Prominent writers and game designers discuss crafting game narrative and representation within gaming communities. Presented in conjunction with the AWM’s forthcoming special exhibit Level Up: Writers and Gamers.
How Did You Ship That??? A Postmortem: The Cartomancy Anthology
It's a miracle that any game ships, but things get even trickier when you're creating a game anthology! The Cartomancy Anthology is a tremendous collection of 22 games, each based on a Major Arcana card and created by a different development team. 80+ developers participated from around the globe, making this project one of the largest published game collaborations to exist. In this talk, members of the Cartomancy organizing team share what was going on behind the scenes and reflect on process, logistics, and communication strategies. Spoilers: It's a lot! Watch here.
Identity, Language and Community Through Video Games
Samantha Ortiz remembers her childhood in Houston, Texas filled with memories of smells and foods her grandmothers on both, her Puerto Rican and Mexican sides of the family made. “When I think about the positive aspects of my life, they’re definitely tied to my grandparents a lot,” she says.
Now, Samantha is using those memories to bring life to her work as an independent video game creator. In this episode of Latino USA, Samantha shares her journey of finding her way into the video game industry and the joys of bringing her entire self to the games she creates.
