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NZ CODE 2024 Funding Support for Fnife

ShelfLife has received funding + support in the latest round of NZ CODE funding!

Tom BarrerApril 3, 2024lgbt, lgbtqia+, CODE, Centre Of Digital Excellence, Funding, ShelfLife

June's Queer Games Bundle 2023 (recap)

Reflecting on the 2023 Queer Games Bundle!

Tom BarrerDecember 13, 2023lgbt, lgbtqia+

Small Town Emo is a Pavs 2023 Finalist!

Small Town Emo is a Pavs 2023 Finalist in four (4) categories!

Tom BarrerJuly 6, 2023lgbt, lgbtqia+, the pavs, NZGDC, NZGF, SmallTownEmo

Small Town Emo @ Pride At Play!

We exhibited Small Town Emo at Pride At Play (& did a cool interview)!

Tom BarrerMarch 22, 2023lgbt, lgbtqia+, nzgdc, 2021, nzgda

Spotlight: AlterXArtifact by nohua & co

Spotlight on Alter X Artifact, a new queer webcomic by Maven Boren

Tom BarrerOctober 4, 2022indie, indiegames, lgbt, lgbtqia+, non binary, cannes, interactive diversity, Q & A, webcomic, comic Comment

Fnife Devlog 07/22 - Emo Game | ShelfLife | Echo Peak

A Devlog giving an update, explanation and rundown of our various projects (and exposing our delusions, most likely).

Tom BarrerJuly 2, 2022lgbt, lgbtqia+, devlog, fnifegames, stupidemogame, shelflife, echopeak

NZGDC 2021 (our first GDC) was cool and good!

A wrap up of our good times at the 2021 New Zealand Game Developer’s Conference, wowee!

Tom BarrerSeptember 3, 2021lgbt, lgbtqia+, nzgdc, 2021, nzgda

@maankalf's OverNight Demo available on Itch.io

OverNight, the project our team mentored and assisted @maankalf with developing now has a Demo on itch.io!

New Project: OverNight by @maankalf!

Let’s talk ‘bout “OverNight”, a project created by Hessel Bouma during his HKU internship/mentorship with our Team!

Tom BarrerFebruary 9, 2021indie, indiegames, christchurch, indiegamedev, demo, lgbt, lgbtqia+, non binary, interactive diversity, Q & A, HKU, Internship, OverNight

[Interactive Diversity] Interview 3: Hessel Bouma

The third interview in our [Interactive Diversity] series, featuring gay artist, game dev, mentee, reluctant programmer and student of HKU Hessel Bouma!

[Interactive Diversity] Interview 2: Maven Boren

The second interview in our [Interactive Diversity] series, featuring freelance pixel artist and writer, game developer, and non-binary trans man Maven Boren.