Thais Weiller

Thais Weiller is a Brazilian game designer and producer.[1][2][3][4] Together with Danilo Dias she co-founded JoyMasher and released Oniken, Odallus,[5][6] Blazing Chrome[7] and Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.[8][9]

Thais Weiller
Thais Weiller in March 2017
Thais Weiller in March 2017
NationalityBrazilian
OccupationVideo game designer
Known forCo-founder of JoyMasher
Notable workOniken and Odallus

Work

She has also created Rainy Day, a game about anxiety and depression: she spoke at Game Developers Conference (GDC) in 2017 about "wondering why no one was making games about the 'crappy moments in life,' like break ups, awful bosses, and experiences with serious health conditions."[10]

Rainy Day was described by one reviewer as "um jogo curtinho sobre ansiedade e depressão que você deveria jogar agora" ("a short game about anxiety and depression which you should play now").[11]

She has also published two books on game design, "Game Start" and "Pense Pequeno", under Creative Commons license share-alike. Both books are in Portuguese and available for free download.[12]

Education

She has an M.Sc. in game design from the University of São Paulo.[13]

References
  1. Alexandre, Mateus (25 June 2015). "Entrevistamos Thais Weiller, produtora e designer de jogos" (in Portuguese). Jogazera. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  2. Luzardo, Alejandro (27 March 2017). "Soy una 'gamer': la industria de los videojuegos es cosa de chicas". El Pais (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  3. Capelas, Bruno (6 November 2016). "Thais Weiller: 'Jogando, você entende como é ser mulher'". Estadao (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  4. Serpente, Mãe (9 August 2016). "Falange Entrevista - Thais Weiller" (in Portuguese). Falange. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  5. Chan, Stephanie (5 July 2018). "The IndieBeat: Glitch Mundo carves out a grassroots festival for indie games in Brazil". Venture Beat. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  6. "Factsheet". JoyMasher. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  7. "JoyMasher on Blazing Chrome". Video Chums. 11 April 2019.
  8. Franzese, Tomas (11 January 2023). "Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is the first great game of 2023". Digital Trends. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  9. Romano, Sal (1 December 2022). "Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider launches January 12, 2023". Gematsu. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  10. Batchelor, James (6 March 2017). "Standing ovation for Palestinian dev at #1ReasonToBe: Developers from around the world share tales of passion, ambition, self-discovery and suffering at GDC 2017". gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  11. Sampaio, Henrique (27 July 2016). "Rainy Day, da Thais Weiller, é um jogo curtinho sobre ansiedade e depressão que você deveria jogar agora" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  12. "Game Start". Venture Beat. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  13. "Thais Weiller". Tehran Game Convention. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
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