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About

Hien Pham (pronounced like Ian with an H) is a queer digital artist specializing in gentle and optimistic comics. He grew up in Vietnam on war stories before moving and finding a home in Australia. His work revolves around respite, around caring and loving and being loved and cared for.

Hien's emotional and introspective interactive fictions are award-winning and multi-award nominated. His debut graphic novel, It Will Be Hard, won an Australian Game Developer Award in 2018. Hien was a frequent guest speaker at Freeplay Independent Games Festival, where his work was later nominated for multiple award categories. He is a long-standing volunteer for local and interstate queer communities. During the 2021 Mr. Bear Perth competition, he was crowned Mr. Congeniality.

• Email: wavingcomics@gmail.com
• Interactive: https://wavingpeople.itch.io
• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wavingpeople
• Twitter: @wavingpeople
• Bluesky: @hienpham.bsky.social

Accolades

Amarantus

• Winner of the Australian Game Developer Award for Excellence in Narrative (2023).
• Winner of the The Pavs: NZ Game Awards - The Guest Plate (2023).

It Will Be Hard

• Winner of an Australian Game Developer Award (2018).
• Nominated for Freeplay Independent Games Festival's Excellence in Visual Art (2019).
• Nominated for Freeplay Independent Games Festival's Excellence in Narrative (2019).
• Nominated for Prism Awards for Small To Midsize Press (2019).

I'm Shirtless In This One

• Nominated for Freeplay Independent Games Festival's Micro-Game Award (2019).

Minefield

• Shortlisted for The Ledger Awards (2019).