Jul 03
The IGDA and you
The International Game Developers Association, or IGDA for short, is a not-for-profit organization that brings individuals in the game development industry together to foster communication between developers. The IGDA also runs multiple special interest groups which focus on a particular issue currently in discussion within the industry — of particular interest to myself, there is a Women In Game Development group.
This group focuses, perhaps obviously, on women who work in the game development industry. Of particular interest is their mailing list, called women_dev, which has moderate activity, and discusses topics of interest to women who are interested in game development — anybody can join this list, male or female.
The group is a good springboard for young women interested in the game development world to get acquainted with women who actually work in it, fostering a positive opinion of video games development — after all, it’s not just a “man’s world” anymore.
International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
Women In Game Development SIG
Women_dev Mailing List
July 3rd, 2007 at 8:49 pm
I’m kind of curious as to exactly why the people decide to use the mailing list over the forums on IGDA site - there is considerably more traffic on the email mailing list instead of the forums. Maybe it’s because it’s more old school than web forums.
October 6th, 2007 at 1:32 am
Thank you for sharing!