Misogyny in Game Design is Solvable
Solvable
Pushkin Industries
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Laila Shabir is the co-founder and CEO of Girls Make Games. Here are some links to learn more about her game design studio, summer camp and quest to welcome more girls and women into the world of game design.
Girls Make Games
https://www.girlsmakegames.com/
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Find Me (2021) - A beautiful and surreal 2D puzzle platformer about a lost shadow seeking to be reunited with her human girl, while searching for memories and avoiding the dangerous city lights. Steam, Playstation
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Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn, and editing support from Keishel Williams. The Managing Producer is Sachar Mathias and Executive Producer is Mia Lobel.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:16.1 | This is Solvable. |
| 0:18.1 | I'm Ronald Young, Jr. |
| 0:20.1 | I wasn't thinking about starting a women's organization or a summer camp company. |
| 0:25.6 | I just wanted to make games. |
| 0:26.6 | About 2.8 billion people play video games worldwide. |
| 0:31.6 | From Fortnite to Rocket League, my personal favorite, gaming is a popular form of entertainment, relaxation, and a way to connect with friends. |
| 0:40.4 | And sometimes strangers. |
| 0:42.5 | When I started Girls Make Games, I really wasn't very familiar with gaming. |
| 0:45.9 | And I did grow up playing on my Atari and some arcade games like Street Fighter or Tekken. |
| 0:52.0 | But that was the extent of it. |
| 0:53.7 | That's Layla Shabir. She's the co-founder and CEO of Girls Make Games, an organization that |
| 0:59.4 | aims to introduce game design to young girls. Many people, including me, might spend a lot |
| 1:05.1 | of time gaming, but rarely take the time to think about who's making these games and what |
| 1:09.6 | goes into development. |
| 1:16.4 | And that means, you know, programming your game, designing your character, so making art for it, animating it, adding sound effects, sometimes even creating and recording those sound |
| 1:22.1 | effects from, you know, everyday objects that are around you, testing it and finally |
| 1:27.3 | implementing and sharing |
| 1:28.9 | it with people so they can play your game. |
| 1:30.7 | She founded a game studio with her husband. |
| 1:33.1 | But when it came to hiring, she realized just how underrepresented women are in the gaming |
| 1:37.4 | industry. |
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