Antonia Gates

Games Producer

Antonia Gates

Favorite Coolmath Games: Rainy Day, LODGE, Folder Dungeon

Antonia is a games producer and writer with over 5 years of experience in the gaming industry. They attended Quinnipiac University's Game Design & Development program. During that time, they served as a narrative design & research intern for play4REAL XR Lab, a Yale research group focused on creating games for change. After graduating in 2020, they first started as a narrative designer for an unreleased story-heavy mobile game until 2021, when they became a game producer for Coolmath Games. They've tested and licensed over 100 games for the site, including TRACE, Double Cheeseburger, Medium Fries, and Crossbar Kevin.

In 2023, they created the Coolmath Games Alternate Reality Game (ARG): a 2-week interactive experience that included a mysterious story told through social media posts, unique puzzles to decipher on the website, and an original game to play for Halloween called 20xx_@3!1#3@2#2!1#3_v4.zip. The ARG was praised for its creativity and was featured in a video by the popular YouTube channel The Game Theorists!
Antonia produced original games for the site that have a focus on storytelling and innovative gameplay, such as Coolmath Games: The Game and Escape From Castle Claymount. They're currently producing TRACE: Definitive Edition, a remaster of the beloved escape room game exclusively for Steam!
Antonia has attended the Game Developer's Conference and Gamescom to meet and connect with developers. They have also showcased a playable demo of TRACE: Definitive Edition to thousands of players at PlayNYC. They also enjoy going to popular conventions such as New York Comic Con and Connecticon to keep up with the changing trends in pop culture.
Antonia loves games that have a unique story to tell! They adore RPGs and choice-based adventure games the most. When Antonia isn't gaming, they write new stories, cook and bake new foods, and take care of their adorable Chihuahua Jack-Russell Terrier mix!

Games Reviewed By Antonia Gates

Soulshape Gameplay

Soulshape

March 4, 2024

Take control of the shapes! Run, jump, and rotate to fit the shapes into their spots.

Point Gameplay

Point

February 16, 2024

Let's get to the point and find some hidden shapes! They may sit still or move around the level.

Love Bears Gameplay

Love Bears

February 13, 2024

Roses are red, these bears are two, help them meet with a drawing from you. Make sure they don't fall off the level... but will they fall for each other?

Rupert Reset Gameplay

Rupert Reset

February 12, 2024

Press the pink button, (almost) everything will come undone! You can reset as many times as you need to grab the key and flee.

Laser Nodes Gameplay

Laser Nodes

February 9, 2024

These lasers are all out of order! Line up the lasers to zap each node to life. It can get pretty weird in space, and these lasers will be strange...

Pip Flip Paradise Gameplay

Pip Flip Paradise

February 8, 2024

Grab the bells if you can! Turn over tiles to make new ones appear. Some are blessings, others are curses. Put your skills to the test!

Basket Goal Gameplay

Basket Goal

February 2, 2024

Slide all the balls into the basket. Don't get the ball stuck between a block and a hard wall! Can you get nothing but net?

Strg Snek Gameplay

STRG.SNEK

February 1, 2024

A connection is lost, and it's up to SNEK to restore it! Eat up bytes of data and explore the computer to bring the signal back.

Pressure Gameplay

PressUre

January 26, 2024

Keep calm and fill the meter! Push the gas through the pipes and don't let anything leak out. Don't overfill the meters or you'll cause a mess.

Braininess Gameplay

Braininess

January 22, 2024

Clear the path to get your brain back! Move tile by tile and don't fall off the world. One wrong move and it's game over!