INDUSTRY
Venture Arctic
Writer | Pocketwatch Games | Spring 2007
Venture Arctic is an ecosystem sim game which integrates Inuit-inspired content that plays like a cross between a real-time strategy game and a paint program. In it, players embark on open-ended adventures in icy lands where wolves roam the tundra and orcas patrol the seas.
Techno Medicine Wheel
Designer | Aboriginal History Media Arts Lab | To Be Released
Techno Medicine Wheel (TMW), created by the Aboriginal History Media Arts Lab in collaboration with Cease Wyss (T'Uy"Tanat), a traditional medicine gatherer from the Squamish Nation, is an Alternate Reality Game intended to share knowledge to Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities about the medicines growing in and around Vancouver, British Columbia and the Squamish values that go along with their traditional medicinal uses.
NDA Protected Title
Writer | To Be Released
Secrets.
ACADEMIA
Skins
Research Assistant| Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace | To Be Released
Skins brings Aboriginal community organizations together with academic institutions to conduct research into the means by which the power of digital and networked technology can be put to use in producing and preserving our knowledge, culture and language. Youth will be trained in game modification and developing software and work with elders to create a game. The goal is to provide conceptual and practical tools that will allow us to create new, Aboriginally-determined territories virtual spaces.
NDNWN
Writer & Designer | Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace |
April 2007
NDNWN explores aboriginal storytelling in computer games by using the Aurora Neverwinter Toolset to modify BioWare's Neverwinter Nights. The series consisted of three separate game modifications: a "go fetch" quest titled World of Neverwinter intertextualizing the Tauren in World of Warcraft, a "go kill" quest titled Noir based on Metis stories of rougarou, and a scene based on Skawennati Fragnito's TimeTraveller™.
Game Development for Indigenous Youth
Mentor | 2007-current
Workshops organized to provide indigenous youth with opportunities to learn how to develop video games. Each workshop is designed with curriculum to fit the interests of the community involved. Mentoring continues after the workshops for youth interested in pursuing longterm projects.
"Games and Game Industry," workshops held at United Indian Students in Higher Education Youth Day, May 25, 2007, Portland, Oregon.
"Game Career and Development," workshops held at Native Youth Learning Centre, January 22 - 23, 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia.
"Game Career and Development," workshops held at Native Youth Learning Centre, November 16 - 17, 2006, Vancouver, British Columbia.
"Game Development," workshops held at Aboriginal Science Exchange Camp, July 10 - 14 and 17 - 21, 2006, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
"Getting into the Game Industry," workshop held at United Indian Students in Higher Education Youth Day, May 26, 2006, Portland, Oregon.
Events
Coordinator | 2000 - current
Responsibilities in event coordination generally include organizing schedules and volunteers, finding funding and sponsorships, and advertising.
Game Career Seminar at Game Developers Conference, February 18-22, 2008, San Francisco, California.
FuturePlay 2007, November 2007, Toronto, Ontario.
Game Career Seminar at E for All, October 19-20, 2007, Los Angeles, California.
First Nations Technology Council 2007 Summit Pre-Conference, February 22, 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia.
FuturePlay 2006, October 10 – 12, 2006, London, Ontario.
Northwest Games Festival, June 3, 2006, Portland, Oregon.
Annual American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Region 1 Conference, March 10 – 11, 2006, Portland, Oregon.
Undergraduate and McNair Research Conference, May 18, 2005, Portland, Oregon.
Pacific Northwest American Studies Association Conference, April 14 – 16, 2005.
Northwest Indian Storytelling Festival, January 5 – 7, 2005, Portland, Oregon.
Native American Film Festivals, 2005 – 2006, Native American Student and Community Center, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.
United Indian Students in Higher Education (UISHE) and American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Fundraising, Educational, and Social Events, 2005 – 2006, Native American Student and Community Center, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.
University Studies Film Festivals, 2000 – 2005, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.
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