TIN MINNOW

Making games and sounds.

Francis Binnie

Game designer, programmer, and composer with a background in game accessibility. Currently based in London.

I've worked with developers like RARE and Double Fine to make their games more accessible to physically disabled players, and also helped develop an online resource about accessible design for game developers at the charity SpecialEffect, where I worked for nearly 6 years.

After working on a number of my own personal game projects, I founded Studio Hoiho where we’ve begun development on our debut title, Pipit.

I follow the 'design by subtraction' philosophy, applying a minimalistic approach to game design and ensuring there is intent to everything you encounter in each game that I work on.

Work

2021 - Present

Studio Hoiho – Game Designer

2016 - 2021

SpecialEffect – Accessible Design Advisor

Languages

C
C#
Lua
Python
GDScript
GML
HTML
CSS
Javascript
Unreal Blueprints

Game Tools

Unity
Unreal
Godot
GameMaker
Playdate SDK

Misc

Keynote
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Premiere Pro
Logic Pro
Aseprite
Git
Blender
Notion