The Game Devs of Color Expo is entering into its fifth year, taking place this Saturday and Sunday. It’s a diverse convention that is making its way online this year by being exclusively digital. The aim of the expo is to shine a light on the developers of color in the industry. Although this is specifically an event to give praise to developers of color, it’s open to anyone and everyone to enjoy! Through the convention’s “Gradient Convergence” you’ll be able to play an array of games on Steam from the comfort of your own home! Below I’ll be highlighting the lineup of games and speakers to showcase what we can expect.
Speakers:
Chase Bethea (Composer, Cubic Climber) - "Composing Music for In-Game Islands, Subterranean Areas and Beyond"
Shana T. Bryant (Producer) - "No More Heroes: How Game Development Heroics is Killing Us"
John R. Diaz (Technical Designer, Amazon Lumberyard) - "Culturally-Aligned Game Protagonists Design"
Claude Jerome (Gameplay Designer, Probably Monsters) - "Advanced Game Feel"
Sisi Jiang (Narrative Designer, LIONKILLER) - "Authenticity is Balls"
Evva Karr (Creative Director, GLITCH) - “Rules and Restrictions Apply”
Johnny Liu (Project Manager, Standing Stone Games) - "Exploring Inclusivity as a KPI Driver"
Charles McGregor (Founder, Tribe Games) - "Sip the Juice: Adding Game Feel to Your Game"
Limpho Moeti (Producer, Nyamakop) - "The Importance of Being Authentic"
Sheila Moore (Co-founder, Combo Queens) - "Visibility in Indie Games"
Xalavier Nelson, Jr. (Founder, Strange Scaffold) - "Kill Your Dream Game and Use its Body for Parts"
Latoya Peterson + Mitu Khandaker (Founders, Glow Up Games) - “5 Things We Wished We Knew Before Launching Glow Up Games”
Ethan Redd (Founder, Virtuoso Neomedia) - "Fight For The Future - Zodiac XX Post-Mortem"
Salman Shurie (Independent Game Developer) - "Forming Ideas for Games You Don't Have"
Lisette Titre-Montgomery (Art Director, Double Fine Productions) - "The Art Of Psychonauts 2 - The Making of a Brain in a Jar"
Victoria Tran (Communications Director, Kitfox Games) - "Failure Marketing"
Calbert Warner (Composer) - "Carving Out a Niche in Video Game Music and Using Social Media to Attract Potential Clients"
Video Games:
1000 Deaths (Pariah Interactive)
Aerial_Knights Never Yield (Aerial_Knight, Neil Jones)
An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs (Strange Scaffold)
Breakpoint (Studio Aesthesia)
DON'T GIVE UP (Taco Pizza Cat Games)
Duster (Coldrice Games)
Finders, Keepers (Alex Francois)
Garden Story (Picogram)
Jumpala (Yokereba Games)
Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action (Moonana)
KindFolx (Tristan Barona)
Koshka's Kofe (Koshka's Team)
LIONKILLER (Sisi Jiang)
Love Shore (Perfect Garbage)
Lucifer Within Us (Kitfox Games)
Museum Multiverse VR (Made in Brooklyn Games)
Mystic Pillars: A Story-Based Puzzle Game (Holy Cow Productions)
OneBit Adventure (Galactic Slice)
Onsen Master (Waking Oni Games)
ProtoCorgi (Kemono Games)
She Dreams Elsewhere (Studio Zevere)
Skate Story (by Sam Eng)
Solace State (Vivid Foundry)
ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area (Veritable Joy)
Xenosis: Alien Infection (NerdRage Studios)
Yellowface - An Asian American Story (Mike Ren Yi)
Tabletop Games:
Design Eye | The Graphic Design Education Game (Deon Mixon)
Dogs BOND (Alex Lu)
Gladius (Cat Quartet Games)
Hoop Godz (Board Game Brothas)
Inequality-opoly: The Board Game of Structural Racism and Sexism in America (Perry Clemons)
MonsDRAWsity (Eric Slauson)
Tattoo Stories (Eric Slauson)
The Girl and the Robot - The Card Game (Flying Carpets Games)
Winsults (Davon Ford, Lanee Higgins)
While this expo is being done 100% online, there is a small fee to help out the ones putting this all together. There are 2 passes to choose from and it’s really refreshing to see what they actually are. You can choose between the Standard Pass and the Low-Income Pass. The Standard Pass is $10 plus a $2.24 fee and gives you access to the entire experience. On the other hand, you have the Low-Income Pass. What I really appreciate about this pass is that it’s $5 plus a small $1.94 fee but gives people that are financially affected a chance to attend the event too. In fact, it actually gives you the exact same access as the Standard Pass. For anyone who is truly unable to pay for a pass, you can fill out a form for it here.
During a pandemic, it’s extremely admirable to see a convention doing something like this. The event takes place this Saturday the 19th and Sunday the 20th from 10 am ET - 6 pm ET. Interested in purchasing a ticket? Click this link right here to learn more!
