My friend and business partner of 17 years, Satish Pillalamarri, recently passed away to cancer leaving a newborn that he never met. I'm still heart-broken. Satish was a wonderful person and he would have been a wonderful dad.
https://www.gofundme.com/.../scholarship-for-om-in-honor...

We're raising money for a scholarship fund for his newborn. You can donate directly to the GoFundMe page, or you can purchase Dude from our website. All proceeds from 1,000 donated games will go to the fund. Dude was the last game Satish worked on.
https://www.northstargames.com/products/dude 

Here are some photos from my time with him.
Our first Toy Fair in 2004.

In 2006, Kevin Plank, the founder of UnderArmour hosted a business plan competition, and ended up writing us a check for $10k. This helped fund our print run for Target.

At my wedding in 2008.

Winning an Origins award for Say Anything.

A 2010 article for the Washington Post.

2011 birthday party which involved a shrimp cocktail incident...

He loved penguins and monkeys.

2011 beach trip that involved lots of games.

2014 office pranks. Satish's desk was turned into a corner office with a bunch of Mardi Gras beads.

2018 North Star office.

Satish left behind a newborn named Om, who he was never able to meet. Satish would have been a wonderful dad. He was kind and fun loving and looking forward to being a dad. Please consider donating to Om's scholarship fund.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/scholarship-for-om-in-honor-of-satish-pillalamarri

You can also purchase a copy of Dude from our website. Dude was the last game Satish worked on. We've donated the remaining 1000 copies of Dude to the fund. All proceeds will go to Om's scholarship.

https://www.northstargames.com/products/dude