![]() I draw everything in Adobe Illustrator, but then I export the individual files into a custom tool I wrote in code - it’s less complicated than it sounds - for myself and my colleagues to preview Tiles palettes while they’re being made. What tools, if any, do you use to make Tiles palettes? So working on Tiles palettes is fun for me, largely because I can be singularly focused on making something as visually captivating as possible without many restrictions. What do you enjoy most about making Tiles palettes?Įven though I’m a designer, my day-to-day job doesn’t involve as much visual design as you would think. It definitely scratches the same itch as Tiles, in terms of being a game in which to just lose yourself. It’s like Where’s Waldo, but interactive, and there are hand drawn characters and environments that are really lovely. If you’re a fan of Tiles, I think you would love the game Hidden Folks. I’ve been making small games since I learned how to code in high school, but I never made any money doing it until I joined the New York Times Games team. I played lots of board games and video games as a kid! I always made up my own rules and things like that. ![]() ![]() How did you get into making games? When did you consider yourself a “professional” puzzle or game maker? I would start it on the train, and a friend and I would pass it back and forth throughout the day until we finished it. I don’t know about my first memory, but I used to solve the New York Times Crossword in high school. What is your first memory of solving a puzzle or playing a game? Who were you solving or playing with? ![]() Our Tiles game started in June 2019, so I guess then. When was your first New York Times puzzle published? I currently live in Williamsburg in Brooklyn. New York City! I was born and raised here. ![]()
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