Producers

There are so many tasks that are required everyone to actually be on top of their game lots of this requires organization, figuring out what we can do each year, etc. Producers handle everything from the venue booking to making sure the cards all make sense.

JJ Wanda

Hehe it's just me :3. But I should be kind to myself. Thanks, me for genuinely putting as much care as you did. This was hundreds of hours and often you forget that this is a work of art that should be praised. Thanks again <3.

Judy Lee

Thank you for being such an amazing creative partner. It was absolutely amazing to have you here to help like. Thank you for reviewing the website, for hunting for spots, for convincing me against spots that I DEFINITELY was gonna pick, for coming up with the trading cards, for coming up with JJeoparady, for running the show. For taking the jumble that’s in my head literally every single time we met and making it clear. Thank you for meeting every Tuesday to work with me including the LITERAL DAY AFTER YOUR VACATION. I am honored to have a friend as amazing as you.

Game Designers

These are the people that wrote all the cards and bonuses, some of them helped with game testing sessions and added rules on what to do. They are the people who got us from 60 cards to 120 cards.

Jack Tokarz

Jack, thank you so much for all the cards you wrote and the amount of work you put into each one of them. All the creative writing was so impressive and so incredible to watch and seeing all the quirks and parts of New York City I normally don’t get to see was incredible. You pushed me so hard to write more as a result and really think hard about my own work c:

June Cheung

Thank you for all the cards you wrote. Each one was absolutely incredible to see play out in person (loved the chicken dance one) but it was amazing to see you do this without me even asking. You were the one that got us up to the 180 number!

Margaret Lin

Thank you deeply for a couple things. First we don’t know each other super well so I appreciate the leap you put in to make this happen. Thank you for being a note taker, for showing me Gumbo for really getting me into game design again. Thank you for working on the socials and reminding me that this is a good idea!

Craig Wanda

THANK YOU FOR SPENDING SO MUCH TIME MAKING CARDS FOR THE BRONX. But also thank you for some of the funniest cards that really inspired me to be more creative as well. I loved a lot of them also because they were genuinely so hard to research. I felt like there were so many things that required you to think, and thank you for taking all my feedback

Kelly Ohmann

Thanks for you contributions to the card. I’m personally a little sad you didn’t win niche film star but I still really fell in love with your cards. I can’t wait to get a few more in next year!

Bell Guerrero

Thanks for writing a few cards as well. I’m sad we didn’t get to use all of them! Next year!

Party Planners

These are the people who helped plan out the Birthday Bash. They’re the ones that came up with the ideas and activates. They helped choose a venue, figure out where everything went, got the drinks done, etc. They’re the ones that made the party so much fun.

Kerri-Ann

Thank you so much for setting up the photo station! I took a look the entire time and it was SO CUTE. You made that part stand out and you made sure that I was being absolutely handled throughout the night c:

Craig Wanda (again)

Thank you for making the best playlist you could. It felt like one of the classic parties at home and I know that I could trust you to be able to handle the music and you delivered again with a phenomenal playlist. I kept on getting more info on how great it was. And thanks again for hunting spots with me c:

Kayla Montgomery

I know it’s brief but thank you so much for trying to help where you could, for suggesting ideas and everything c:

Ryan Hung

Thank you for picking the drinks and letting me come to the cocktail tasting! As always great to have a friend like you c:

Hadley King

Thank you for working with Judy and Calvin on trivia and making it a reality c: Also thanks for purchasing all the materials you did!

Calvin Baker

Thanks for ordering the cake, actually running JJeoparady, which btw I know have heard was amazing. Thank you for ordering the karaoke and everything Staying through the night and also checking out all the venues with me! It was nice to have a person there

Artists

Nicole Freewalt

Thank you so much for helping out even though literally we’ve only met a few times. I promise to give you even more heads up but your icons were outstanding and so fun to look at. I loved them so much

June Cheung

Thank you for in quite literally 2 days creating FIFTEEN cards that are all related to me in some way. Your work was insane and it was so impressive to see how well written and clever the cards were. You really pulled through at the very last second. Thank you <3

Grace Lee

I don’t know how you do it every single year but this year was insane. Thank you for taking care of about 18 stickers on your own. It wasn’t necessary, it wasn’t required, but they were beautiful. Thanks for understanding what I wanted with almost no words. Thanks for the coworking sessions as well!

Game Staff

I’m gonna thank everyone together for this as we all were in this intense situation together. Thank you Ruoping Xu, Grace Lee (again), Judy Lee (again), Lydia Chen, and Kevin Greer this work. We spent form quite literally 9:50 to 6:20 constantly going through submissions, debating submissions, sharing stories, getting carsick, the whole deal. I don’t think…we would’ve been able to do it had been me. Thanks for instead of running around playing, what I hope, is a fun game play staring at your screen constantly verifying, barely having a moment’s rest.

Thank you for the little moments of us trying to figure out what Indigo is, for figuring out if Macy’s is a store, for trying to figure out if a DDR machine is “softer” than a car (it’s not, it’s harder). Y’all made a day that is extremely stressful a little less stressful

Ruoping Xu

Lydia Chen

Kevin Greer

Grace Lee (again)

Judy Lee (again)

Game Testers

Thank you so much y’all for coming to help out where you did. Every single one of y’all played an amazing role in making the game more fun to test, more interesting and more wild. Thank to Rob Rose and L’Eunice Faust for helping out but also thank you to Jim Ren, Rachel Ng, Kiran Aravapalli for the first session and testing out the hide and seek portion of the game. Thank you to the session 2 folks as well including Emily Metcalfe, Calvin Baker, Joel Forrester, Michele Rose, and Ademola. Thank you for opening my eyes to the “just walking around every building” strat. It was funny and amazing. I had such a good time with y’all and I hope you all know how helpful it was when it came to updating all the questions we had

Rob Rose

L'Eunice Faust

Jim Ren

Rachel Ng

Kiran Aravapalli

Emily Metcalfe

Calvin Baker (again)

Joel Forrester

Michele Rose

Ademola

Party Staff

Thank you to everyone who helped the day of with passing out. Thank you to Ian Smith, Calvin Baker, Lydica Chen, and Brandon Menninger. Thanks for helping staff the entrance and handle

Special Thanks

June Cheung + Xenoblade Chronicles 1 + 2

This is kinda silly but genuinely thank you so much for always playing this game while I worked. Being able to watch on stream a game that I love and have someone experience it for the first time was a wonderful experience. You gave me a lot of company c:

Craig Wanda + Kingdom Hearts

I still don’t fully understand the game but also thank you for all the late night streams it was great literally not speaking at all until my name was called. Gotta keep you on your toes >:D

And also thanks to the following businesses

Printleaf Studios - The cards turned out the amazing, the stickers turned out beautiful. It was incredible
YITAI - THANK YOU FOR GETTING THE PANTS IN EARLY. They were indeed a hit
Bee Cafe + Bee Public - Thank you for letting us hide in your spots c:
Hide Rooftop - Thank you for letting us rent out your space and have guests everywhere. It was a wonderful spot c:
The staff at Gumbo - Thank you for making me realize that what I’m creating was indeed a game and that it was a cool game at that.
Ticktick, Notion, Figma, Kotlin Multiplatform - All the technical tools used for this experience. Without it this would’ve been so hard to handle and organize.