Nina Freeman
Nina Freeman | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Freeman speaking at the 2016 Game Developers Conference | |
| Born | March 15, 1990 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | New York University Tandon School of Engineering |
| Occupation | Video game designer |
| Years active | 2012—present |
| Employer | Fullbright |
| Organization | The Code Liberation Foundation |
| Notable credit | Cibele |
Nina Freeman (born March 15, 1990)[1][2] is an American video game designer known for games with themes of sexuality and self-reflection.[2] She is currently a game designer at Fullbright. She was included in Forbes 2015 list of influential video game industry figures.[3]
Freeman developed her first game in 2012 based on a science fiction poem she wrote, though it remains unreleased.[4]
Freeman is a co-founder of The Code Liberation Foundation, a program offering free development workshops in order to facilitate the creation of video games by women.[5][6]
Her autobiographical game How Do You Do It deals with the discovery of sexuality through Barbie dolls after viewing the movie Titanic.[7][8] How Do You Do It was developed during the 2014 Global Game Jam and was a finalist at the Independent Games Festival and Indiecade.
In 2015, Freeman graduated from NYU Poly;[9] her thesis project became her first commercially released game, Cibele. Cibele is based on a true story about falling in love within an online game.[10] It won a Nuovo Award at the 2016 Independent Games Festival.[11][12]
Her 2016 game Bum Rush debuted at NYU Game Center's 2015 No Quarter event and released for free on July 6, 2016, for OS X and Windows.[13]
References
- ^ ✿, ✿ nina freeman (March 12, 2015). "it's my birthday on sunday ahhhhh~".
{{cite web}}:|last=has numeric name (help) - ^ a b Hudson, Laura (November 4, 2015). "Cibele Is a Crazy-Real Game About Falling in Love Online". Wired. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
- ^ "30 Under 30 2016: Games". Forbes. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ^ Wallace, Kimberley (February 2016). Making Games Personal. Gameinformer Issue 274. pp. 22–23.
- ^ "Interview: Code Liberation On Game Workshops For Women". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ^ "About us". The Code Liberation Foundation. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ^ Stuart, Keith (November 16, 2015). "Meet Nina Freeman, the punk poet of gaming". The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- ^ "If Sex Videogames Make You Feel Weird, That's the Point". WIRED. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ^ "A Great Year for Grads". NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ^ Stuart, Keith (November 16, 2015). "Meet Nina Freeman, the punk poet of gaming". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ^ "Her Story wins top honors at 18th annual IGF Awards". ew.com. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ^ "'Cibele:' Love in a time of video games and surveillance". Washington Post. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ^ Biery, Thomas (July 1, 2016). "Car combat dating game Bum Rush launches for free July 6". Polygon.
External links
Media related to Nina Freeman at Wikimedia Commons
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