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EXOK Games (109) - Celeste, Earthblade, Smash, and Capybaras!

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Our guest today is Heidy Motta, Operations Manager from Extremely OK Games, based out of Vancouver, Canada.

With the success of Celeste, Extremely OK Games was formed in 2019, bringing the entire Celeste team under one company and to one location in their new head office in Vancouver, BC.

The same team of course, also made the popular local multiplayer game TowerFall, which many first learnt of from the Ouya. Towerfall has since made its way to all major consoles and Steam with many updates and new content.

EXOK Games are working hard on their next major release after Celeste, Earthblade. A 2D explor-action game in a seamless pixel art world coming in 2024.

Our conversation included:

  • Moving to Vancouver, Great Blue Herons and Capybaras
  • Her journey into the indie game industry
  • Launching Celeste, that experience, and EXOK Games
  • Luck and accepting opportunities in life
  • International Relationships and working globally
  • Operations Management, Social Media and Community Management Tips
  • Just how hard finishing is!
  • Great stories and creating connections
  • Press kits and localisation
  • And of course, the top 5 games that influenced her

    • Resource Links:


    • Twine Game Engine - https://twinery.org/
      • Press kit link - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/87lycjzncb0o9ns/AACcA3s5Uyzkeicn3-26qLBWa?dl=0


        • More on Extremely OK Games:

        • Website: exok.com
        • Earthblade on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239640/Earthblade
        • Celeste on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/504230/Celeste
        • Towerfall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/251470/TowerFall_Ascension
        • Celeste on Nintendo: https://www.nintendo.com/en-ca/store/products/celeste-switch
        • Celeste and Towerfall are on all major platforms
        • Twitter or Twitch: https://twitter.com/heidy_km
        • Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xuwy39H
        • Heidy on Itch.io: https://heidymotta.itch.io
        • Heidy’s website: heidy.page

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