about princess
princess is a neotenic salamander living in a swamp castle. she is one half of girl software and she makes games, videos, music, writing, etc.
her work has been exhibited at parties, festivals, conventions, museums, art galleries, in several countries, in a macy's, at the bar association, in the lobby of a gambling company one time, and in space! (no, not in space.)
her interests include girls, cute shapes, bright colors, and eating burgers.
games
Celestial Hacker Girl Jessica
game about marble girl hacking computers and eating cake
Lachryma
2-player pastel goth physics ritual
Gayyyy
game about lesbian space surfers
Queen of Donuts
tiny game about collecting donuts
Frog Mall
ambient audio experience
videos
DREAMS COME TRUE
music video for Black Dresses
BANANAS
music video for Deathirl & Ada Rook
music
frogsongs
album full of sparkly dreamy songs
amethyst
album full of sparkly dreamy songs
lachryma ost
soundtrack for lachryma
writing
special girls
randomized special occasions for special girls
video game feminization hypnosis
twine essay that people seem to love/hate
aminal crossy
virtual town simulator
Princess Axolotl of Europa
deep sea murder mystery
princess on exhibit
2019 - MOTH, Hovergarden x PlayReactive, Richmond, VIC, Australia2019 - BITXBIT, Digital Art Demo Space, Chicago, IL
2019 - Bit Bash, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
2019 - Now Play This, London Games Festival, Somerset House, London, UK
2018 - IGDA Game Dev Holiday Mixer, Emporium Arcade Bar, Chicago, IL
2016 - Insane in the Game, Sugar Gamers, Scientific Games, Chicago, IL
2016 - Insane in the Game, Sugar Gamers, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016 - ValorCon, Macy's State Street, Chicago, IL
2016 - Chicago Video Game Law Summit, Bar Assocation, Chicago, IL
princess in the press
Our Favorite Albums, October-December 2020 Tone Glow 12/16/20Chicago's biggest-ever indie game festival hits MSI Chicago Sun-Times 08/18/19
Celestial Hacker Girl Jessica Umbrella Terms 07/25/18
Clever Puzzle Game Feels Like Sega Made An Asset Flipper Kotaku 07/18/18
64x64&more Daniel P. Lopez 04/30/18
Itch Game of the Week Owen Ketillson's Game Thoughts 01/02/18
Horror Game Dares To Be Colorful Kotaku 07/13/15
(princess does not approve of this article) PC Gamer 07/13/15
(princess does not approve of this youtuber) 06/25/15
(princess does not approve of this youtuber) 06/01/15
(princess does not approve of this article) Rock Paper Shotgun 04/16/15
(princess does not approve of this article) Alpha Beta Gamer 03/16/15
give princess all your money
you can directly support princess by buying her work on itch.io and bandcamp. she also has a patreon full of special secret things. donate $5 to her ko-fi if you just want her to eat a burger. 🍔
make contact with princess
princessaxolotl@gmail.com