Paloma Dawkins
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Paloma Dawkins is a cartoonist, animator and video game creator who is known for works that blur the line between natural and game environments.{{Cite web |last1=Kotzer |first1=Zack |title=If a Video Game Were a Plant, Paloma Dawkins Would Make It |work=Waypoint |date=2016-08-18 |url=https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/kwz7yx/if-a-video-game-were-a-plant-paloma-dawkins-would-make-it |accessdate=2018-05-29 |df=mdy-all |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529130236/https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/kwz7yx/if-a-video-game-were-a-plant-paloma-dawkins-would-make-it |archive-date=May 29, 2018 |url-status=live }} Her works include Gardenarium (2015),{{Cite web |last1=Joho |first1=Jess |title=The time has come to relish the vivid phantasmagoria of Gardenarium |work=Kill Screen |date=2015-04-03 |url=https://killscreen.com/articles/gardenarium/ |accessdate=2018-05-20 |df=mdy-all |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222011119/https://killscreen.com/articles/gardenarium/ |archivedate=December 22, 2017 }}{{Cite web |author1=Kill Screen Staff |title=Tune into this psychedelic wonderland and never want to leave |work=Kill Screen |date=2015-04-30 |url=https://killscreen.com/articles/tune-into-this-psychedelic-wonderland-never-want-leave/ |accessdate=2018-05-20 |df=mdy-all |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520051118/https://killscreen.com/articles/tune-into-this-psychedelic-wonderland-never-want-leave/ |archivedate=May 20, 2018 }}{{Cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=Alice |title=Trippy, Dreamy Exploration: Gardenarium Released |work=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |date=2015-04-03 |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/04/03/gardenarium-exploration-game-released/#more-280123 |accessdate=2018-05-20 |df=mdy-all |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307015630/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/04/03/gardenarium-exploration-game-released/#more-280123 |archivedate=March 7, 2018 }}{{Cite web |last1=Warr |first1=Philippa |title=Gardenarium Hits Steam, Is Still Strange And Beautiful |work=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |date=2016-02-26 |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/02/26/gardenarium-steam/#more-349887 |accessdate=2018-05-20 |df=mdy-all |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729005633/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/02/26/gardenarium-steam/#more-349887 |archivedate=July 29, 2017 }}
Alea (2015),{{Cite web |last1=Priestman |first1=Chris |title=You can play this psychedelic forest game with a moss controller |work=Kill Screen |date=2015-09-25 |url=https://killscreen.com/articles/play-psychedelic-forest-game-with-moss-controller/ |accessdate=2018-05-20 |df=mdy-all |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610214427/https://killscreen.com/articles/play-psychedelic-forest-game-with-moss-controller/ |archivedate=June 10, 2016 }}
Palmystery{{Cite web |author1=Staff |title=Here are the charming indie games you'll play at the GDC 2018 Mild Rumpus |work=Gamasutra |date=2018-02-13 |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/314595/Here_are_the_charming_indie_games_youll_play_at_the_GDC_2018_Mild_Rumpus.php |accessdate=2018-05-20 |df=mdy-all |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307212734/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/314595/Here_are_the_charming_indie_games_youll_play_at_the_GDC_2018_Mild_Rumpus.php |archivedate=March 7, 2018 }}
and Museum of Symmetry.{{Cite web |last1=Rogers |first1=Tim |title=This Is The Coolest Thing I've Seen In VR |work=Kotaku |date=2018-05-14 |url=https://kotaku.com/this-is-the-coolest-thing-ive-seen-in-vr-1826010054 |accessdate=2018-05-20 |df=mdy-all |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514220440/https://kotaku.com/this-is-the-coolest-thing-ive-seen-in-vr-1826010054 |archivedate=May 14, 2018 }} Her games from game jams include Paint Bug (2016){{Cite web |last1=Hudgins |first1=Amanda |title=Paint Bug fills you with childlike joy as you create digital art |work=Kill Screen |date=2016-05-05 |url=https://killscreen.com/articles/paint-bug-fills-you-with-childlike-joy-as-you-create-digital-art/ |accessdate=2018-05-20 |df=mdy-all |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528233158/https://killscreen.com/articles/paint-bug-fills-you-with-childlike-joy-as-you-create-digital-art/ |archivedate=May 28, 2017 }} and Egg Boss (2014).{{Cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=Alice |title=What's Cracking? Plingy Plongy Pair Em Up Egg Boss |work=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |date=2014-11-13 |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/11/13/whats-cracking-plingy-plongy-pair-em-up-egg-boss/#more-249081 |accessdate=2018-05-20 |df=mdy-all |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008032155/http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/11/13/whats-cracking-plingy-plongy-pair-em-up-egg-boss/#more-249081 |archivedate=October 8, 2015 }}
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- {{Cite web |last1=Gordon |first1=Lewis |title=Indie game makers open up about the money they actually make |work=The Verge |date=2019-10-09 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/9/20903139/indie-game-developers-creators-money-funding |language=en |accessdate=2019-10-12 |df=mdy-all }}
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External links
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- [https://palgal.itch.io/ Games at itch.io]
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Category:Canadian video game designers
Category:Canadian women cartoonists
Category:Canadian women animators
Category:Women video game designers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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