magmacranes

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music person (derogatory)

composer: Shouting Down Midnight, Noclip, Helheim Hassle & many more

music implementer: The Lamplighter’s League

maker of interactive musical experiences: Which is Witch and inter-view, currently making Divinuet

🌃: Chicago


It’s wild being incredibly introverted in a career that’s all about who you know

I’m terrible at conferences

I’m terrible at discord servers

I’m kind of okay at small local events

But honestly where’s my old timey patron who will let me live in a hut in their garden and compose operettas to impress their important guests with


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in reply to @magmacranes's post:

do you have any advice in particular for networking when you're introverted/anything you've found has helped you? or is it more of a thing where it's just like 'learn to cope with how it works'

I’m still kind of trying to figure things out myself, especially at big conferences since I’ve ended up completely overwhelmed at every one I’ve been to. But at stuff like GDC it definitely helps to make sure I have alone time to recharge, even if I feel like I’m missing out.

And with local events I’m happy to just keep going to them repeatedly and get to know people at the slow pace I’m comfortable with, and let everyone think of me as the quiet mysterious composer in the meantime 😆