Metaparadox

Hello there! I'm Olivia Montoya (she/her pronouns), a 27-year-old former computer science major taking time off from school indefinitely for health reasons, 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, mixed Latinx, autistic, chronically ill, atheist, feminist, secular humanist, skeptic (in the sense that my philosophy is to only believe significant claims with evidence, not in the “vaccine skeptic” or right-wing a-hole sense), zinester. I love to write, program, and create art, especially when I can combine all of these into one project! I love SF/Fantasy, superheroes, LARPing, snail mail, books, cats, and being a massive nerd.

I host Ace Jam, a game jam about creating games with ace spectrum characters in primary roles and ace experiences: 

2018: https://itch.io/jam/ace-jam

2019: https://itch.io/jam/ace-jam-2019

I also host Zine Jam, a jam about making zines with a very loose definition of zines: https://itch.io/jam/zine-jam-2018

And Otherships Jam, a ttrpg jam centering underrepresented relationships: https://itch.io/jam/otherships-jam

And Neurodiversity in Games Jam: https://itch.io/jam/neurodiversity-in-games-jam

And now Aro Jam, an equivalent of Ace Jam for aro spectrum characters and experiences: https://itch.io/jam/aro-jam 

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 

Current Projects:

• Chrysalis Cycle Rebirth! - Unapologetically queer and neurodivergent magical girl genre ttrpg
• 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
• Mary Sue Dating Sim - Exactly what it says, with trope subversion
• Sp(ace) - Bitsy game about being asexual on a spaceship
• Void Calling - Oneshot post-apocalyptic road trip ttrpg
• Better Self - Dystopian time travel ttrpg where two players play the same character
• Silversiders - Post-apocalyptic dystopian LARP set in a frozen future city populated by mutants (with some world shattering secrets + explorations of queerness)
• Do the Thing - A game about executive dysfunction

Far Back Burner:

• Let's Trade Zines - Zine Trading Social Network Android App
• Femme Story - Queer autobio VN
• Reflection of Souls - Story-driven Medieval Science Fiction RPG Thing
• The Third Light - Little RPG thing for a game jam about the Tunguska event, aliens, and doomsday devices

Old Stuff I'll Probably Never Finish (All School Projects):

• Hypercube Syndrome - Creepy SF Time Travel Puzzle Game
• Shades of Play - Fantasy RPG Thing With Choice of Scale Between Story and Gameplay