Anna Anthropy
| Name: | Anna Anthropy |
| Also Known As: | Auntie Pixelante[1] Anna Anne Anthropy, Dessgeega[2] |
| Pronouns: | |
| Occupation: | blogger, video game archivist-designer |
| Medium: | games |
| Works: | Dys4ia, see Works section for more… |
| Official Website(s): | Anna Anthropy at MobyGames Anna Anne Anthropy at itch.io cyborgurl at Mastodon cyborgurl at bsky.social cyborgurl at cohost auntiepixelante at Twitter adult_witch at Twitter http://triple-a-games.biz/ http://dessgeega.com/ http://www.auntiepixelante.com/ http://annarchive.com/ annarchive at Twitter |
| Fan Website(s): | Wikipedia Article |
| On Fanlore: | Related pages |
Anna Anthropy is a writer, historian, blogger and video game archivist-designer.[3][4] She is also an interactive fiction author whose works include the freeware games Mighty Jill Off, Queers in Love at the End of the World and Dys4ia -- with the latter, Anna won accolades for which explores her personal journey of gender transition, through a browser-based flash interface.
She took her old blog auntie pixelante offline in 2015, moving the publications exclusively to her profile on Patreon and itch.io.[5]
Anny also participated in Gamer's Quarter magazine offering reviews of different games, in two editions.[6]
Anna and Twine
Anna Anthropy has written extensively about Twine, a platform for interactive fiction. One of her most well-known Twine games is Queers in Love at the End of the World.
She is cited by Chris Klimas, the creator of Twine, as one of the individuals responsible for Twine success, due to her promotion and usage of Twine in the indie gaming scene.[7]
[The importance of indie gaming] was the thing that Anna Anthropy really recognized, I think. I honestly credit her . . . fifty-fifty for Twine’s success.
Interviews
- Anna Anthropy Talks Indie Game Goodness interview with Anna Anthropy about her games and thoughts (on indiegames.com, 28th November 2009)
Works
Games
- Afternoon in the House of Secrets[8]
- And the Robot Horse You Rode In On
- Calamity Annie
- Dys4ia[9]
- Encyclopedia Fuckme and the Case of the Vanishing Entree
- Gay Cats Go to the Weird Weird Woods
- The Hunt for the Gay Planet
- I Love You, Alive Girl
- Jennifer Janowski is Doomed
- Keep Me Occupied
- Mighty Jill Offl
- Ohmygod Are You Alright
- Police Bear[10]
- Pong Vaders (on iTunes)
- Princess with a Cursed Sword
- Queers in Love at the End of the World[11]
- Redder
- Swords by Starlight in The Ultimate Micro-RPG Book (Simon & Schuster)
- Tavern At the End Of the World
- Triad[12]
- When Pigs Fly
Bibliography
- Rise of the Videogame Zinesters Seven Stories Press, 2012.
- ZZT Boss Fight Books, 2014.
- The State of Play: Creators and Critics on Video Game Culture. Seven Stories Press, 2015.
- A Game Design Vocabulary: Exploring the Foundational Principles Behind Good Game Design. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2014.
- Make Your Own Twine Games! No Starch Press, 2019.
- Make Your Own Scratch Games! No Starch Press, 2019.
- Make Your Own Puzzlescript Games! No Starch Press, 2019.
References
- ^ Kopfstein, Janus (5 April 2012). "Don't start a band: why everyone should be making video games". The Verge. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "Anna Anthropy". MobyGames. Archived from the original on 2024-06-16.
- ^ "anna anthropy is creating games". Patreon. 2016-03-11. Archived from the original on 2024-06-15.
- ^ "The Weblog Interview: Anna Anthropy Talks Indie Game Goodness". IndieGames.com. November 28, 2009. Archived from the original on January 31, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
- ^ "auntie pixelante › THIS BLOG IS NOW RETIRED". 2015-09-29. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09.
- ^ "The Gamer's Quarter". Archived from the original on 2011-02-28.
- ^ Salter, A. Moulthrop, S. Twining the Narrative Appendix I. Interview with Chris Klimas
- ^ "Afternoon In The House Of Secrets". Auntiepixelante.com. July 30, 2007. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
- ^ "dys4ia". Newgrounds.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
- ^ "Sugarcane". Auntiepixelante.com. July 30, 2007. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
- ^ "Queers in love at the end of the world". Auntiepixelante.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ^ Anthropy, Anna. "Triad". Retrieved March 16, 2021.