Writer & Narrative Designer
Imani is a Queer Black Woman in the game design and development space, creating works for both digital and analog games.She does game design & development work under the moniker of Margaret Catter Development and is a multidisciplinary creative writer.
About
Margaret Catter Development creates niche games in the digital and analog gaming spaces and do not shy away from the use of literary tropes.Imani is working towards their magnum opus, a English language visual novel rhythm game played in VR.Imani is originally from Brooklyn, New York. They currently live in Los Angeles, California.
Skills & Aptitudes
| Ren’Py | Twine | Ink | |
| Godot 4 | Unity | VS Code | Github |
| Obsidian MD | Notion | Final Draft | Google Workspaces |
| Adobe Premiere | Adobe AfterEffects | Adobe Audition | Adobe Photoshop |
Character Descriptions
Dante Hall
Visual Novel: All The Faces of Dante Hall
A relatively short man with jet black hair, light brown eyes and a deep honey-toned skin. He has a round face that makes him look a lot younger than he actually is, and his nose is slightly upturned. He has thick eyebrows that are nicely shaped, framing his also round-shaped eyes. He usually wears grungy slacks and button-up shirts that look like they might have been white at one point but are now a dingy grey color. Highly intelligent, nay, brilliant and compassionate, he has a slightly tinted view of the world.The magic Dante can cast is directly related to the ley line that he lives on. He has a general notice me not spell up on his house and a minor one on his face so no one in the town recognizes him or remembers him for longer than he’s in front of them.
Eir Warren
Visual Novel: Hurricane Like Me
A total hot mess. Barely an adult, just past young adult and clinging to it. She is barely making it through day to day adulthood on her own. However she fakes being a functioning adult pretty well so not to stress out or worry her friends and family. But if you look away from her on any given day and she might just burn water. In spite of all of this she gives off big executive assistant energy because running someone else's life is 100% her jam even if she can't run her own life.
Joyce Symons
Visual Novel: Bed, Breakfast, & Beyond
Chef | Mid to Late 30s
She quit her high-stress job in a fancy restaurant and stumbled into Bed, Breakfast, and Beyond. She was so appalled by what Ora was cooking that she took over and never left.
Disposition: Persnickety and a little excitable, loves food and feeding people. She can get overly invested in the details and miss the bigger picture.
Magical Nature: Hydration - The power to manipulate and "create" liquid by pulling the molecules from around them.
Ashe Robbins
Webcomic: The Galaxy is Limitless (And So Are We)
Blood Type: AB | Sign: Aquarius
Description: The human equivalent of Boo from Mario
Ashe is a budding necromancer. Spends more time with the dead than the living. When I say Boo equivalent I literally mean will kill you the second your back is turned if it comes down to it. Has a familiar cat named Nox who can see the threads of the universe.
One of three known necromancers, with the other being Edna, her mentor, and an unnamed third she's yet to meet.
She is naturally left handed but has trained herself to write with both hands forcing herself to use her right hand because thats “normal”. When stressed or not paying attention though will revert to using her left hand.
She can not legally drive and relies mostly on biking around the city or public transportation. Because of this they have a medium to high levels of fitness. She also hates flying. She has worn glasses since kindergarten and switched to contacts for college. This is because she bikes more often and wearing glasses is a hassle. Has unresolved issues with the general concept of organized education because as a child, they collectively made her feel bad about her various abilities.Flaw: Unwilling to involve herself in things she thinks aren't her problem, even at the expense of someone else. Preoccupied with the dead.
Goal: Ashe's ultimate goal is to be able to raise and commune with the dead in peace.
Obstacle: General fear of her powers due to childhood trauma of raising the dead by accident.
Ending: Goes into teaching.
