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SUMMARY:HOW IT SHIPPED - Insecure: The Come Up Game
DESCRIPTION:Latoya Peterson\, co-founder and CXO of Glow Up Games\, walks through what it took to ship Insecure: The Come Up Game with HBO. \nLatoya Peterson lives at the intersection of emerging technology and culture. She is cofounder and CXO at Glow Up Games\, an award-winning game studio centering storytelling around black and brown joy. Glow Up Games recently launched their first title set in the world of HBO’s Insecure and is working on a rap experience tied to live events. \nPreviously\, she was the Deputy Editor\, Digital Innovation for ESPN’s The Undefeated\, an Editor-at-Large at Fusion\, and the Senior Digital Producer for The Stream\, a social media driven news show on Al Jazeera America. In 2018\, she soft launched AI in the Trap\, a collaborative art project that explores the future of artificial intelligence and predictive policing through a hip-hop lens. In 2016\, she produced a critically acclaimed YouTube series on Girl Gamers that was highlighted on Spotify. She is currently on the advisory board of the Data & Society Institute and the board of visitors for The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships. She is also part of the selection committee for the Museum of Play’s World Video Game Hall of Fame.
URL:https://igda.org/event/how-it-shipped-insecure-the-come-up-game/
LOCATION:VCU da Vinci Center SHIFT Retail Lab\, 1235 W Broad St\, Richmond\, VA\, 23229\, United States
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SUMMARY:Startup Game Studio w/ CEOs from top Independent Studios Q&A
DESCRIPTION:The IGDA and Gallery 5 present a live event with Independent video game studio heads from Mohawk Games (Old World\, Offworld Trading Company)\, and Farbridge (RWBY Grimm Eclipse\, Walkabout Mini Golf\, Unnanounced Gearbox Project).  \nSpeakers for this event will be in-person\, travelling to Richmond to help us build game development in Central Virginia.  \nCEO of Mohawk Games and Creative Director for Old World. Leyla grew up in Lebanon and studied Journalism before working in radio and government. A talented polyglot\, Leyla worked on Offworld Trading Company and for Mohawk\, she has performed work in different disciplines from community management\, art direction\, project lead to narrative design.  \n\nGrowing up in Washington State\, Soren enjoyed several hobbies including videogames\, music and soccer. Completing an internship at EA\, he transitioned to Firaxis to work on Civilization III and IV. Soren is now Design Director at Mohawk Games and brings years of experience to projects like Offworld Trading Company and Old World. \nCEO of Farbridge\, Patrick Curry founded and runs a distributed game studio with a nexus of folks in Central Texas. Farbridge shipped games for practically every type of game console\, computer\, mobile platform\, and VR/AR devices\, over 12 projects across 30 SKUs on 10+ platforms. They work with partners like EA\, Wizards of the Coast\, Gearbox\, and cooking up their own original games. Patrick has had four exits as co-founder/partner: Tsugi (Unity)\, Wideload (Disney)\, Powered (Dachis Group)\, ZFI (Frog Design). Two exits as advisor/investor: Owlchemy Labs (Google)\, Howdy.ai (Microsoft). Currently advising Superboss Games\, Pretty Hype Games\, Absurd Joy\, Wayside Press\, and new super secret awesome companies.
URL:https://igda.org/event/startup-game-studio-w-ceos-from-top-independent-studios-qa/
LOCATION:Richmond\, VA\, Richmond\, VA\, United States
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SUMMARY:From Dream to Funding - Rami Ismail
DESCRIPTION:The IGDA and da Vinci Center present a live event with Independent video game developer\, Rami Ismail.  \nParticipants will learn what it takes to turn a dream game into a funded title\, and a chance for live Q&A with one of the most influential people in the video games industry.  \nNamed in Forbes “30 under 30 for Games” in 2015\, Variety’s “Most Influential in Videogames” in 2018\, “People of the Year” for 2018 by GameIndustry.biz\, Rami has been a leading advocate for independent development\, and for wider representation and better work conditions across the global gaming industry. He co-founded the studio Vlambeer with Jan Willem Nijman in 2010\, where they developed games such as Ridiculous Fishing\, Luftrausers\, and Nuclear Throne.
URL:https://igda.org/event/from-dream-to-funding-rami-ismail/
LOCATION:VCU da Vinci Center SHIFT Retail Lab\, 1235 W Broad St\, Richmond\, VA\, 23229\, United States
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SUMMARY:IGDA Central Virginia - Game Industry Recruiting Q&A
DESCRIPTION:The IGDA is officially founded in central Virginia!! \nThis is the second of two pilot events in 2022 to gauge interest in connecting all the game developers from Charlottesville to Richmond to Virginia Beach. Our initial goal is to increase awareness of game development across the region and build our network of game industry professionals and students. \nThis event is FREE and available to members and non-members of the IGDA. \nPlease join our Discord in advance of the event to submit your questions to the Recruiters: https://discord.gg/5RbRksut \nNOTE: ERB doors are locked after hours. Join the Discord for door assistance. \nAnd follow up on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VaIgda \nCODE OF CONDUCT: \n\nTreat each other with respect\nBe mindful of your speech and behavior towards others\, especially when disagreeing\nHarassment or abuse of any form will not be tolerated\nUse appropriate profile images and names\nDo not as for unsolicited job applications or applicants\nDo not share political\, religious\, sexually explicit\, racist\, sexist\, or otherwise disturbing content unrelated to games and the game industry\nDo not disclose personal information about anyone other than yourself\nDo not advertise unless previously approved
URL:https://igda.org/event/igda-central-virginia-game-industry-recruiting-qa/
LOCATION:VCU Engineering Research Building\, 401 W. Main St.\, Richmond\, VA 23284\, 401 W. Main St.\, Richmond\, VA\, 23284\, United States
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