Adelaide women changing the face of the billion-dollar video-game industry

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New games being developed in Adelaide are tackling the impact of domestic violence and teaching friends and family how they can help.

It is games like Hannah that highlight the need for more women in the industry, but it is not always an easy job.

"I think women in game development definitely have their own obstacles and challenges, and we've faced quite a lot over the last few years, but I think the outlook is looking good and through connections and things like that we're able to have some really good futures," she said.Her first class has nine female students in it."We've got one class at the moment of 24 students," she said.

"It's so important to have that unique perspective — not just from women, but women of colour, and women of different ethnicities, faith and sexualities."Ms Emery also runs a network for South Australian women in gaming.One of the members, Anna Bailes, is a digital artist with Adelaide-based company MonkeyStack.

 

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Is it still IWD? You can go back to reporting both sexes achievements anytime ABC. Funny she didn't mention the 2020 GDC?

Hmm.. a domestic violence game. Sounds fun actually

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