izzy kestrel - game designer


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isabelle adena kestrel
game designer / engineer



press mentions
in 2013 i founded Virtually Competent, a small game dev team. we made a bunch of cool games in the 5 years we were active!
Legend of Zeldo: Lonk’s Awakening is the second best Flappy Bird clone
Legend of Zeldo: Lonk’s Awakening is the second best Flappy Bird clone
Local game developer encourages you to ‘Tune It Up!’
Local game developer encourages you to ‘Tune It Up!’
The Legend of Zeldo: Lonk's Awakening is an iOS Flappy Bird Clone, and an Abomination
The Legend of Zeldo: Lonk's Awakening is an iOS Flappy Bird Clone, and an Abomination

Nintendo Life called one of my games "an Abomination" and i couldn't be more proud

written works
Why Spelunky is the best game I've ever played
Why Spelunky is the best game I've ever played
Spooky's Treasure Hunt
Spooky's Treasure Hunt
sometimes i write about game design and other times i just write self-insert Smash Bros fanfic
Putt-Putt Saves the Children: Some thoughts on designing children’s games
Putt-Putt Saves the Children: Some thoughts on designing children’s games
smashfic ultimate
smashfic ultimate

live performances
i did a stand-up comedy set once and it was pretty fun
in 2017 i started making music with Good Evening Gumm

wanna chat? hmu!