Who Am I?

Hi, my name is Freya (she/her). I go by freyacantsleep online. I am a transfem artist, game dev, and musician. I am also asexual and a lesbian. I am working on several projects at the moment, though some are very impulsive and don't have much work done. I'm currently attending community college with the hopes of transferring to a 4-year to finish getting my Master's. I love video games, I was raised by parents who grew up in the 80s and 90s with all the retro consoles that came with that, and have an appreciation for games old and new. My favorite game series are Mega Man, Kirby, Castlevania, and Final Fantasy. I also strongly enjoy quirky indie RPG Maker games, and those are often the games that inspire my work the most. As of me typing this, I am 19, going to be 20 this year.

I made this site to catalogue and organize most/all of my projects I'm working on, or at least the ones I post about. I honestly don't even really care if anyone sees this, it just helps to have this stuff organized online, and makes it easier to show my friends what I'm working on. I also think that it's generally just a good idea to have a personal website to showcase my work so it can serve as sort of a portfolio when applying for work or any other times I might need to showcase my projects.

I have been making games from a very early age. My dad had RPG Maker XP on our old computer, and I started using it before I was old enough to remember. I've always been interested in game development and design. In recent years, I've realised one of the main reasons I enjoy making games is because it allows me to utilize all of my favorite hobbies: drawing, writing, and making music. I don't have a lot of actual programming knowledge (at the moment) so I tend to use simpler game making software like RPG Maker and GB Studio, but I do want to learn how to program.

I draw a lot, it's usually based on characters or other things from one of my projects, but not always. I have a lot of my drawings compiled on this website, organized based on what projects they are a part of (if any). Any of my games I'm working on are also compiled here. Both of these are in the projects section of this site. I also run a blog on here. It's just a general blog, if I have anything on my mind I feel like sharing that wouldn't just fit in a Tweet or Bluesky post I'll likely post it there. I try to keep rants at a minimum though, so hopefully they are all relatively intelligible and not just spontaneous shower thoughts or an ADHD/autism-induced hyperfixation.

Here are links to where I'm active online/wish to be active:

• My Twitter is @freyacantsleep0. I post a lot of my art on here, and my more spontaneous thoughts and reactions.
• My Bluesky is @freyacantsleep.bsky.social. It's like my Twitter, except my posts get less traction and my Discover feed is trash no matter how much I try to fix it. I do try to post any new art to both though, so you won't be missing out on that front if you use this instead of Twitter.
• This is my main tumblr blog. This was intended as a blog focused on Chroma War, but barely anyone sees my original art on there so I haven't been motivated to update it lately. I am slightly more active on my other blog (link is pinned in my main blog) where I mainly post fanart and gush about Ranma 1/2.
• I have a Youtube channel where I post music related stuff, primarily rips of cassette tapes and other hard to find music. In the future I'd like to post more of my own content on there, probably just covers to start but I'd like to eventually post my actual music there too. I have other channels too that I plan to post on in the future, but I haven't really gotten there yet. Those channels are in the "My other channels" section on the home page.
• This is my itch.io. Whenever I finish a game (if that ever happens), it'll be posted here. I already have one game, Terror Twilight, posted on there, though I plan to greatly expand it and sort of do an entire overhaul of it. I do plan on trying to join more game jams to motivate me to work on games more, so who knows, I might post more games here in the future sooner than you (or I) think.
• If you would like to contact me for whatever reason, my email is freyacantsleep@gmail.com . I'm fine with you sending me whatever, just don't be rude or too weird.

That's pretty much everything. If I have something new to add, I will.