Micheal Lual Mayen

Michael Lual Mayen (commonly known as Lual Mayen or Micheal Lual Mayen) is a South Sudanese Video Game Developer, Video Game Designer and entrepreneur based in Washington, D.C., US [3][4]. He was born in 1993 at the Aswa refugee camp in Sudan.[1] In 2004, his family relocated to a refugee camp in Uganda.[1][5][6] He was born into a family of seven.[6][7][8]

Lual Mayen
Born
Michael Lual Mayen

Aswa, South Sudan[1]
OccupationVideo Game Developer
Known forVideo games developing[2]
Parents
  • Mayen Manyok (father)
  • Nyantet Machot (mother)

Career

Mayen is known for creating Junub Games.[9] [10][11] [12][13][14] During The Game Awards 2019 in Los Angeles, Mayen announced the video game Salaam.[15]

Video games

His first game, Salaam (2018), which is named after an Arabic word that means peace, is about protecting communities [16] [17] [18], and premiered on 13 December 2019 at the Game Awards 2019 [19].

Honors
  • Global Gaming Citizen at 2018 Game Awards, Los Angeles.

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References
  1. Mohamed Malim. "Lual Mayen: Entrepreneur, Game Developer and South Sudanese Refugee". Epimonia. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. "Ugandan man creates video game to educate world about refugees". 13 Wham. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. Emily Vaughn. "A Kid In A Refugee Camp Thought Video Games Fell From Heaven. Now He Makes Them". NPR. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  4. The Washington Post. "Former refugee Lual Mayen says video games like Salaam can encourage empathy". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  5. Kylie Kiunguyu. "Meet Lual Mayen a South Sudanese refugee turned gaming CEO". This is Africa. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  6. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2019/10/14/once-he-was-refugee-now-hes-ceo-making-video-games-peace/
  7. News, A. B. C. "Video: Gaming for good: Lual Mayen". ABC News. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  8. "Global Gaming Citizen Lual Mayen launches Kickstarter for Salaam, a game about peace". VentureBeat. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  9. BBC Reporter. "Creating a video game in a refugee camp". BBC. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  10. Dean Takahashi. "Global Gaming Citizen Lual Mayen launches Kickstarter for Salaam, a game about peace". Venture Beat. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  11. Physicians Weekly Reporter. "Video game developer Lual Mayen, 25, who learned to code". Physicians Weekly. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  12. Jan Crawford. "Former refugee develops video game that puts you in search of peace". CBS News. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  13. ABC News Videos. "Gaming for good: Lual Mayen". ABC News. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  14. Andrea Rincón. "Lual Mayen creó un videojuego para mostrar la cruda realidad de los migrantes". France24. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AVSja23gdI
  16. "2019 Game Awards live updates!". Comics Beat. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  17. "A Kid In A Refugee Camp Thought Video Games Fell From Heaven. Now He Makes Them". North Country Public Radio. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  18. "The Game Awards 2019 live report". Euro Gamer. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwCcvx-22bs
  20. "The peace games: Dreaming big for South Sudan's youth". Aljazeera. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  21. "South Sudanese app developer seeks to promote peace". AA. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  22. Fingerlakes Reporter. "Lual Mayen: A Game Developer's Inspirational Journey". Fingerlakes. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  23. https://venturebeat.com/2019/03/23/lual-mayen-from-refugee-to-game-developer/
  24. Obele, Leo (6 December 2018). "The Game Awards 2019: Recognizing This Year's Global Gaming Citizens". Facebook. Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.


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