Between Sunblink and What We Do In The Shadows with Phoebe Current

In collaboration with the IGDA LGBTQ+ Special Interest Group, we kicked off a micro-conference last month exploring queer monstrosity in games with some pretty unhinged academic takes on queerness in horror. This month, we’re keeping the monstrous vibes alive, but turning our attention to game devs instead by chatting to Phoebe Current.

Phoebe is a narrative designer, community support intern on Hello Kitty Island Adventure (yes, really), and a queer horror dev whose itch.io page is full of weird experiments. We talk about balancing studio work and personal games, the joys of community roles, and why horror is the perfect container for queer joy, rage, mess, and meaning.

Also: haunted cassette tapes, SIG shoutouts, and a moment about customer service we had to edit slightly for fear of angering the NDA gods. Don't worry, we turned it into a treatise on how community in games is actually really important!

We had plans to speak to more devs, but the episode had to ship. So consider this a taste of how nerdy I usually get when talking to Cool People Making Cool Stuff!

Links & Shoutouts:

🦇 Phoebe’s games: https://catsket.itch.io/

🌈 IGDA LGBTQ+ SIG: https://igda.org/sigs/lgbtq/

🐱 Hello Kitty Island Adventure: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2495100/Hello_Kitty_Island_Adventure/

📧 Wanna be on a future ep? [email protected]

🧠 Adam lives here: https://web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/twoleft.bsky.social

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