{"id":2297,"date":"2022-05-05T17:04:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T21:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wholetomato.com\/?p=2297"},"modified":"2022-05-05T17:07:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T21:07:12","slug":"announcing-our-gdc-giveaway-winner-plus-an-important-community-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/announcing-our-gdc-giveaway-winner-plus-an-important-community-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing our GDC giveaway winner, plus an important community announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet our winner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had a couple of giveaways during our stint at GDC last March in San Francisco\u00e2\u20ac\u201d the most exciting of which was our Steam Deck giveaway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After drawing from our list of entries, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re excited to introduce our winner: <strong>Rebecca Vessal<\/strong>. We have coordinated with her and she will receive a brand new Steam Deck as soon as stocks are available (even we aren&#8217;t immune to shortages!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Omg!&nbsp; I&#8217;m super excited to win the Steam Deck from the GDC giveaway!&nbsp; I look forward to receiving it and playing my Steam games on the go or hooking it up to a TV.&nbsp; Thank you so much! =D<\/p><cite>&#8211; Becca<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Rebecca Vessal is currently enjoying her work as a gameplay programmer at Double Fine Productions. She particularly enjoys collaborating with her team of game developers to come up with creative solutions in order to make awesome games.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-default\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/M1j-goVvvZHnGszo7gOl5_EDoxD5DQGUnaxW_crEiy_LY2M59EQ9Cpx_Nts07mhAYQtsIRZ6xdwHVXfl2v1VcEPqovSRnsU_Jh1xW_s_XOpMnDGpaURugDRKIcl4njG2BBoSqMd1VLPdC6fLDg\" alt=\"Psychonauts 2, Rebecca Vessal\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Becca helped her team at Double Fine create the cinematic platform-adventure game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doublefine.com\/games\/psychonauts-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Psychonauts 2<\/a>, which won Best Narrative at this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Game Developers Choice Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to her joining Double Fine, Becca worked on mobile games like the popular Diner Dash at Playfirst and Glu Mobile. She also worked on LEGO Movie Maker, a mobile application for DIY LEGO animations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Rebecca has a wide variety of programming experiences, from mobile games and apps to console\/PC games.&nbsp; Her game development programming experience includes working on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Video Game A.I.<\/li><li>Global gameplay systems<\/li><li>Custom level specific systems<\/li><li>User Interface<\/li><li>Physics and tools programming.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In her spare time, Rebecca likes to try out new kinds of food and drinks, play sports, hang out with friends, play with and pet her <em>doggos<\/em>, draw, play video games, and explore new places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Her next big thing is Whole Tomato&#8217;s MVP program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One other thing that you need to know about Becca is that she is a dedicated Visual Assist user. There is almost never a work day where she wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be able to find use for one of VA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">features<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in the spirit of full disclosure, Rebecca was a participant in one of our focus groups, so we had a bit of a background on her already. It was a happy coincidence that she won the giveaway out of the 240 entries we had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With that in mind, we took the opportunity to invite her to be one of our first MVPs for the launch of Whole Tomato\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new community recognition program. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re looking forward to many exciting collaborations and projects with her soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you think you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re qualified to be one of our MVPs and are interested, you can fill this <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScnEyG8mw6aJeL8zueokrAY7odk5gRJdNB7Pg9o487GDw_Efg\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet our winner We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had a couple of giveaways during our stint at GDC last March in San Francisco\u00e2\u20ac\u201d the most exciting of which was our Steam Deck giveaway. 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