Nina Freeman

Nina Freeman (born March 15, 1990)[1][2] is an American video game designer known for games with themes of sexuality and self-reflection.[2] She is currently a game designer at Fullbright. She was included in Forbes 2015 list of influential video game industry figures.[3]

Nina Freeman
Freeman speaking at the 2016 Game Developers Conference
Born (1990-03-15) March 15, 1990
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNew York University Tandon School of Engineering
OccupationVideo game designer
Years active2012—present
EmployerFullbright
OrganizationThe Code Liberation Foundation
Notable credit(s)
Cibele

Freeman developed her first game in 2012 based on a science fiction poem she wrote, though it remains unreleased.[4]

Freeman is a co-founder of The Code Liberation Foundation, a program offering free development workshops in order to facilitate the creation of video games by women.[5][6]

Her autobiographical game How Do You Do It deals with the discovery of sexuality through Barbie dolls after viewing the movie Titanic.[7][8] How Do You Do It was developed during the 2014 Global Game Jam and was a finalist at the Independent Games Festival and Indiecade.

In 2015, Freeman graduated from NYU Poly;[9] her thesis project became her first commercially released game, Cibele. Cibele is based on a true story about falling in love within an online game.[10] It won a Nuovo Award at the 2016 Independent Games Festival.[11][12]

Her 2016 game Bum Rush debuted at NYU Game Center's 2015 No Quarter event and released for free on July 6, 2016, for OS X and Windows.[13]

References
  1. ✿, ✿ nina freeman (March 12, 2015). "it's my birthday on sunday ahhhhh~".CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. Hudson, Laura (November 4, 2015). "Cibele Is a Crazy-Real Game About Falling in Love Online". Wired. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  3. "30 Under 30 2016: Games". Forbes. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  4. Wallace, Kimberley (February 2016). Making Games Personal. Gameinformer Issue 274. pp. 22–23.
  5. "Interview: Code Liberation On Game Workshops For Women". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  6. "About us". The Code Liberation Foundation. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  7. Stuart, Keith (November 16, 2015). "Meet Nina Freeman, the punk poet of gaming". The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  8. "If Sex Videogames Make You Feel Weird, That's the Point". WIRED. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  9. "A Great Year for Grads". NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  10. Stuart, Keith (November 16, 2015). "Meet Nina Freeman, the punk poet of gaming". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  11. "Her Story wins top honors at 18th annual IGF Awards". ew.com. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  12. "'Cibele:' Love in a time of video games and surveillance". Washington Post. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  13. Biery, Thomas (July 1, 2016). "Car combat dating game Bum Rush launches for free July 6". Polygon.

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