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I'm Mikey

Game Designer 🎮

I spent years working closely with players as a community manager at both AA and AAA studios. I’m now focused on creating creepy, strange, and sometimes unhinged experiences, with a little satire mixed in. If you’re into indie games and spooky stories, then add your email below to stay updated!

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From Community Manager to Solo Dev

Hey, I’m Mikey. For a long time, my job wasn’t making games. It was being close to the people who played them. I spent years working as a community manager at both AA and AAA studios, helping support and grow communities for games like Evil Dead: The Game, World War Z, Lords of the Fallen, Teardown, and others. Most days were spent listening. Reading feedback, talking to players, and trying to make sure their voices actually reached the people building the game. That experience stuck with me...

27 days ago • 2 min read

April 1 2026 Q2 Internships ↓ I’m just getting my solo game dev studio off the ground and looking for a couple of interns to work with remotely and mentor along the way. People showed me the ropes early on, and now I want to push that forward by doing the same. I’ve got some real game projects lined up and recently won the Scape Indie Winter Challenge! So, you’ll be working on actual stuff that ships! What kind of games? A zelda like rpg with action and scooby doo puzzles A dark metroidvania...

about 3 hours ago • 1 min read

March 20 Okay so something really cool just happened. ↓ 🥳 I won the Scape Indie Winter Challenge! First gaming contest I've ever entered. First gaming publishing deal. The working title for the game is "One Jump." It's a turn-based co-op platformer built around one rule: each player gets exactly one jump until they touch the ground. So grateful to the whole Scape team. More soon. 600 1st Ave, Ste 330 PMB 92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2246Unsubscribe · Preferences

12 days ago • 1 min read

March 7th, 2026 Something is happening in Tombstone. I wrote a book about it. Students Against Spooky Stuff is my upcoming book, and before it goes out into the world, I want to put it in the hands of 100 readers first. Here's the deal: you get a free copy of the book. You read it. You tell me what you think. That's it. No formal review required, no pressure. Just honest feedback from real people before this thing officially launches. There's also a bonus in it for you. Everyone who...

25 days ago • 22 min read