https://lhosokawa.com 2025-11-05 daily 1.0 https://lhosokawa.com/assets/images/image02.png A picture of author and games writer Lisa Hosokawa, a mixed-Japanese and White nonbinary person with a shoulder-length, curly sidecut, dark eyes, and light beige skin, standing in front of dark-brown wooden siding. https://lhosokawa.com/assets/images/image03.png Painted cover art for THE LAKE, its title in English and Japanese faintly glowing in a corner. Most of the cover is taken up by blue-gray water, framed by bare branches. A woven basket floats in the lake's center, abandoned. https://lhosokawa.com/assets/images/gallery04/fbca5a85.jpg **IGDA Foundation Velocity Recipient** | Selected from several hundred applicants as one of 13 Velocity grantees in the 2022 International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Foundation Virtual Exchange. https://lhosokawa.com/assets/images/gallery04/35a6795b.jpg **UBC Writing for Video Games Certificate** | Awarded a professional certificate in writing for video games for completing all six courses from the University of British Columbia. https://lhosokawa.com/assets/images/gallery05/aed147f0.jpg **Game Writing Masterclass I** | Received instruction from Susan O'Connor of *BioShock* fame and workshopped portfolio pieces with peers. https://lhosokawa.com/assets/images/gallery05/7a4c30a1.jpg **UCSD Copyediting Certificate** | Awarded a specialized certificate in copyediting for completing the 12-month program from the University of California, San Diego Extension. https://lhosokawa.com/assets/images/gallery03/846804ae.jpg **IGA Level 2** | Completed introductory bootcamp with Indie Game Academy and made a Spyro clone in Unity. https://lhosokawa.com/assets/images/gallery03/898fdeba.jpg **University of Cambridge MicroMasters** in Writing for Performance and the Entertainment Industries | Completed 30 credit hours toward Master of Studies (MSt) in Writing for Performance (ECD 2025) https://lhosokawa.com/assets/images/image08.jpg An image of a figure standing at night in front of a massive fountain carved with statues of robed and winged figures. The angle makes it look as though the figure is sprouting wings. https://lhosokawa.com/assets/images/image16.jpg An image of red apples in a plastic bag stored in the back of a blue truck. https://lhosokawa.com/assets/images/image05.jpg A color illustration of the back of a pale, bald elf clad in impressive leather armor, standing under a red tent https://lhosokawa.com/assets/images/image06.gif Painted cover art for THE LAKE, its title in English and Japanese faintly glowing in a corner. Most of the cover is taken up by blue-gray water, framed by bare branches. A woven basket floats in the lake's center, abandoned. https://lhosokawa.com/assets/images/image10.gif Digitally painted cover art for BARE-BONES APOTHECARY: a confused skeleton in a cloak stares at a bubbling cauldron, surrounded by a happy frog and four customers of dubious intent. https://lhosokawa.com/assets/images/image14.gif A sepia photograph of a young, fair-skinned woman in a buttoned dress, standing beside a man with tanned arms holding an infant in a polka-dot dress. Faces are obscured. The title, "Wrapped in a Silhouette," is superimposed in a somber font. https://lhosokawa.com/assets/images/image12.jpg An image of a figure standing at night in front of a massive fountain carved with statues of robed and winged figures. 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