Cooperative Gaming: Diversity in the Games Industry and How to Cultivate Inclusion

Cole, Alayna, Zammit, Jessica

商品描述

Cooperative Gaming provides context and practical advice regarding diversity in the games industry. The book begins with a deep dive into research literature and the history of diversity in the games industry to provide context around what diversity is and why it is a topic worth considering. The book looks at the different facets of diversity and games, exploring the issues and solutions within game development, studio management, event planning, and more. It provides people with practical advice around being a marginalized person in the games industry and how to be heard, how studios can support inclusive practices, and events can actively become more accessible to a diverse audience.

 

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  • Explores the history of diversity in games
  • Provides important information around what it is like to be a marginalized person in the industry
  • Gives practical steps to improve the inclusivity of the industry that are designed to aid in contextualizing and upskilling new developers

商品描述(中文翻譯)

《合作遊戲:遊戲產業中的多元性》提供了關於遊戲產業中多元性的背景和實用建議。本書首先深入研究文獻和遊戲產業中多元性的歷史,以提供多元性的定義和為何值得關注的背景。本書探討了多元性和遊戲的不同方面,探索了遊戲開發、工作室管理、活動策劃等領域中的問題和解決方案。本書提供了對於在遊戲產業中處於邊緣化地位的人的實用建議,包括如何讓自己的聲音被聽見,工作室如何支持包容性實踐,以及活動如何積極地吸引多元化觀眾。

主要特點:
- 探索遊戲中多元性的歷史
- 提供關於在產業中處於邊緣化地位的人的重要信息
- 提供實用步驟,以改善產業的包容性,旨在幫助新開發者理解並提升技能水平

作者簡介

Dr. Alayna Cole is the managing director of Queerly Represent Me, a not-for-profit championing queer representation in games. Alayna is also a producer at Sledgehammer Games, co-chair of the IGDA LGBTQ+ special interest group, and an award-winning games journalist and game developer. She was featured on the 2016 and 2017 Develop Pacific 30 Under 30 lists and the 2017 and 2019 Develop Pacific Women in Games lists, and has received several other accolades in the industry.

Jessica Zammit started writing in 2013 for Start Select Media and for the next five years she followed her interest in writing about representations of mental health, diversity, and particularly, sexuality in video games. Jessica has been speaking about diversity in games at conventions like PAX Australia since 2016 and has been featured on several other discussions in and around the topic of representation in games and games criticism. Along with her co-author, she is co-chair of the IGDA LGBTQ+ special interest group, and was featured on the 2018 Develop Pacific 30 Under 30 and Women in Games lists.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Dr. Alayna Cole是Queerly Represent Me的總監,該組織是一個非營利組織,致力於推動遊戲中的酷兒代表性。Alayna還是Sledgehammer Games的製片人,IGDA LGBTQ+特別利益小組的聯合主席,以及屢獲殊榮的遊戲記者和遊戲開發者。她曾入選2016年和2017年Develop Pacific 30 Under 30名單,以及2017年和2019年Develop Pacific Women in Games名單,並在業界獲得了其他幾項殊榮。

Jessica Zammit於2013年開始為Start Select Media撰寫文章,接下來的五年裡,她一直追隨自己對於在視頻遊戲中呈現心理健康、多樣性和特別是性取向的興趣。自2016年以來,Jessica一直在像PAX Australia這樣的大會上講述遊戲中的多樣性問題,並在其他討論中被提及,這些討論圍繞著遊戲和遊戲評論中的代表性問題。她與合著者一起擔任IGDA LGBTQ+特別利益小組的聯合主席,並入選了2018年Develop Pacific 30 Under 30和Women in Games名單。