On Friday, May 22, from 10am to 5pm, the Games and Playable Media MS program, and the Center for Games and Playable Media will be hosting the Natives in Game Dev event.

The event is free for UCSC students and faculty, and is being held at the UCSC Extension Silicon Valley building, at 2505 Augustine Dr, Santa Clara, California 95054.

Speakers
There is an excellent lineup of speakers, including:

Ishmael Angaluuk Hope (Never Alone)

Allen Turner (Stubbs the Zombie, Ehdrigohr: The Roleplaying Game, Hail to
the Chimp, Disney Guilty Party, Marvel XP)

John Romero (Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, Quake)

Jason Edward Lewis (Initiative for Indigenous Futures, Aboriginal
Territories in Cyberspace, Skins Video Game Workshops)

Elizabeth LaPensée (Survivance, The Gift of Food, Animism, Singuistics:
Anishinaabemowin)

Darrick Baxter (Rez Bomb, Ojibway)

Manuel Marcano (Max Payne 3, BioShock, The Darkness, Treachery in Beatdown
City)

Renee Nejo (Ever, Jane, Gravity Ghost, Blood Quantum)
 

For more details, including the schedule, please see:
https://gpm.soe.ucsc.edu/uc-santa-cruz-to-host-natives-in-game-dev-gathering/

To register for the event:
UCSC students and faculty can RSVP here using the code “ucscgpm”
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/natives-in-game-devs-gathering-tickets-16962387959