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# The best of #whatdoesagamedesignerlooklike
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/best-whatdoesagamedesignerlooklike/
- Published: 2012-12-19T21:08:01.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T14:44:00.000Z
- Description: At 9:45 PM last night, Eastern Standard Time, the game developer Robin Hunicke – she of Journey fame – tweeted a picture of herself with the query: what does a game designer look like? You know the rest: a hashtag was born and a flood of game designers started snapping selfshots! So, what DO game de
- Author: Joseph Bernstein
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/previously/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/hunicke.jpg)

At 9:45 PM last night, Eastern Standard Time, the game developer Robin Hunicke – [she of *Journey* fame](http://www.funomena.com/?page%5Fid=2&ref=killscreen.com) – tweeted a picture of herself with the query: what does a game designer look like? You know the rest: a hashtag was born and a flood of game designers started snapping selfshots! So, what DO game designers look like?

The main trend we noticed was beards:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/previously/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/akira_thompson.jpg)

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**[Akira Thompson](http://www.akiraarts.com/?ref=killscreen.com)**

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/previously/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/rob_remakes_is_santa.jpg)

**[Rob of Retro Remakes](http://www.merseyremakes.co.uk/gibber/?ref=killscreen.com)**

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/previously/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/rohan_harris.jpg)

[Rohan Harris](http://www.rohanharris.net/?ref=killscreen.com)

And stubble…

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/previously/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/jayenkai.jpg)

[Jayenkai from A Game A Week](http://jayenkai.socoder.net/?ref=killscreen.com)

And sideburns…

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/previously/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/rudolf_kremers.jpg)

[Rudolf Kremers](http://www.rudolfkremers.com/?ref=killscreen.com)

Also, disguises:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/previously/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/janwillemnijman.jpg)

[Jan Wilhelm Nijman](http://slordig.thepoppenkast.com/?ref=killscreen.com)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/previously/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/andy_moore.jpg)

[Andy Moore](http://www.andymoore.ca/?ref=killscreen.com)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/previously/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/terrycav.png)

[Terry Cavanagh](http://distractionware.com/blog/?ref=killscreen.com)

And, yes, a few ladies.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/previously/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mattiebrice.jpg)

[Mattie Brice](http://xgalatea.blogspot.com/?ref=killscreen.com)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/previously/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/meissner.jpg)

[Shannon B. Meissner](https://twitter.com/monstroddity?ref=killscreen.com), with the insane West Side Story meets Barbie meets Shibuya chic. Steez.