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Babycastles is partnering with Code Liberation Foundation to offer 3-month full-ride scholarships for one full residency (normally $200/mo) and one partial residency(normally $50/mo) to female-identified (cis and trans) applicants interested in game design/development, interactive media and/or digital art. Applicants through this form are still eligible for residency even if not selected for one of the scholarships. More info on the Babycastles Residency program at http://ift.tt/1H8sNWM

If you are interesting in applying for this scholarship, please fill out this form: http://ift.tt/1CBasCw

Deadline March 27th 12PM EST

We will notify participants by the end of March. Your residency will begin immediately and run through the end of July.

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Video recap: Black Girls CODE x Code Liberation Game Jam

Here's a video showing what it was like to attend our game jam in collaboration with Black Girls CODE! Thanks to NYU School of Engineering and Microsoft for helping us make this happen.

Like what we do? Donate to Code Liberation at http://tinyurl.com/helpcodelib and Black Girls Code at http://www.blackgirlscode.com/

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This past Saturday, we collaborated with Black Girls Code to organize a workshop and short game jam. 57 girls showed up to create video games. We also had a workshop for parents who wanted to learn about careers in game development. This was the final event of 2014 for Black Girls Code – what a way to end the year!

The workshop

Our 3-hour GameMaker workshop was led by Maria Naggaga of Microsoft. With the help of many volunteers, we managed to teach 57 girls how to use the program and create pixel art for their games.

Game jam

Due to the young age of our participants, we decided to have a shorter game jam. The theme, inspired by recent events in America, was togetherness.

Participants were split into two sections based on age, then were directed to form teams. We informed them that game development includes many different roles – programming, design, UI, art, sound, and so on. Everyone had something to do.

Presentations

At 4:30PM, the girls presented their games. Here are photos of some games we saw!

A big thanks to Black Girls Code, NYU School of Engineering, and Microsoft for helping us to make this happen. 57 girls of color now know how to make games. The future of games is bright!

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Our Game Jam with Black Girls Code

This past Saturday, we collaborated with Black Girls Code to organize a workshop and short game jam. 57 girls showed up to create video games. We also had a workshop for parents who wanted to learn about careers in game development. This was the final event of 2014 for Black Girls Code – what a way to end the year!

The workshop

Our 3-hour GameMaker workshop was led by Maria Naggaga of Microsoft. With the help of many volunteers, we managed to teach 57 girls how to use the program and create pixel art for their games.

Game jam

Due to the young age of our participants, we decided to have a shorter game jam. The theme, inspired by recent events in America, was togetherness.

Participants were split into two sections based on age, then were directed to form teams. We informed them that game development includes many different roles – programming, design, UI, art, sound, and so on. Everyone had something to do.

Presentations

At 4:30PM, the girls presented their games. Here are photos of some games we saw!

A big thanks to Black Girls Code, NYU School of Engineering, and Microsoft for helping us to make this happen. 57 girls of color now know how to make games. The future of games is bright!

Slides and code from this week's Phaser class are now online! Learn to make a game using HTML5 and JavaScript. Phaser is a new framework that makes game development much more accessible – it's free AND open-source.

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If you identify as a woman, Code Liberation invites you to come make games in a weekend long game jam, starting tonight at 6:30PM! Open to women from all walks of life and skill levels, this game jam (similar to a hackathon) will be held at NYU-Poly’s MAGNET space in downtown Brooklyn. Please RSVP on our Eventbrite page!

We hope to see you tonight!

If you identify as a woman, Code Liberation invites you to come make games in a weekend long game jam (+two workshops)! Open to women from all walks of life and skill levels, this game jam (similar to a hackathon) will be held at NYU-Poly's MAGNET space in downtown Brooklyn. Please RSVP on our Eventbrite page!

#women in tech #programming #gaming

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