Hello there! I'm Olivia Montoya (she/they pronouns), a 32-year-old larp writer, solo hobby dev, zinester, and a graphic designer at my day job. This is giving me more time to work on old projects I had to put on the back burner, so hopefully I'll finally be able to finish one of my games! (I've started a lot...)
List of important identities: queer, bi/pan, asexual, femme, nonbinary, Latine, autistic, chronically ill, zinester. I love to write, program, and create art, especially when I can combine all of these into one project! I love SF/Fantasy, magical girl stuff, queer media, superheroes, larping, snail mail, books, cats, and being a massive nerd.
Jams I've Hosted (check my portfolio website for links):
Ace Jam, Zine Jam, Otherships Jam, Neurodiversity in Games Jam, Aro Jam, Social Distancing LARP Jam, Mixed Feelings Jam, Queer LARP Jam, Release the Magic Jam, Oldweb Nostalgia Jam
Discord Servers I Run:
I also run a Queer Game Dev Discord server! All queer identifying people and respectful Straight+cis people interested in creating queer characters are welcome! https://discord.gg/AxVTMrH
And the Queer Indie TTRPG Scene Discord server. This one is queer-only, no allies. https://discord.gg/fcFnQkK
I also have one called Zines and Zinesters for people interested in zines and zine culture here: https://discord.gg/DrRyFx9
Check my website for more about my projects! But here's a few current ones:
- Silversiders - Post-apocalyptic dystopian secrets and powers LARP set in a frozen future city populated by mutants (with some world shattering secrets + explorations of queerness)
- Reflection of Souls - Medieval science fantasy secrets and powers LARP set on a space station cathedral as various factions vie for control of the future after a deadly plague (and potentially reinvent world-destroying technology)
- Extinction Level Event - Satirical secrets and powers LARP that mashes together time travel tourism, the last days of the dinosaurs, and Fyre Festival
- Chrysalis Cycle Rebirth! - Unapologetically queer and neurodivergent magical girl genre ttrpg
- Mary Sue Dating Sim - Exactly what it says, with trope subversion
- Sp(ace) - Bitsy game about being asexual on a spaceship
- Soulless Support Society - Another support group LARP, this time about the people who are rejected by society in a world where soulmates definitively exist
- Doom and Date - Wacky deck-building monster girl dating sim LARP where some of the monsters have ulterior motives
- LARP Bot - A Discord bot for playing LARPs on Discord in the MIT Assassins' Guild style (this one is basically done, aside from minor bugfixes)
- Queer Zine Fest Simulator - A Discord horde LARP about queer zine fests
(Some) far back burner projects:
- Camp Ravenrock - Queer SF/Fantasy Summer School VN
- The A-List - Short Asexual Superhero VN
- Over Water, Under Hill - Fantasy Asexual Adventure VN
- Pandaemonium - Queer modern day magical girl Pandora myth VN
- Void Calling - Oneshot post-apocalyptic road trip ttrpg
- Better Self - Dystopian time travel ttrpg where two players play the same character
- Let's Trade Zines - Zine Trading Social Network Android App
- Femme Story - Queer autobio VN
- The Third Light - Little RPG thing for a game jam about the Tunguska event, aliens, and doomsday devices
- Do the Thing - A game about executive dysfunction