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GDC’s Impact on Women in Game Development
Women-Led Games is always on the look out for more opportunities to uplift women in the game development industry. So when the biggest Game Development Conference in the world offered 10 free passes to our community we…
Interview with Vickie Chen, Founder & CEO of Avia
Avia works with many non-profits throughout the year. Involving players in giving back to local communities by playing their mobile games.
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The Séance of Blake Manor Interview with Treasa McCabe
Treasa McCabe talks with Charmaine Duff from Women-Led Games about her experience leading and designing the development of The Séance of Blake Manor.
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Love, Ghostie Deep Dive with Jennifer Goto
A core theme of Love, Ghostie revolves around the simple joy of bringing kindness and delight into the world, even when it’s anonymous.
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Abby Howard - Co-Owner of Black Tabby Games and Horror Cartoonist
Abby Howard (She/Her) is one half of the duo that makes up Black Tabby Games—who created Scarlett Hollow and Slay the Princess— and an Ignatz-awarded cartoonist known for her horror work such as The Last Halloween and…
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Andrea Rene - On-Camera Host, Content Creator, and Producer
Andrea Rene (She/Her) is a on-camera host, content creator, and producer for her own projects—such as her top-ranking podcast What's Good Games with Brittney Brombacher and Riana Manuel-Peña— or other organizations like…
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Jeremy Brenner-Levoy - The Impact of Gender Identity on Video Game Preference and Within Games Themselves - Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology at the University of Cincinnati
Jeremy Brenner-Levoy (They/Them) is a Ph.D Candidate in Sociology at the University of Cincinnati whose research centers how society shapes peoples’ preferences and experiences with “nerd culture” (video games, cosplay…
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Samantha Van Der Sluis - Composer
A: Yes! I made my way into the film industry through working within the music department on large-scale projects such as Star Wars IX. I’ve always been passionate about games and one day I had an epiphany moment of “hang…
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Claire Jia - Transferring Skills Across Industries: Co-Writer for We Are OFK: Pop. Love. Panic!
Claire Jia (She/Her) was the Co-writer for We Are OFK: Pop. Love. Panic!, the origin story video game for the indiepop virtual band called OFK composed of Itsumi Sato (She/Her), Jey Zhang (She/Her), Carter Flores…
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Sara Ventura - Ad Producer at Zynga
We spoke with Sara Ventura about her experience in the games industry and how she made her way to becoming Snr. Producer + Neurodiversity DEI Lead Zynga!
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Sherenne Johnson - CM Project Manager at Keywords Studios
Sherenne Johnson (She/Her) is a CM Project Manager for Keywords Studios (KWS), an external development partner that provides services ranging from Art to Localization to Player Support for clients around the world. An…
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Emma Johansson - Creative Director at Runaway Play
When I started at Runaway, I was the only woman working at the company. A few years later we got assigned Maya Litani as our producer. She’s one of the sharpest game designers I’ve met, super intelligent, competent, kind…
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Cristina Amaya - President of Latinx in Gaming and Director of DreamHack
Think of DreamHack as a celebration of everything gaming. From the industry side, to the making of games, to competitions. My role at DreamHack is to help bring some of the cool pieces to life and create touchpoints…
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Emily Pitcher - Harassment in the Games Industry
I started my game development journey at my college's game development club and faced assault within my first few months of making games. I knew that the industry had these types of issues but never considered that I…
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Jennifer Goto - Software Engineer turned indie dev
I've always wanted to make my own indie game since I graduated college. I majored in computer science, but took a couple of game design courses during my time there. I guess those were my first "real" games that I made…
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Cassi Brown - E-Sports Caster
Women-led Games Interview with Cassi Brown
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Kirsten-Lee Naidoo | External Investment
Women-led Games Interview with Kirsten-Lee Naidoo, Head of External Investment at Landfall Games
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Cristina Amaya | Latinx in Gaming & DreamHack
Women-led Games Interview with Cristina Amaya from Latinx in Gaming and DreamHack
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