. With experience teaching English in South Korea and a background in EFL publishing, Rhianna integrates pedagogy with playful design to make language learning more accessible and engaging for language learners." The event is on the 31st May, 7 pm JST on zoom and you can register and submit questions in advance
On the left of the screen is Princess Hwangok and the right a prince. Between them are Seagulls each witha letter on their chest. Above the princess is text in Korean and above the prince is text in English that says "ummm can I get your number?"
Text on screen says Eyeball Font. The font is in the shape of eyeballs with the irises being in the shape of the letters
A person with mascara dropping down their face. Within their speech bubble in random blobs with eyes
An image from the lose screen in the game. Amelia looks unhappy and above her head is a green speech bubble that says "toot." The poetry on the game says "Don't despair, it'll be OK. Everyone has accidents somedays. Try again and don't give up. You're defeat the evil with a little luck."
A game made by Willow Flame for the Trijam game jam. The game starts with the player being able to select between two charatcers. The following poem appear on screen. "Amelia has a nervous tum. That is unfortunately connected to her bum. Although she tries hard not to toot. Sometimes her bottom sings like a flute. The evil butterflies are to blame. They wiggle and jiggle every single day. Do your best to shoo them off. So that Amelia’s butt doesn’t start to take off." While Amelia takes her exam, the player has to squish butterflies to help Amelia feel less nervous. At the end, the player is successful and Amelia is happy, ending with the poem "Great job, you did it. You held it in. Play again for another gut-tastic win"
A crayon style drawing of the game dev Willow Flame. She has green and purple hair and is wearing an orange shirt with a blue demin jacket and black + white chocker. Above Willow's head is a speak bubble with the words "Hello World" written in colourful bubble writing