Mary Strawberry

From Sound Stone of Origins, the Mother music encyclopedia

Mary Strawberry (born April 19, 2006) is a Mexican video game developer and composer. She's mostly known for her video game music covers and restorations on YouTube, as well as being part of several fan-made projects from the Mother community.

She is currently working on Xolotl (2022) and Project XVI, an action RPG inspired by late 90s games by Squaresoft.

Career

Early work

Mary's first project was Red Tears (initially known as Shattered Earth), started in early 2020. An RPG inspired by the 2006 GBA videogame Mother 3. Set in a futuristic 2015, the game follows a wide variety of playable characters living through a post-apocalyptic world.

As she developed Shattered Earth she joined projects such as MOTHER² as a spriter and animator, and Earthbound Rhapsody as a battle background technician, and later as lead developer.

Cancellation of Red Tears and Project XVI

In February 2023, Mary became ill with COVID-19. Because of her health and creative burnout, Mary decided to cancel Red Tears. The music tracks made for the game were uploaded online as an album, alongside behind the scenes information and other assets.

Later in April, she'd begin work on Project XVI, an attempt to recycle mechanics from Red Tears, putting aside its MOTHER-inspired roots and embracing a 32-bit aesthetic inspired by games like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VII. In September, she began recruiting playtesters for a prototype of Project XVI.

Hacking activity

Hawaii false missile alert.

On the morning of January 13, 2018, an alert was accidentally issued via the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alert System over television, radio, and cellular networks in the U.S. state of Hawaii, instructing citizens to seek shelter due to an incoming ballistic missile. It concluded with "This is not a drill". The message was sent at 8:08 a.m. local time. The state had not authorized civil defense outdoor warning sirens.

38 minutes and 13 seconds later, state officials detected unusual instruction commands coming from an IP direction located in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. David Ige, the governor, apologized for the erroneous alert. The Federal Communications Commission and the Hawaii House of Representatives launched investigations into the incident, leading to the resignation of the state's emergency management administrator.