Thais Weiller is a Brazilian game designer and producer. Together with Danilo Dias she co-founded JoyMasher and released '' Oniken'', '' Odallus'', '' Blazing Chrome'' and '' Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider''.

Work

She has also created ''Rainy Day'', a game about anxiety and depression: she spoke at

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(GDC) in 2017 about "wondering why no one was making games about the 'crappy moments in life,' like break ups, awful bosses, and experiences with serious health conditions." ''Rainy Day'' was described by one reviewer as "" ("a short game about anxiety and depression which you should play now"). She has also published two books on game design, "Game Start" and "Pense Pequeno", under

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. Both books are in Portuguese and available for free download.

Education

She has an M.Sc. in

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from the

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and currently pursuits a PhD in

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