thatgamecompany's Kellee Santiago

Posted by Derek Yu Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:36:00 GMT

Kellee Santiago

It’s a funny thing… on Friday I was having a conversation with Alec about female game developers where neither of us could name a single female indie developer, and then today I read this interview with Kellee Santiago, president of thatgamecompany.

The interview, sadly, doesn’t reveal too much about what TGC is working on, only that they’re signed into a 3-game deal with Sony and that their next project will explore “an emotion that’s different from mainstream games.” I wonder which emotion that is? I know it’s definitely not Schadenfreude…

But yeah, more girls making games!

EDIT: DMac just schooled my ass by listing a bunch of female indie game developers, many of which I had heard of. So I’m a chauvinist pig and he’s a stalker. Apparently.

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  1. Albert Lai said 40 minutes later:

    My money’s on love.

  2. crackers said about 1 hour later:

    Will it be the emotion you get after you’ve eaten some really kicking tacos or when you buy some hella sweet rims for your ride?

  3. Twisted Rabbit said about 1 hour later:

    I dont know about love… The Sims?

    But, i dont know… Of the 8 emotions of Plutchik, i think acceptance would be the one that stands out.

  4. Hmm said about 1 hour later:

    They’ve captured that “I blew $600 on a PS3, and all I got was this empty flash game” emotion so well.

  5. FemDev said about 2 hours later:

    Where’s the list???? I only know about Amanda Fitch from Amaranth Games…

  6. Derek said about 2 hours later:

    He mentioned Amanda. Also, mare from Metanet. Papillon, aka “CuteKnight” on the Indiegamer forums. YOU. ;)

  7. failrate said about 3 hours later:

    dessgeega, innit?

  8. MattC said about 4 hours later:

    Who wants to bet that Peter Molyneux will announce this emotion is in Fable 2 at E3 this week?

  9. haowan said about 6 hours later:

    I believe the Sleepy Sushi Service main developer is female.

  10. Mandrake42 said about 7 hours later:

    Ok, this is just from Sierra games: Roberta Williams who designed the sickly saccharine Kings Quests

    Jane Jensen who designed the fully awesome Gabriel Knight games

    And Lori Cole, who with her husband, designed the Quest for Glory games.

  11. haowan said about 8 hours later:

    Indie though.

  12. haowan said about 8 hours later:

    Sparky from Octopus Motor

  13. Err said about 8 hours later:

    They’re not indie. :)

  14. Mandrake42 said about 8 hours later:

    Why would TIG expect me to post indie developers………oh wait………:P

  15. Mandrake42 said about 8 hours later:

    Ok you’re right, indie devs is much harder to think of. I agree with FemDev, post the list :D

  16. Sergio said about 11 hours later:

    Jane Jensen is indie. She went on to found Oberon Media and do Inspector Parker and BeTrapped and stuff, right?

  17. nullerator said about 12 hours later:

    Ravn is headed by a couple of females (http://www.ravnstudio.no/eng/omravn.htm) , don’t know how indie they are though.

  18. rinkuhero said about 12 hours later:

    There’s also my friend Komera, who I have made games with since 1999.

  19. rinkuhero said about 12 hours later:

    Oh, and Auriea from Tale-of-Tales (Endless Forest, The Path).

  20. Mandrake42 said about 14 hours later:

    @ Sergio: Yes, thats right, she is now doing dev on those games.

  21. HandCraftedRadio said about 16 hours later:

    I have noticed that there are more girls making indie games now. You know, with all of the new games comming out about cleaning and washing dishes.

  22. PHeMoX said about 21 hours later:

    Cleaning dishes? Yeah, maybe they go for a really psychedelic abstract colorful something? ;-p

  23. PHeMoX said about 22 hours later:

    I believe the Sleepy Sushi Service main developer is female.

    Yes, that’s right, she’s indie too.

  24. Kinoko said 1 day later:

    Also, there’s that amazing Rebecca Clements who made that fantastic, super-popular game, “Cirque de Zale” that all the movie stars are playing.

    She’s a girl!

  25. failrate said 1 day later:

    Ken and Roberta were originally indie. They developed in their kitchen.

  26. Slash, Roguetemplar said 1 day later:

    So yeah, this girls’ name is cool…

    Oh wait… now I’ve got a girls’ name? what is this?

    I wish I would meet a female game developer someday… mind you, I wish I could met a good female developer :D

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