Career Day –
The Business of Games
Wanda Meloni
M2 Advisory Group
June 22, 2015
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Recognize This Guy?
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What About This Guy?
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Or This Guy?
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Recognize This Game?
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And This One?
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What About This One?
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85 million neurons – 70,000 people – 130 countries
Or This One?
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This is Pretty Cool!
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This is Crazy Cool!
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This is the Coolest!! (click image)
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CONTENT
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There are so many opportunities
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Different Roles for Different Interests
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Game Design
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Creating Characters and Environments
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Programming and Coding
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We Need More Diversity
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Sources: Celluloid Ceiling, Game Developer Magazine
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Women in the Film Industry
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Women in the Games Industry
We Need More Women
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Lots of Opportunities
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For Lots of Different People
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Imagine the Possibilities…
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Creativity is
Intelligence
having fun
The true sign of
intelligence is not
knowledge but
imagination
Keep Using Your Imagination!

Career Day 2015 - Middle School

Editor's Notes

  • #23 In Films: Women are most likely to work in the documentary, drama, and animated film genres. They are least likely to work in the action, horror and sci-fi genres. Film Women Men Directors 9% 91% Writers 15% 85% Exec. Producers 17% 83% Producers 25% 75% Editors 20% 80% Cinematographers 2% 98% Games Women Men Designers 11% 89% Artists/Animators 16% 84% Business/Legal 18% 82% Producers 23% 77% Audio Developers 4% 94% QA Testers 7% 93% Programmers 4% 96%