- Deirdra “Squinky” Kiai is a writer, programmer, musician, and visual artist who creates videogame-like artifacts about gender identity, social awkwardness, and miscellaneous silliness. They are currently completing an MFA in Digital Arts and New Media at UC Santa Cruz.
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Coffee: A Misunderstanding, or, what I’ve been up to these past several months…
I’ve been hard at work on a new… thing for my MFA thesis, called Coffee: A Misunderstanding. It’s a queer and socially awkward interactive play about the weirdness of online friendships that aren’t really friendships, set in the midst of … Continue reading
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Making games is easy. Belonging is hard. #1ReasonToBe
GDC 2014, the most overwhelming GDC I have ever experienced, has come and gone. I saw many friends, too numerous to list, and met even more amazing people. At the IGF Awards, Dominique Pamplemousse lost to Papers, Please, DEVICE 6, … Continue reading
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Pamplemousse! Steam! Humble! GDC! IGF!
Whew, there sure has been a lot going on these past couple of months! Time for some exciting announcements! Steam & Humble release If you’re one of those people who’s been waiting and hoping for Dominique Pamplemousse to be available … Continue reading
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Dominique Pamplemousse goes to the IGF!
You know what I wasn’t expecting at all when I woke up this morning? That’s right. Apparently, Dominique Pamplemousse has been nominated for a grand total of FOUR IGF awards: Excellence in Narrative, Excellence in Audio, the Nuovo Award, and … Continue reading
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Happy New Year! Here, have a story.
“//” is a short interactive story. It was written for the newly-formed Artists Anonymous group based in Santa Cruz, prompted by the words “mirror”, “growth”, and “parallel”. It is also a prequel to my current work in progress, more news … Continue reading
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Impostor Syndrome, now in the form of a videogame!
“Impostor Syndrome” is a short interactive story I wrote in which you play a woman of colour speaking at a tech conference. It wasn’t hard to program and design, but it’s one of the most difficult things I have ever … Continue reading
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Dominique Pamplemousse is an official IndieCade selection!
Looks like I’m going to IndieCade in Culver City, CA for the first time ever this year! I’ll be showing Dominique Pamplemousse, along with other Digital Selects, on the weekend of October 5-6. If you’ll be there too, I hope … Continue reading
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