About Me

I'm a Game Developer of 13 years, Consultant,  Creative Coach, and Comedy Twitch Streamer.  I love offbeat humor with heart. 💖
I earned my  MFA in Interactive Media and Game Design at USC Games.

👾 Game Developer

As a Game Developer, I focus on Creative Leadership, Game Design, Software Engineering, and Writing. 
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  • I did gameplay programming and additional dialog for Return to Monkey Island (2022), which
    • Won Golden Joysticks PC Game of the Year
    • Earned 92% positive reviews on Steam
 
  • Created projects with clients including Disney, Amazon, Universal, Netflix, Shaquille O'Neil, and The Wiggles
  • ​​Led an indie studio in San Francisco for seven years​

🎨 Consultant & Creative Coach

I work with creatives to achieve heartfelt success in their creative lives and projects.
  • I've built a practice of more than 15 clients over 12 months.
  • Earned multiple client testimonials
  • Contributed to the success of multiple games and other creative projects

🎙️ Twitch Streamer & Comedian

I've streamed weekly on Day[9]'s channel for 10 years, as well as producing my own shows.
  • I've entertained hundreds of thousands of viewers​
  • Performed 800 hours of improvised comedy hosting for over 12 years 

Let's Work Together – Game Development and More

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Consulting & Creative Coaching

Project Consulting: Game Development and More

I’ll provide actionable insights, structure, and strategy for your creative project.
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  • We'll align your creative and business goals for wholehearted success.
  • We'll professionalize your project and strategize launch and marketing.
  • I'll use my experience as a producer to focus your efforts and keep your project on track.
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​My practice is queer- and neurodiversity-informed.

Creative Coaching

I’ll help unblock and bring joy to your creative life—whether you're a creative professional or a passionate amateur.

  • Fill your toolbox with reliable creative strategies.
  • ​Fit your creative practice into your life.
  • Center your core values as a guiding compass.
  • Chart a path to professionalize your passions.
  • ​Above all else, I'll be in your corner to support and encourage you.

​My practice is queer- and neurodiversity-informed.
​"The way Leigh theorizes the modalities of the creative process is just absolute poetry. Through various “homework” projects and in-session collaborative brainstorms, I’ve learned so much about the way I work as a creator, a hobbyist, an artist. Working with Leigh has enabled me to actually feel pride in what I do." – Creative Coaching Client
"I now have an arsenal of tools I wish I had years ago for tackling my most challenging projects. I can't say enough about how transformative my sessions with Leigh have been - but in short, she's reignited my love for creating, and that is invaluable." – Creative Coaching Client
"I reached out to Leigh for what turned out to be 4 life-changing sessions that connected my creative side to my career ambitions in a way that feels so authentic and empowering." – Creative Coaching Client
"As someone who feels they don't quite fit in and wants to walk their own path, I found working with Leigh an inspiration." – Creative Coaching Client
I've worked with creatives whose fields include:
  • Video Game Development
  • Music Composition​
  • Podcasting
  • Teaching​
  • Crafting
  • Cosplay
  • Tabletop RPG design​
  • Product design​
  • Visual Art

Testimonials

"For the longest time I was ashamed of my own creative habits, which would inherently lead to a lot of unfinished projects that left me more drained than inspired. I’m a person that finds themselves pretty overly organized when it comes to my 9-5 work habits and goals, but when I’d come home to exert my own creative energy on whatever I wanted, I was sort of lost. As I’ve told Leigh numerous times in our sessions, somewhat ineloquently: “I love the way her brain works.” In all seriousness, the way Leigh theorizes the modalities of the creative process is just absolute poetry. Through various “homework” projects and in-session collaborative brainstorms, I’ve learned so much about the way I work as a creator, a hobbyist, an artist. Hell, I was ashamed to even -use- the word “artist” to describe myself and the things I’ve made and created- but working with Leigh has enabled me to actually feel pride in what I do. I've even allowed myself to feel good about letting ideas or projects “sit” for a time without shame or guilt. Leigh has helped me conquer pretty crippling anxiety when it comes to my creative work. Working with Leigh, I've learned to unlearn all of the shameful feelings and mechanical processes that have plagued my every creative endeavor.

Leigh brings her own experiences with ideation to every session and doesn't just reference them to let them hang out in the ether; she gives you the space to experiment, to perfect and fail and reflect and find what works for you as a creator. I now have an arsenal of tools I wish I had years ago for tackling my most challenging projects.
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I can't say enough about how transformative my seasons with Leigh have been - but in short, she's reignited my love for creating, and that is invaluable."

​– Cass
​"I am a visual artist, teacher, and designer and have enjoyed relative success over the last 10 years, but have often felt that my improvisational creative spirit wasn't sufficiently connected to my goals of financial security, belonging to a community, building strong creative collaborations, and making a body of work that I could truly be proud of. I reached out to Leigh for what turned out to be 4 life-changing sessions that connected my creative side to my career ambitions in a way that feels so authentic and empowering. We worked on clearly articulating my values and goals and came up with plans of how to pursue them amidst the inevitable challenges from within and from the world at large. As someone who feels they don't quite fit in and wants to walk their own path, I found working with Leigh an inspiration. With the mind maps, notes, exercises, and aphorisms we developed, I am excited to more intentionally and organically inhabit my creative career and community toward goals of mutual growth, support, creative play, and abundance."  

​– David B. Smith