Felicia Kwee

Felicia Kwee (born May 5th 2010) is a Singaporean game designer and hacker best known as the chief creator of the online metaverse game Orbitat and one of three heirs to the Clinq banking fortune.

Born in London City, Kwee studied Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) before returning to Singapore, where she founded Orbitat Inc. in 2044 and launched Orbitat to commercial success.

In 2048, Kwee left Orbitat Inc. for undisclosed personal reasons. She also halted her online activities until October 5th 2049, when she posted a controversial meme in response to the DotDesign Museum attack.

Early lifePermalink

Felicia Kwee was born in London City on May 5th 2010 to Gerald Kwee, chair of Clinq, and Charlene Yeo, a publicist. She has two older brothers, Felix and Fabian.

Kwee was a withdrawn, introverted child whose parents worried that she spent too much time indoors. As a result, Kwee was sent to boarding school at Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia and spent a year at Timbertop, the school’s off-grid campus where students can only receive outside news from physical media, radio, and written letters. Kwee has described this year as “[her] anime arc psychotic break,” which affected her outlook on technology, place, and identity. ^[1]

Kwee finished high school two years ahead of her cohort and was accepted into Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2026. She finished an undergraduate degree in Physics in 2030 and was subsequently fast-tracked into the university’s Doctoral Programme in Computational Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.

OrbitatPermalink

In 2035, Felicia Kwee returned to Singapore and began working at the Government Technology Agency (GovTech). Shortly after, Kwee transferred to the Virtual Singapore team, where she became a senior experience designer. In 2041, Kwee left civil service and founded Orbitat Inc., with several key Virtual Singapore team members leaving to follow her.

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After winning the approval and backing of the Singaporean government, Orbitat Inc. officially launched Orbitat in January 2044. The concept for Orbitat was based on Kwee’s senior thesis at MIT, personal research, and a mod she had developed for Re:Visit in 2032. By the end of its first year, Orbitat boasted 310 million monthly active players, with a current active monthly player count of 425 million. ^[2]

In March 2048, Felicia Kwee left Orbitat Inc. for undisclosed personal reasons, with the role of CCO remaining unfilled. On October 5th 2049, Kwee posted a retro sand-related meme to her social media accounts in response to the DotDesign Museum attack, which critics have decried as “tasteless and borderline sociopathic.” Kwee subsequently disabled comments and replies on all her feeds. ^[3]

Personal lifePermalink

Kwee avoids publicity and has only done a handful of interviews in her career, usually alongside her brother or Asa Morales. Felix has jokingly described her as a “bougie hikikomori.” ^[4] Kwee’s philanthropic causes include contributing to low-income childcare programmes, outdoor education, and offline/off-grid mental health initiatives.

See alsoPermalink

• Orbitat
• Orbitat Inc.

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