Speaker

New York City, NY October 4, 2014
Creating a Community of Game Developer Women

The Code Liberation Foundation was created in order to increase the number of women in game development. The games industry is currently incredibly unwelcoming toward women and people of color. During this session, Catt Small and Stacey Mulcahy will discuss why diversity in games is important, methods used to encourage women to program video games, and lessons learned during Code Liberation’s efforts to build a positive community of women in games.

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Sketchnotes of Catt & Stacey

Sketchnotes of Catt & Stacey by Angela Wyman, printed with permission

CODE LIBERATION

Use real life examples

Have at least 1 teaching assistant for every 10 students

Provide resources, slides, & code (on GitHub)

Blog Posts, Repeat, Tweet

Space out classes & events to avoid burnout

Be persistant!