emily care boss: exploring games and career growth with black & green games

Emily Care BossBlack & Green Games

Girls Make Games Engagement Lab, Emerson College, Boston, MA

November 15, 2015

Blackgreengames.comPatreon.com/emilycare

Independent Publishing – since 2005Financially accessible technology: Adobe Creative Suite, print on demand, website marketing.Crowdsourcing Platforms: Kickstarter.com, IndieGoGo.com, Patreon.com.

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GenCon Indianapolis, over 55,000 attendeesPhoto by Adam Koebel

“The Best Four Days in Gaming”Demonstration and direct sales

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

Romance TrilogyThree games with a romance theme – Breaking the Ice, Shooting the Moon and Under my SkinRelease in single volume, February 2016Revised edition with hacks & mods supported by Patreon campaign – Patreon.com/emilycare

Last Chance NoirFreeform larp – with noir theme

Custom rules, theater-style direction & asidesFocus on subversion of sexism & racism of genre

Darkness VisibleLife of John Milton and epic poem Paradise Lost. Live action role playing game with educational applications. In development.

GameDevelopment Communities• Jiffycon.com – MA

showcase of independent/smallpress rpgs - founder

• Metatopia (dexposure.com) – board & rpg design conference, structured playtest & feedback

Professional Associations• Indie Game Developer Network – international,

analog focus (igdnonline.com) - member• Boston Game Makers Guild (@GMG_Boston) – digital

& analog deveopers meetup group

Diversity in Games• Our Many Games – ourmanygames.com, @ourmanygamesShowcase games by people of color, women of all ethnicities, queer designers, trans folk, people with disabilities and other under-represented communities - founder• Alterconf – alterconf.comTalks across the nation spotlighting issues of inclusion, by diverse researchers & designers. Videos of talks online.

Contact MeEmily Care Boss, blackgreengames@yahoo.comBlackgreengames.com@emilycare Jiffycon.com Ourmanygames.com Patreon.com/emilycare