Living out my dream of working in video games

A little about me

Hi! My name is Lara, I am 30 and I live in the south of Spain, although I also spend a lot of time in Madrid.

My taste as a gamer

I have practically spent my whole life playing video games. I was given my first console when I was 10 and from then on I have never stopped enjoying all kinds of titles and genres on all kinds of platforms, with a preference for RPGs, simulation, idle and narrative games.

Favourite games

I admit that I have a really hard time picking just a few. These are the first ones that come to mind, but I could name many more, both AAA and indie titles.

Favourite indie games

Why do I make indie content?

I currently work as a Social Media Manager and Marketing Manager in gaming. Keeping up with everything happening in the industry is essential to my job. That is why I make indie content both on this news site, and in short TikTok videos and gameplays on YouTube.

I hope you really enjoy the articles and the videos, but above all that they help you discover small games that do not get the visibility or the reach of the big million-dollar projects.

A note: I review and cover the indie games that come closest to my own taste. I would love to give visibility to as many projects as possible, but I am only one person, so I generally apply that filter when I choose which games to cover on the site and on my social media.

Portfolio

My studies

I have always loved bringing creative ideas to life, whether by writing or by making videos. With that in mind, I took a degree in Advertising and Public Relations so I could specialise in gaming.

Influencer know-how

In 2022 I joined an international influencer agency (SocialPubli), handling both internal and external communication.

Over that year I learned an enormous amount about creating digital content and monitoring social media, since I interviewed influencers, planned and covered live events and even ran research studies on that market.

Experience in video games

2024 was when the real dream started, because I had the chance to join the indie studio Sand Castles Studio, the creators of Bread & Fred and Gnaughty Gnomes.

I held the role of Social Media Manager and it was my first real contact with the industry. The best part is that I gained a lot of experience about every development stage a game has to go through.

What I do now

Two years later I decided to go self-employed / freelance so I could work on projects freely. I am very happy now: I run Marketing for ShinyHit, a shop for Pokémon TCG and I work with indie studios like Dos Estrellas whenever they need my help.

So if you are a brand or a company interested in working together, write to me and I will be glad to see what I can do for you. You can find my work contact details here.

Previously

• In 2019 I did my university placement at Lebrija TV, a local TV station in Seville. I wrote scripts for ad spots there and helped run the channel’s social media.
• In 2021 I was Community Manager at Tododisca, a digital newspaper specialising in health, based in my city.
• In 2022 I was part of the team at Ola Guild Games, a web3 and gaming community. We took their TikTok account from 300 followers to more than 200,000 in under a year.
• And in 2024 I was also a writer and editor at Nintenderos, a media outlet specialising in Nintendo.