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'''Maddy Thorson''' (born 18 March 1988) is a Canadian video game developer, known as one of the lead creators for the video games ''TowerFall'' and ''Celeste'', developed under | '''Maddy Thorson''' (born 18 March 1988) is a Canadian video game developer, known as one of the lead creators for the video games ''TowerFall'' and ''Celeste'', developed under her studio Maddy Makes Games. Since September 2019, Thorson has effectively shut down Maddy Makes Games to relaunch her team under Extremely OK Games. | ||
Thorson went to college at Grande Prairie Regional College in Alberta, Canada, studying computer science, during which one summer they worked at HermitWorks Entertainment, a local video game development studio. | Thorson went to college at Grande Prairie Regional College in Alberta, Canada, studying computer science, during which one summer they worked at HermitWorks Entertainment, a local video game development studio. | ||
On [[International Nonbinary Day]] 2019, Maddy came out as nonbinary with the pronouns they/them<ref>{{cite tweet|user=MaddyThorson|number=1150555661819768832||date=14 July 2019|title=It’s #InternationalNonBinaryDay! I’m going to use this opportunity to say... Hi, I’m non-binary :) I still struggle with shame sometimes, but when I’m comfortable being myself it’s wonderful 🥰 ✨}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=MaddyThorson|number=1150592764511313920|date=14 July 2019|title=They/them :)}}</ref>, although | On [[International Nonbinary Day]] 2019, Maddy came out as nonbinary with the pronouns they/them<ref>{{cite tweet|user=MaddyThorson|number=1150555661819768832||date=14 July 2019|title=It’s #InternationalNonBinaryDay! I’m going to use this opportunity to say... Hi, I’m non-binary :) I still struggle with shame sometimes, but when I’m comfortable being myself it’s wonderful 🥰 ✨}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=MaddyThorson|number=1150592764511313920|date=14 July 2019|title=They/them :)}}</ref>, although she uses she/her now.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@maddy|title=Thornson's Mastodon|website=Mastodon|language=en|access-date=22 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304183513/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@maddy|archive-date=4 March 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
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