In the summer of 2023, Maxwell and I were daydreaming about building a game together using the prompt of 'cyclical phases' (like day & night). The first idea that came to my mind was: “On period & not on period.” After saying it, we both realized how wild the thought this was... but we couldn't let it go.  

Growing up, similar to many women in the world, I was never happy going through my period. When my period first came at the age of 11, I panicked. I was shy to tell anyone and desperately worried I would stop growing taller. I stowed my pads deep in the depths of my backpack. I constantly asked my friends to walk behind me to ensure I had no leaks. I became an expert in discretely retrieving my pad from my backpack via a pulled down long sleeve. Though I was familiar with keeping my period low profile, I was still shocked and confused by my family's outrage when I asked my dad to purchase a new bag of pads for me. “That’s so dirty.” “He'll get bad luck.” “Why are you comfortable to ask your dad to do that for you?” 

Those words and those feelings never left me. I want to make a game for future generations so they won't need to go through the shame, the doubts, and the judgments that I have gone through. But I also want to make this game for myself, and any others like me, desiring an opportunity to reconcile with the past and to truly accept the present.

And if, like me, you never celebrated your period as a girl, it's never too late to throw yourself a Period Party. This is the Period Party for all of us.

-Camille