Pixelles is preparing new workshops! We would love for you to answer this survey (less than 5 min) about our workshops program. The goal is to help us better understand your needs. Let us know what kinds of workshops and ideas you would like to see in the coming year. Share it around and thank… Continue reading Workshops Survey: Tell Us What You Want!
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Win a Game UX Summit Scholarship
Have you ever wanted to attend the Game UX Summit? Now’s your chance! We’re raffling off two scholarships which includes a ticket and travel stipend ($750 CAD). This scholarship is made possible thanks to the generosity of the Game UX Summit. Who is eligible? marginalized gender identity (such as nonbinary, transgender, women, genderfluid & others)… Continue reading Win a Game UX Summit Scholarship
[:en] Raffle for Disco:MTL Tickets! [:fr] Tirage pour Disco:MTL
We’re giving away 2 tickets to Disco:MTL Online for people who are non-binary, genderqueer, transgender, gender-questioning, women or any other marginalized gender. Yes, this includes trans men and AMAB non-binary people! What is Disco:MTL? After three successful in-person editions and an outstanding online version, Disco:MTL is back with another online edition (July 11-15, 2022)! GamePlay… Continue reading [:en] Raffle for Disco:MTL Tickets! [:fr] Tirage pour Disco:MTL
[:en]Call for Workshop Coordinators [:fr]Appel aux candidatures – coordinat·rice·eur d’atelier
Pixelles is looking for two workshop coordinators to help make our monthly workshops happen. Our workshops have always been a pillar of learning and opportunity for the community. Please note that all positions at Pixelles are volunteer-based (even the directors are volunteers) and remote. We are very understanding if you ever need a pause, do… Continue reading [:en]Call for Workshop Coordinators [:fr]Appel aux candidatures – coordinat·rice·eur d’atelier
Workshop: Things to Consider When Starting a Game Studio
Tanya X. Short started the award-winning Kitfox Games in 2013, and will share her thoughts on how to think about starting your very own indie game studio. Whether it’s a for-profit corporation, a worker’s co-op, a non-profit, or a solo venture, these questions should help spur you towards practical, real-world problems to solve and expectations to… Continue reading Workshop: Things to Consider When Starting a Game Studio
Workshop: Get that job! Writing a great resume for games!
We’ll look at creating clear value and messaging in your resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, and portfolio for recent graduates, early career, and mid-career. It will also include resources for interviewing and negotiations. This online talk, presented in English, is open to all genders and backgrounds. Attendees must follow the Pixelles safer space policy. Please note there… Continue reading Workshop: Get that job! Writing a great resume for games!
Raffle: Career Coaching Session with Jean Leggett
Jean Leggett is an indie game dev as well as a professional coach. She has worked with over 300 game devs since 2019 in the capacity of a mentor and career and leadership coach. This raffle offers 3 people of different seniority levels the chance to win one-on-one career coaching session. In this coaching session,… Continue reading Raffle: Career Coaching Session with Jean Leggett
Workshop: Creating Culturally Responsive Gaming Experiences
In “Creating Culturally Responsive Gaming Experiences”, a discussion hosted by Mariam Nusrat and Lauren Hofmann of The Equity Gaming Project, you will be able to: Identify the link between gaming + ‘real’ world impacts at a global scale Understand why self-reflection and peer-to-peer accountability is the starting point for conscious creation Examine how your own beliefs,… Continue reading Workshop: Creating Culturally Responsive Gaming Experiences
BIPOC Creator Program Selections
Thanks to the Canada Media Fund, Pixelles announced its new BIPOC Creator Program in fall of 2020. We are giving up to $10k CAD each to selected Canadian game creators who are Black, Indigenous, or other people of color, as a grant, without recoup, publishing or platform requirements. All the selected folks have to do is… Continue reading BIPOC Creator Program Selections
Workshop: Creating Inclusive Characters
Learn about creating authentic, diverse characters [in games] that are not stereotypes. This online presentation discusses: how stereotypes are perpetuated through their use in the media exercises to analyze characters for good representation how active and engaged listening is the best tool for dismantling stereotypes processes and questions that attendees can equip themselves with to… Continue reading Workshop: Creating Inclusive Characters