kia ora, i'm lucy.
- I’m an Aotearoa/New Zealand-based game developer and artist, specialising in UI/UX design, game design and game writing.
- past roles include community manager EMEA (ubisoft bluebyte), senior ui designer (pikpok) and lecturer for the bachelor of creative technologies (media design school)
- I do casual academic, research and advocacy work into sex & romance in games outside my day work.
awards & nominations
- New Zealand Games Festival – Excellence in Representation winner for Best Friend Forever (2021)
- New Zealand Games Festival – Excellence in Narrative nomination for Acrylic (2020)
- Develop Pacific – 30 Under 30 (2019)
- Stugan – Developer Residency in Sweden (2017)
- MCV Pacific Women in Games – Game Changers (2017)
- MCV Pacific – 30 Under 30 Honours List (2017)
- MCV Pacific Women in Games – Top 100 Most Influential (2016)
- MCV Pacific Women in Games – Woman of the Year Nominee (2016)
- Develop Online – 30 Under 30 Honours List (2016)
- MCV Pacific – 30 Under 30 Honours List (2015)
- MCV Pacific Women in Games – Top 75 Most Influential (2015)
community work
- Founder & Former Director – New Zealand Games Festival (formerly Play by Play)
- Former Vice-President & member of the Board of Directors – International Game Developers’ Association
- Former Executive Committee Member – Global Game Jam
- Co-Founder – IGDA NZ Chapter
- Founder – Nordrhein-Westfalen Game Developers
- Founder – Asylum Jam