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She Got Game on cultivating a thriving environment for female game developers

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Notably, she is an animator on the project Tom the Postgirl at Oopsie Daisies studio. Robin had an idea for an educational game and needed a graphics and UX designer, which Lucia happened to be. “It She talked to me about the education system in Denmark, suggesting future opportunities. We are still in touch.

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Creating an engaging & fun digital experience for kids – Case Study

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Educational. UI, UX Artist - 1. Award-winning educational gaming website offers 1000+ learning activities for kids in grades K to 5, both educational and interactive. Award-winning educational gaming website offers 1000+ learning activities for kids in grades K to 5, both educational and interactive.

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A friend of mine wants to become a game designer without learning any other disciplines in game dev, he seems very sure this is possible but his confidence comes off as “idea guy” to me. I like thinking about design as well and how it could all fit together cohesively but I’m worried he’s setting himself up for failure by not learning another discipline to go along with it. Am I correct in this thought or am I being an jerk?

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My grand idea of a huge battle between massive armies is mostly impossible if the engine can only handle 12 models animating on screen before the frame rate drops. That might mean working on combat, quests, cinematics, narrative, itemization, UX, enemies, levels/environments, or any of a number of other specialties.