Zayna Sheikh

Game Designer & Science Illustrator in my ‘free’ time

[Tatiana Vilela DS ⚙️🐦 @MechBird]

Congrats to @IndieCade 2022 winners. I have a special thought for @agAitcheson (Performance award) + @dannyrankin @zSpaceSheikh @thebillionaire (Live Action award) as they're pushing the boundaries of the medium making ways for more #altctrl & #playformance #games in the future❤️

[Tatiana Vilela DS ⚙️🐦 @MechBird]

@IndieCade @agAitcheson @dannyrankin @zSpaceSheikh @thebillionaire Find all the 2022's winners on https://t.co/U5u8cmMFHS
Performance award → Artholomew by @agAitcheson, a game-performance played through Twitch
Live action award → Tikatmos by @WhaaatFestival /Lab from @cuatlas, the most advanced/developed #altctrl game I've ever seen

[IndieCade @IndieCade]

Congratulations to all of the IndieCade 2022 Award Winners and Nominees!
Watch the awards show being rebroadcast on Steam: https://t.co/ozOOGBrNqP
Join us for games and talks going on all week!
https://t.co/wPcVZCofCm

[Whaaat!? @WhaaatFestival]

Thanks to everyone who came out to the aaarcade yesterday!

extra special thanks to @mediarchaeology @thebillionaire @bearwarp @zSpaceSheikh @EnricLlagostera and Peter Gyory for the amazing games!

supergiant mega thanks to @cuatlas for making the whole thing possible!

[IndieCade @IndieCade]

✨Join us for #IndieCade 2022 Awards hosted by @selmaleh and @IslaHinck!✨
The awards ceremony will be LIVE from @EasyAllies studios, Saturday the 5th at 11AM PT, see you there! ⭐ ⭐
https://t.co/XeaikcDEbj
Brought to you by: @Seattle_Esports, @MidBoss, and @freedomgamesgg

[Broken Rules @brokenrules]

Want to see who is nominated for this year’s @IndieCade festival?

Go and check out their event which is highlighting previous winners and new games as well.

https://t.co/2ClHPadbR2

[Tatiana Vilela DS ⚙️🐦 @MechBird]

Starting NOW @agAitcheson and I will talk live with
@zSpaceSheikh @dannyrankin and @thebillionaire about @IndieCade's nominated #game Tikatmos and other #altctrl related topics 🛠️🕹️ Join us on https://t.co/4lP8WHiewu 🫶

[Alistair Aitcheson @agAitcheson]

Huge thanks to @thebillionaire @zSpaceSheikh @dannyrankin for demoing their @IndieCade nominated game TIKATMOS!

https://t.co/GSe0QUE1ko

We got to see the alt-ctrl hardware in action live, and had a really insightful discussion about the creative threads leading to its creation!

[Whaaat!? @WhaaatFestival]

TIKATMOS will be at the Whaaat!? Arcade on Saturday, November 5th!
tickets: https://t.co/RkiAwiYeWu

[Alistair Aitcheson @agAitcheson]

Today at 8pm BST / 3pm ET / 12 noon PT @MechBird and I will be chatting to the creators of @IndieCade nominee TIKATMOS!

https://t.co/h8Nl2P0KnA

@thebillionaire and @zSpaceSheikh join us to show off their fascinating voice-controlled game and its stunning custom-made cabinet!

[Whaaat!? @WhaaatFestival]

so...
NumberCruncher, Buy!Sell!, TinyCade, AND Plinko Burger were all made here at @cuatlas

and they're all heading to alt.ctrl.GDC, alongside some amazing other games

fire up the Whaaat!? party bus, we're going on a trip!

[Nature Astronomy @NatureAstronomy]

Earlier this week we published two papers from the Breakthrough Listen initiative to search for technosignatures. Lead author of one paper @SETI_Sheikh here describes the behind-the-scenes process of verifying their first viable signal: https://t.co/3duxiJBfCO

[Zayna Sheikh @zSpaceSheikh]

Had the urge to do a doodle for the first portion of the yeast poem by @ceriley from that SciShow Tangents episode since it’s FIRE

[Nature Astronomy @NatureAstronomy]

Three covers are through to the FINAL of #NAstroCoverComp. Again, 24 hrs to vote (see next tweet for poll).
Will it be a photo of the surface of asteroid Ryugu (JAN)?
Will it be another win for @SOFIAtelescope (JUN)?
Or will the artwork of @DanielleFuts take the crown (NOV)?