You know that part of a movie where the hero has to go out and put the misfit team together? Back in 2023 that happened to me… I was recruited as a member of a secret team with a daring plan:
What if there was an alien signal that reached earth because we accidentally replicated the same technology as their television?
That idea turned into the epic undertaking of making Blippo+.
It all started years ago when Panic asked Jona and Claire of YACHT if they had ideas for a Playdate game. Jona sketched some initial ideas for something based on an EPG, or Electronic Program Guide. That idea evolved into an entire universe of television shows.
They took this idea back to Panic and, using Jona’s proprietary PTP™ method, were given the green light. Now they just had to make it. So they went out and gathered a team.
This initial group included me, and also JJ Stratford and Roni Levi of Telefantasy Studios. (Years ago JJ had been the GM of our Shadowrun game, where magic and tech collide. I played as a disgraced ex-corporate businesswoman.) Then Dustin Mierau came on as the developer. And then so many, many more.
YACHT describes Blippo+ as a sci-fi movie disguised as a TV streaming service disguised as a video game.
The story’s simple: on the other side of the galaxy exists the radical post-capitalist Planet Blip. It’s like a version of Earth where humanity evolved from Pee-Wee’s Playhouse characters instead of primates. They love TV, and Blippo+ is their streaming service of choice. It’s got sitcoms, soaps, news, weather, dance and cooking shows, teletext messages, and more. And when something big happens on Planet Blip (spoiler: something big happens on Planet Blip) Blippo+ has it.
Read more about Blippo+ from YACHT.
After our exclusive launch on the Playdate we released a trailer for the upcoming PC/Switch version of Blippo+ which is coming out in the fall of 2025, and it’s in full color!
My Role: Executive Producer
I have a few official credits for Blippo+. First I am an “Executive Producer” which is the greatest title for a person who loves projects. An executive producer is the modern day éminence grise , which is a role that I was born to play. For Blippo+ I did some spreadsheets, organized an Airtable, and took charge of paperwork (there was a LOT of paperwork!). I have a brief cameo as ‘Lenny’ the line cook in Countertop, but my favorite credit is ‘Very Best Boy’ based on my unskilled but very enthusiastic my on-set contributions (gofer, slate, boom operator, assistant to all).
And with the upcoming PC/Switch version it means that my face as Lenny will be on Nintendo, which means I’m one step closer to being a character on Super Smash Bros.
One of the hardest parts of working on a project like this as a publicly traded person is that it’s been done in secret for the past several years. These kinds of opportunities are made partly possible because of the support of my community of shareholders and there is even a nice mention in the credits:
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