Nina Freeman

Nina Freeman
Freeman speaking at the 2016 Game Developers Conference
Born (1990-03-15) 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(s) Cibele

Nina Freeman (born March 15, 1990)[1][2] is a 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] 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;[8] 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.[9] It won a Nuovo Award at 2016 Independent Games Festival.[10][11]

Career

Freeman rose to prominence as critics praised her How Do You Do It.[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

  1. ↑ ✿, ✿ nina freeman (March 12, 2015). "it's my birthday on sunday ahhhhh~".
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ "30 Under 30 2016: Games". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  4. ↑ Wallace, Kimberley (February 2016). Making Games Personal. Gameinformer Issue 274. pp. 22–23.
  5. ↑ "Interview: Code Liberation On Game Workshops For Women". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  6. ↑ "About us". The Code Liberation Foundation. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  7. ↑ "If Sex Videogames Make You Feel Weird, That's the Point". WIRED. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  8. ↑ "A Great Year for Grads". NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  9. ↑ Stuart, Keith (2015-11-16). "Meet Nina Freeman, the punk poet of gaming". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  10. ↑ "Her Story wins top honors at 18th annual IGF Awards". ew.com. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  11. ↑ "'Cibele:' Love in a time of video games and surveillance". Washington Post. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ Biery, Thomas (July 1, 2016). "Car combat dating game Bum Rush launches for free July 6". Polygon.

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