About

Hi, I'm Darwin (she/they), the dev behind Lavender Mocha Games!

I'm a hobbyist game developer in my mid-twenties from Florida (US). I've been working with RPG Maker XP for over a decade now – at least when I can find the time.

I started off with grand aspirations of making epic RPGs about saving the world, but lately my sights have settled and narrowed. Now I like making smaller scale, atmospheric games about characters that are more likely to be NPCs in other games. My games focus on solo characters, friendships, or communities, often influenced by my experiences as an aroace person.

Goofy, high fantasy with a lot of charm and heart is my bread and butter (and biggest inspiration), but I also have a growing penchant for horror. So far you can really only see the former in my work, but maybe the latter will start to creep in there too.

I'm also 1/3 of Studio Overdoing It (As Usual), alongside my friends TeiRaven and Ji Tealeaf.

I owe my love of RPG Maker and video games in general to the Aveyond series by Amaranth Games/Aveyond Studios, which I cannot recommend enough to fellow RPG maker fans. For a full list of recommendations, check out my Recs & Resources page.

Previously, my game dev username was Pumpkin Snake Games or thepumpkinsnake. If you're curious behind the name change, you can read my blog post about it.