Farewell Games is a queer and trans led, fully distributed indie studio that works in the luminous space between game & art. We strive to unite audiences with stories that inspire, enchant, & take unexpected directions.
Our studio is founded on the enduring principles of equity, solidarity, diversity, & curiosity. Farewell Games has no bosses or hierarchy. We instead find authority within a collective, self-supported structure.
Meet our team:
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Emma Anderson Jackson (she/her) - Creative Director
Emma is a painter, tattooer, writer, and Creative Director for Sun Doesn’t Set.
She’s a happy trans woman that lives in Brooklyn with her husband.
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Kinsey Cantrell (she/they) - Writer
Kinsey Cantrell lives in Brooklyn, NY. Her debut book of poetry, CELLS, FULLY DIFFERENTIATED, won the 2023 Noemi Press Book Award and is forthcoming in 2025. She studies epidemiology and biostatistics at the City University of New York.
Find her online at www.kinseycantrell.com or on Twitter @kinseymads.
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Anna Cataldo (she/her) - Audio Composer
Anna Cataldo is an experimental musician and writer.
She lives in New York and works as Event Production Coordinator at The Poetry Project.
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Rye Ellis Katz (they/them) - Narrative Director
Rye Ellis Katz lives in Chicago, IL. They are a former member of Yerbamala Collective. They are the author of And Then the Gray Heaven (Dzanc Books, 2021) and several chapbooks.
They work as a narrative strategist and movement communications specialist.
Find them online at ryeelliskatz.com and @boy__gorg
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Jules Engel (they/them) - Studio Producer
Jules is a full-time games PR wiz with 6 years in the biz. They’re proud to have helped market dozens of games of all shapes and sizes.
Jules lives in Brooklyn, NY with their partner and two cats. They spend a lot of time making ceramics, practicing local activism, and drinking huge quantities of bubble tea.
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Zachary Gilbert-Mahoney (he/him) - Writer
Zachary Gilbert-Mahoney is based in Rochester, NY, where he works as both a freelance filmmaker and screenwriter. He also owns Rochester's very own GTFO Escape Rooms!
You can follow his solo projects at @therealstefanspielberg.
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V Hewes (she/they) - Programmer
V is a transsexual leatherdyke based in Chicago. She grows plants, takes instant photographs and enjoys cooking for her friends. She works as a particle physicist, specializing in neutrino oscillations and scientific computing.
You can find her at wavvveland on the internet but she's trying to do that less.
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Alexander Price (he/they) - 3D Artist and Animator
Alexander Price ('INDIGOTRANCE') is a 3D artist and animator, based in the North East of England.
You can find their work at indigotrance.com
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Renata Price (she/they) - Lead Gameplay Designer
Renata Price is a video essayist, games writer, and designer previously featured at Fanbyte, Kotaku, and Vice News.
Her work focuses on queerness, complex game mechanics, and emergent narratives. She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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J Wang (they/them) - 2D Illustrator
J is an illustrator based in Philadelphia.
They've always wanted to make art for a game with others, and have been having a lot of fun creating character art and promotional illustrations for Sun Doesn't Set.
Shout out to friends of the studio:
Yiyi Zhang, Chandana Ekanayake, & many more!