Firstly, we want to thank everyone for sending in your applications. You are all amazing women with talents of your own right, and with so many applicants it’s an extremely difficult task. We have tried to pick a group of participants that is varied and balanced, with many different talents, values, experiences, and backgrounds.
Thank you all so much for sharing your wonderful stories with us and we hope to meet you in the Follow-Along ! The Follow Along lets you make your game with the workshop from home, on your own schedule. It’s open to everyone of all ages, experiences, and gender. We’ll even be providing you with a personal mentor to support, ask about your game’s progress, and give feedback. The Follow-Along also offers weekly meetups during the same period as the incubator where participants will receive support from our amazing mentors and alumnae. By making a game in our Follow-Along program, you will also be invited to participate in our showcase at the end of February 2019.
Without further ado, meet our participants in this year’s Pixelles Game Incubator VII.
In just six weeks, these twelve ladies will have designed, created the art, and coded their very first video game!
 JOSIANE TREMBLAY Cheerful lady enjoying making illustrations, painting and crafting who wish to create video game art. Passionate about history, cinema, vintage fashion, video games and… basically a lot of other things, way too many things for her own good! She’s drawn to colourful and stylish games with endearing characters which allow us to dream.
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 CHRISTINA L’EUCATASTROPHE I’m Christina and I’m a zinester. I made a zine with photos taken with the Game Boy Camera. It took me 30 years to beat Othello on NES. I am probably the only person who played the Hell’s Kitchen video game on DS. I am currently stuck at the entrance of Fallout 1 because I am reading the manual.
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 TRANG DINH Trang studies Software Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. She dreams to make a useful INT and CHA build that isn’t a spellcaster. Her interests reside in rock climbing, David Lynch, pretending to like craft beers, and lavender.
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 FLORIANE CHARLES 22 year old recently graduated from my bachelor’s, I love games, literature, and baking. I want to become a game scriptwriter! Some of my favourite games: DotA2, Tomb Raider, Oblivion. I also love travelling and meeting new people to become friends with! |  AMELLE MARGARON Amelle is a consumer and producer of interdisciplinary, intermedial work, currently in Communication Studies at Concordia. Interested in interactive storytelling, performance, and the colour pink.
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 DIANA ZITTING-RIOUX I quit a stable career path in administration to pursue a new one as a computer science student at Concordia University. As an enthusiastic gamer and having worked in games testing, creating a game of my own has definitely been on my bucket list. I love learning new things and showing my daughter that us ladies can do geeky things too! |  AFREEN ALIYA Wannabe comedian, passionate about tech and obsessed with bubble tea.
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 KAYLA CHARKY Rookie programmer in Software Engineering at Concordia University. Waitress, bartender and former figure skater on the Canadian national team. I love working hard and making lists!
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 KATHERINE BOUTIN Nintendo Switch enthusiast looking to express her ideas into a video game someday. Powered by coffee, Godzilla and the occasional Tsumtsum!
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 STEPHANIE GORDON I’m Stephanie, a high school science teacher with an M.Ed from McGill. I love going on nature walks with my dog Balto, teaching kids how to make robots, and old-school video games (unofficial queen of Mario Kart). |
 SOPHIE LAURIER I love video games, learning about technology. I love a good storytelling and I might read a little too much manga. I’m curious and always love to explore and learn new things. |
 JERIKA MELGAR I am a 3D artist inspired to enter the world of gaming. Still a child at heart, I draw inspiration from my ultra-hip-cool interests such as cartoons (Sailor Moon fans where you at?!), comics, and video games. I’m excited to be able to create a game that marries all of my interests into one little package. Small, just like me! |
♥ Our Gracious Hosts!
We would like to thank Unity Technologies Montréal for agreeing to host our Wednesday Incubator sessions and GamePlay Space for agreeing to host our Saturday Follow-Along sessions! Without their help, this program wouldn’t be as amazing! We’re thrilled to count them as allies who believe in the importance of diversity and furthering the role of women in video game development!
