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Subset Games co-founder Jay Ma went through hell to make Fulcrum Defender

For the past few years, Subset Games co-founder Jay Ma has been sick with long Covid. She made her latest game, Fulcrum Defender, to prove she could still do what she loves.

Long hours, extraordinary technical and artistic requirements and cross-disciplinary collaboration: the very act of making games is difficult, and leaves room for catastrophic errors. The story of Fulcrum Defender begins following a trip Ma made to Vancouver, Canada in August 2023 to see Subset co-founder Matt Davis and a few other members of the studio in-person. Subset’s Mauro López provided additional programming, and composer Aaron Cherof, best known for his work on Minecraft’s Trails and Tails update, made the music for the game.

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