Eva Piatrushina

Your Mental Health is as equally important as Your Physical ones🧘‍♀️ This thought came to my mind while reading the book Depression and Burnout by Klaus Bernhardt.The book has 10 most popular causes of depression and burnout starting from side effects and poor diet to savior behavior and perfectionism.For different cases, different methods are working: physical exercises, medication, therapy, etc.But the most important is to have support. When I felt very unwell I decided to conceal it not to worry my closest people. I smiled even when I wanted to cry and made myself do uncomfortable things.It is a trap. Anyone who hides their problems to protect others from pain and sadness achieves the opposite result. You just delay the inevitable. Don't be afraid to ask for help, your people will understand you 💜Have you or your closer people experienced […]

Why do I love Arcades? 🕹️ Arcade is a coin or token-operated entertainment machine. They were the predecessors of modern computer games. There are different games (from PinBall and Pac-Man to Dance Dance Revolution and Dead or Alive).Most games are based on skill but some are just on luck (of the minority, let's leave them for the casino). Arcades can be for one player or more (multiplayer or cooperation).Believe me or not but for me, physical presence is important and helps me get more involved in the game. And a system with rewards in the form of tickets you can exchange for gifts helps a lot 🎟️ As a designer, I’m playing arcade and say to everyone quote-unquote that I’m doing research, haha 🤣

How I get value from GameDev meetups 🗂️ First, I wanted to write a small post about past event XP Boost by Wargaming, but then decided to make content more useful for ya.My tips can be divided into 3 groups:Lectures 📝- Read the agenda beforehand and prepare questions, this is a unique opportunity to get answers- Write down insights immediately after the lecture Networking👥- Push myself to meet new people (before the event I can make small goals for myself, like seeing at least 3 people)- Prepare in advance a small intro about me and my goals for today's eventChill 💅- Kinda funny, but it is better to eat in advance before being a hungry monster, whose only aim is to find precious food (when I’m hungry, I can be scary, haha 👻)- If I feel tired at some point, […]