Talk at Tech Sisters networking event (Jan 27th 2015)

Quick overview of what major factors brought me (the non-tech person) into the wonderous games industry. Spoilers - there were amazing women leading the way.

Transcript

1. Me - - > Games Industry
2. Dota 2 International prize fund over $10 million
 VS
 Tour de France $3 million
3. Microsoft buys Minecraft for $2.5 billion
 VS
 The Mars Curiosity Rover
4. IGDA director Kate Edwards:
 
 “It is not necessarily developers or designers who work in the game industry but also historians, sociologists or geographers like me who love games.”
5. Kati Vuks at Gamefounders: Was backing her bags while explaining what she likes about game industry the most - fast life-style, traveling, meeting creative people. Gamefounders: The first gaming accelerator in Europe.
6. My sister Kersti: Invited me to MängudeÖÖ where I found a close vibrant community of 160 people and 20 young people working on a common goal. Level1: Non-profit platform for raising local awareness of video games as one of the fastest developing expressions of culture.
7. Indie game developers: Mängutis event for indie game developers showed me a close-knit supportive community, I hadn’t seen before. I wanted to help.

8. I was trying to get an interview but got a job instead. Helping to build a Kickstarter campaign for a digital collectible card game called Glitch Hunter.
9. I’m happy to help:
 kristiramot@gmail.com @kristiramot Thank you!