Women in Game Development

Jennifer Brandes Hepler has been in the games industry for 18 years, starting as a writer for tabletop games before joining Bioware as a senior writer on the Dragon Age series and Star Wars: The Old Republic. After two years as the lead writer on Disruptor Beam’s Game of Thrones Ascent, Jennifer is now working on serious games for Kognito Interactive, using game dialogue to teach empathy and communication skills. Jennifer has spoken on gender and game writing at GDC, Games For Change, Geek Girl Con, and EA University.

• Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Brenda Romero Chapter 3 Rebecca Ann Heineman Chapter 4 From the BeginningChapter 5 Judy Tyrer Chapter 6 Brianna Wu Chapter 7 Karisma Williams Chapter 8 It Starts in the Classroom: Women and Computer ScienceChapter 9 Jane Ng Chapter 10 Kimberly Unger Chapter 11 "You Must Be an Artist": Stereotypes and Realities about Female Game Artists Chapter 12 Laralyn McWilliams Chapter 13 Elizabeth LaPensée Chapter 14 Elizabeth SampatChapter 15 Erin Hoffman-JohnChapter 16 Don’t Girls Hate Combat?: Variety in Game Design Chapter 17 Jennifer Brandes Hepler Chapter 18 Sheri Graner Ray Chapter 19 Write What You Know: How Female Writers Expand a Game’s Audience Chapter 20 Megan Gaiser Chapter 21 Kari Toyama Chapter 22 Good, Fast, or Cheap: What Does a Game Producer Do, Anyway? Chapter 23 Katie Postma Chapter 24 Donna Prior Chapter 25 "Just a CM…": Why Community Management Is Judged So Harshly Chapter 26 Sheri Rubin Chapter 27 The "Average Player": How Game Testing Departments Can Bias Their Results Chapter 28 Leigh Alexander Chapter 29 Mattie Brice Chapter 30 Anita Sarkeesian and Laura Hudson Chapter 31 Conclusion

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