Branching Scripts
Traditional Writing
Item Descriptions
Magical Girls Mecha Rising | Deck Building Roleplaying Game
| Name | Info Text |
|---|---|
| Amethyst Heart | A necklace with mysterious healing capablities. One time use as a resurrection. Once used, discard from the game. |
| Barrette Bombs | When they hit their target they explode in a cloud of smoke obsuring the all ajecnt tiles. |
| Romance Charm | A charm given to you by a crush when they confessed their feelings to you. It holds a special place in your heart and warms your heart every time you see it. |
| The Power of Friendship | A warm feeling radiants outward touching everyone on the field healing all magical girls for 10 Health, repairing 10 Toughness to all mech suits. |
| World Map | Allows owner to see all the possible locations that they can visit on the map. Though they may not know what the location is they know there is something there to explore. |
In-Game Lore Books
A Beginner's Companion To Being Magical
Visual Novel: All The Faces of Dante Hall
It is bound in plum purple leather and is in good shape. The cover is decorated in floral ornaments.Magic is the strings that hold the fabric of the universe together. It is the collective conversation every being is a part of. Every thought in the universe and betwixt feeds into the magic and gives it meaning.[...]As a beginner in the world of magic, this book is a key to reading the pattern that magic weaves all around us.[...]The first string of magic was formed as a rumbling tear ripped its way through the known and unknown unknown universe.[...]At the surface this guide is meant to make this deeply complicated subject more manageable. This is meant to give you a foundation of magical theory and history.
The Traveller's Companion To Astrology
Visual Novel: All The Faces of Dante Hall
It is bound in lemon canvas and is in very good shape. The cover is ornamented with a symbol of a star and moon on it. It contains many black and white illustrations of various night skies. No matter how much they try the kids can not open this book.This text is written in a language that none of the kids can read. They do not recognize any of the drawings of the night sky depicted in the book.
Endeavors & Pursuits
Margaret Catter Development, Games Studio
Founder
Niche Story-driven Tabletop Games and English Language Visual Novels
As Always Imani, Internet Personality???
Chaotic Cryptid
A multidisciplinary creative writer dabbling in projects from roleplaying games to visual novels to transmedia narrative media.
Pls No Qrt, 1/2 of the Chaos
Co-Host
A highly chaotic and equally unhinged, while being a mildly spicy, podcast from Dann & Imani. Where they talk about something but also everything in between. Live every other Monday on YouTube.
Grrls Make Games, Game Jam
Organizer
A month-long game jam geared around the Riot Grrrl movement
Grrls Make Games Jam | Grrls Make Games Jam Vol 2 | Grrls Make Game Jam Vol 3
Turn Based Tactics Jam, Game Jam
Organizer
A 2 week long game jam where you make a Turn Based Tactics or Strategy TTRPG
Turn Based Tactics Jam | Turn Based Tactics Jam: The Second Raid
Convention Appearances
2024 Breakout Con
Industry Guests & Panelist
Toronto Canada
How to Compete for a Global Audience as a Canadian TTRPG Publisher
The Wonderful World of Indie RPGs
The ABCs of Streaming RPGs
Community Organization
Organizing panel & convention appearances for Queer BIMPOC in the analog and digital game space.
Facilitated fourteen panels at Gen Con Online 2020.
In conjunction with Huetopia
Analog Games
A game about teenage reporters out to get the best story possible.
Play as a group of kids as they try to put out the best stories about their school and its happenings that they can.
An improv dating simulation roleplay game using tarot sized cards with character creation prompts on them. It is meant for 3 to 6 players to act out being on a blind date with a series of suitors.
You and a group of other recently minted magical girls who have the ability to control mecha companions have been tasked with protecting the homeworld from the incoming colonizing creatures known as the Once-From-Before.
A play by post via discord roleplaying game. Play as magical girls who are accompanied by robots as they try to defeat an incoming enemy known as The-Once-From-Before from taking over their home world.
Digital Games
A slice of life non romantic comedy of errors in the vein of a Nora Ephron movie & A Midsummers Night Dream.
Follow Eir as she loses her bag only to panic and make life harder for Troy, the guy who found the bag and is trying his very best to return it to its rightful owner.
Summer Novel Festival 2018 Jam
A kid friendly horror meets mystery game about a group of meddling kids and an immortal being who would very much like them to butt out of his life.
Play as one of five kids in the Greater Metro Area of Davis-McKees as they try to figure out what's up with their reclusive cryptid neighbor Dante Hall.
Spooktober Visual Novel Jam 2019
by DevTalk+
A kinetic novel about two sisters looking for their missing mother and maybe usurping a corrupt government along the way.
Follow the story of two sisters who are going on an epic road trip across the galaxy to uncover a mystery and hidden truths.
Summer Novel Festival 2020 Jam
Micro TTRPGs
Short and sweet one page games meant to be played with little to no prep or without a game master.
- Last Time On...
- It's Dangerous To Go Alone — Take This
- i wish i was just as strong as i make myself out to be
- if we don't talk again remember that i love you
- All The Stars in the Sky