WELCOME TO THE
TIAMAT COLLECTIVE
WRITERS ~ DESIGNERS ~ ARTISTS ~ PRODUCERS ~ PROGRAMMERS ~ CREATIVES ETC.
ABOUT US
We are a coalition of creatives – artists, writers, designers, etc. – once separate freelancers, now connected. Founded by Annie VanderMeer in 2019, we have banded together to seek out and create great work, and support each other while we’re at it.
We specialize in the medium of video games, but we are not limited to it: our members have extensive experience in theater, voice acting, comics, fiction writing, copy editing, and multiple different flavors of consulting.
LEADERSHIP
The Tiamat Collective exists to help its members, and though we don’t abide by a strict hierarchy, the “Heads” that help to manage the particulars of its affairs, and coordinate with each other to find the best candidates for the offers that arrive. Each Head has an area of specialization, but there is more than a little overlap between them.
Specialties: Game Design (Content, Narrative), Writing (Genre Fiction), Editing, Voice Acting (Writing and Performance)
Based In: Seattle, Washington, USA (Pacific Standard Time)
Website: www.annievandermeer.com
About: 20+ year industry vet, founder of the Collective, experience from AAA to indie, and just about every genre and setting.
Specialties: Narrative Design, Voice Direction, Production, Voice Acting (Writing and Performance) Writing, Editing
Based In: Malmo, Sweden (Central European Time)
Website: www.thelaurenstone.com
About: Game Dev and Entertainment Swiss Army knife, she loves to solve impossible problems.
Specialties: Art (2D, Concept, Consultation), Business Development
Based In: Seattle, Washington, USA (Pacific Standard Time)
Website: shelldragon.itch.io
About: Wearer of many hats - artist, designer, creative producer, writer, actor combatant
PROJECTS
While we most often work on projects for external companies, occasionally a member (or members) of the Collective will put out a project of their own under our banner. While we would not always consider ourselves "publishers" per se, we like to showcase the talents of our members and promote them as much as possible.
Made for NaNoRenO 2024, this visual novel follows Ash, someone just starting their new job at the entertainment content site, The Tea... and running into some wholly unexpected situations.
hue: a game about a choice is a short narrative experience about a very personal decision, told in an obfuscated way through text and surreal watercolors. The pivotal choice comes up once every day of the seven days you have to decide, and the game will end when you choose. What you discover along the way - and how you react to it - is up to you.
The Passenger is a sci-fi adventure/interactive fiction that follows you - an unexpected passenger aboard the cargo scow Ergo - in a tense struggle to survive against deadly odds. You will decide not only what you choose to utilize to get by, but who you are, what it was about you that caused the accident, and how you will handle the outcome. With multiple different puzzles, over a dozen endings, and three playable character "classes," you're invited to try your hand at rewriting Fate time and again.
CONTACT
While the Collective is currently unavailable for projects as a whole, we are always eager to connect our members with those seeking talent. Feel free to contact us using the form below, and please add the subject line "Tiamat Collective Projects" at the start of your message (and please, serious inquiries only - none of our members need or want to work for 'exposure').
Though our numbers may be small at the moment, we are no less creative and capable. Let us make something great together.
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