by Sarah Makdad | Jul 31, 2021 | Article, Resources
Building a gaming community comes with many challenges, and when you consider all the types of players in your community, that challenge is magnified. That is why, as Community Manager, it’s your responsibility to build a wholesome community which will support and...
by Honey Rosenbloom | Jun 1, 2021 | Current Event
Friendship Garden Game Developers stands in solidarity with Palestine and supports their right to self-determination, self-defense, and reparations. It has been harrowing to watch our rhetoric sour and distort into claims of ‘terrorists vs. nationhood’ and ‘Islam vs....
by Anita He | Jun 1, 2021 | Past Event, Scholarships
We’re happy to announce our GDC scholarship recipients for 2021: Andrea Estefania Elias Cobar (she/her) Hi my name is Andrea, I’m a computer science student from Guatemala, hoping to be in a close future an awesome game developer. I describe my self as, hard...
by Anita He | May 5, 2021 | Current Event, Scholarships
Application deadline: Monday, May 17th 11:59 PM PST. In accordance with our mission to empower game developers from backgrounds of historic marginalization, Friendship Garden Game Developers will award five Game Developers Conference “Core + Summit” level...
by Gardener Fred | Mar 3, 2021 | Games Showcase, Past Event
March 15 – 19, 2021 Booth open March 8 – 26, 2021 As we continue to find ways to gather and play during the COVID-19 pandemic, GDC has given us a booth at the now-virtual GDC2021. From March 08 – 26, stop by on the GDC Swapcard app to see games made...
![[Workshop] Creating Inclusive Characters](https://storage.googleapis.com/friendship-garden.appspot.com/2021/03/Inclusive_Character_Design.jpg)
by Honey Rosenbloom | Feb 11, 2021 | Past Event, Workshops
Gameloft Montreal, a leading game developer and publisher established as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000, is proud to introduce a new series of talks about diversity and inclusivity in partnership with Pixelles. Several experts will look at various...
by Gardener Fred | Sep 27, 2020 | Event, Past Event
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and the continued string of unconscionable crimes against people of color during the Summer of 2020, Friendship Garden is created a space focused on Play, Healing, and Intersectionality. Over 60 developers, community organizers,...
by Gardener Fred | Oct 18, 2019 | Past Event, Resources, Scholarships
Friendship Garden Game Developers is excited to give away 5 “Core + Summit” level passes for GDC 2020, to be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California from March 16-20, 2020. These passes are to be provided to transgender individuals, nonbinary folx,...
by Gardener Fred | Sep 27, 2019 | Event, Past Event
On Friday, September 27th, at The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment, Friendship Garden hosted an exhibition showcasing the works of developers often underrepresented in the video games industry. From 6-11PM, over fifty community members came out to enjoy seven...
by Gardener Fred | Nov 18, 2018 | Event, Past Event
In November, we were asked to curate and run a gaming lounge space at a benefit concert for Gwen’s Girls, a Pittsburgh nonprofit organization that runs after-school activities for young women of color. They were excited to have Sammus as the headlining act and wanted...
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