Emily Care Boss: Exploring Games and Career Growth with Black & Green Games

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For the Girls Make Games Workshop at the Engagement Lab at Emerson College on November 15th, 2015.

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Emily Care Boss: Exploring Games and Career Growth with Black & Green Games

  1. 1. Emily Care Boss Black & Green Games Girls Make Games Engagement Lab, Emerson College, Boston, MA November 15, 2015 Blackgreengames.com Patreon.com/emilycare
  2. 2. Independent Publishing – since 2005 Financially accessible technology: Adobe Creative Suite, print on demand, website marketing. Crowdsourcing Platforms: Kickstarter.com, IndieGoGo.com, Patreon.com.
  3. 3. GenCon Indianapolis, over 55,000 attendees Photo by Adam Koebel “The Best Four Days in Gaming” Demonstration and direct sales
  4. 4. Why Analog Role Playing Games? • Creative collaboration – active, social entertainment • Skills of storytelling, improvisation, directing scaffolded by system • Immersive learning – engage in history, literature, etc. in a new way
  5. 5. Romance Trilogy Three games with a romance theme – Breaking the Ice, Shooting the Moon and Under my Skin Release in single volume, February 2016 Revised edition with hacks & mods supported by Patreon campaign – Patreon.com/emilycare
  6. 6. Last Chance Noir Freeform larp – with noir theme Custom rules, theater-style direction & asides Focus on subversion of sexism & racism of genre
  7. 7. Darkness Visible Life of John Milton and epic poem Paradise Lost. Live action role playing game with educational applications. In development.
  8. 8. Game Development Communities • Jiffycon.com – MA showcase of independent/smallpress rpgs - founder • Metatopia (dexposure.com) – board & rpg design conference, structured playtest & feedback
  9. 9. Professional Associations • Indie Game Developer Network – international, analog focus (igdnonline.com) - member • Boston Game Makers Guild (@GMG_Boston) – digital & analog deveopers meetup group
  10. 10. Diversity in Games • Our Many Games – ourmanygames.com, @ourmanygames Showcase games by people of color, women of all ethnicities, queer designers, trans folk, people with disabilities and other under-represented communities - founder • Alterconf – alterconf.com Talks across the nation spotlighting issues of inclusion, by diverse researchers & designers. Videos of talks online.
  11. 11. Contact Me Emily Care Boss, blackgreengames@yahoo.com Blackgreengames.com @emilycare  Jiffycon.com  Ourmanygames.com  Patreon.com/emilycare

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