1/ I began making games when I was 12. Today, we're announcing Talofa's $6.3M funding! Having shipped over 10 mobile games as a teen, I dreamed that one day I’d combine the two things that I love the most (fitness and game development!)into something bigger. 🧵

Thanks @AppStore for featuring @PlayMonsterWalk today on the top of the front page and #4 in new games! We’ve heard so many stories from the close to hundreds of thousands of players who’ve explored our worlds and tracked billions of steps in game so far. Just in time too for

Woke up to seeing @PlayMonsterWalk in the top charts! 🌟 For the first time in Talofa history, we entered the Top 5 Free Adventure category. It's unreal seeing us next to games like Pokémon GO!! We've seen tens of thousands of players playing every single day, changing lives!

This is a first for us: Top of the front page of @GooglePlay 🤯 In less than 2 weeks since opening up to the US and Europe, we've already seen 1 billion steps taken by players on Android and iOS in @PlayMonsterWalk! Beyond grateful for this moment with the @TalofaGames team

📲 Scan the QR below to download & I’ll be gifting a few in-app purchase promo codes for Monster Walk to people who comment or repost as thanks for helping us spread the word! Thanks to the @TalofaGames for sticking by my side to make this happen :)

We launched @PlayMonsterWalk in the US and Europe! This week has been a nonstop sprint - I did a 1:25 half-marathon PR on Sunday (6:32 min/mile)! In just 8 hours, players took 30 million steps and collected 15,000 monsters — beating early access in a single day.

Excited to share more tomorrow! Stay tuned for the unveiling of Monster Walk to more regions 🚶🚶‍♀️⚡️

YOU ONLY HAVE 1.5 DAYS LEFT TO APPLY TO @speedrun. Here is the latest roundup of scouts who have announced on social and want to help you get in. What are you waiting for?

Can’t wait to help make walking feel more magical ✨and cozy for our earliest adventurers! #FitnessMotivation #fitnessgaming #indiedev

Here's the link to the collection!

Last week was a whirlwind of three talks and panels about creating “games for good” for Gen Z, and bringing that to @PlayMonsterWalk. Can’t wait to share more soon! #gamedevelopment #fitnessgaming #gamescom

Proud to see Run Legends, @TalofaGames first fitness game, featured by @GooglePlay for the Sydney Marathon — a race on my bucket list! After a week of daily runs through Cologne during devcom + gamescom, I felt firsthand how powerful it is to have fitness games to play.

Studio founder @xujennyc will be in Germany for gamescom this weekend! Catch her to see the most up to date version of what we have in store.  🐾✨

Thrilled to join the speaker lineup at gamescom and devcom this year! 🫡 Thank you to the @IGDAFoundation , @IGDA , and @GETWIGI for having me as a speaker and panelist! I'll also be a part of the @AMazeFest hypertalks on Thursday!

How Talofa Games' Monster Walk aims to stand out from Pokémon Go https://t.co/ePcNzMPbCh

Monster Walk is up for pre-order and pre-reg (with early access in a few places)! I’ll be at @gamescom in two weeks with some fun updates in store. Sign up here🔗 https://t.co/uc2PzVnTSK #founderjourney #gamedevelopment #indiegaming

As a Gen Z founder, I’m building the game I wish I had growing up. I had a blast speaking with @AaronAstle and @pgbiz  about the development process for our new game, @PlayMonsterWalk , and our plans for @TalofaGames !

Did we really just sponsor 35 startup founders and engineers to run the SF Marathon because our domain is “ https://t.co/heMWHMxVln”? Yes. We also needed a new GTM motion, so we took it literally. Beyond some in-person marketing, this was a special opportunity to bring together

2/2🧵Meeting the Porter team and @cindywangders at the start with prizes on the line gave me the push I needed to negative split. Running a surprise marathon reinforced how powerful gamified movement can be — pre-reg and pre-order @PlayMonsterWalk now!

1/2🧵 I ran a marathon with zero training—and finished 9th overall. Here’s what happened. I ran the SF Marathon this weekend thanks to a last-minute sponsorship from @porterdotrun! I finished 3rd in the open division and 9th overall among women with a 3:03 — close to my PR!

Here's the article: https://t.co/Ri6n0DYRRD! I'll be at gamescom in a few weeks, and would love to meet up with partners interested in working with us to take these types of experiences to millions more players. #founderjourney #fitnessgaming #fitnessjourney