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With Jessica Ochoa Hendrix (Co-Founder, Killer Snails).
Wed, Mar 29, 2017 @ 06:30 PM   $25   Microsoft HQ, 11 Times Sq
 
     
 
 
              

      
 
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<H2 CLASS="gmail_msg"><STRONG><EM><SPAN CLASS="gmail_msg"><SPAN CLASS="gmail_msg"><I CLASS="gmail_msg">This class is part of Playcrafting's month-long celebration of Women's History Month, featuring all-female industry pros as instructors! All are encouraged to join, regardless of gender!</I></SPAN></SPAN></EM></STRONG></H2>
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<P CLASS="gmail_msg"><STRONG><EM><SPAN CLASS="gmail_msg"><SPAN CLASS="gmail_msg">Students will design a project plan template to guide the production of a game to completion.</SPAN></SPAN></EM></STRONG></P>
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<P><BR><STRONG>Class Description</STRONG></P>
<P CLASS="gmail_msg">During this class, attendees will discuss the steps to publishing and distributing a game. Students should come with an idea for a tabletop or a digital game. We will discuss all the operational aspects to completing a game including funding, manufacturing, and distribution. Each class member will have an opportunity to design a full project plan.</P>
<P CLASS="gmail_msg">Upon completing the class, attendees will leave with a list of resources to use when publishing a game and a personalized plan for developing their game.</P>
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<P><STRONG>About the Instructors</STRONG></P>
<P CLASS="gmail_msg"><SPAN CLASS="gmail_msg"><SPAN CLASS="gmail_msg"><STRONG>Jessica Ochoa Hendrix</STRONG> is the co-founder of Killer Snails LLC, an award-winning game company that develops educational science games featuring extreme creatures. Ochoa Hendrix received her MBA with a concentration in Social Enterprise from Columbia Business School in 2009.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN CLASS="gmail_msg">Ochoa Hendrix has worked in K-12 education for 9+ years for organizations ranging from the New York City Department of Education to Uncommon Schools.</SPAN><SPAN CLASS="gmail_msg">Prior to business school, she worked in marketing for the</SPAN><EM CLASS="gmail_msg">Harvard Business Review</EM><SPAN CLASS="gmail_msg">and</SPAN><EM CLASS="gmail_msg">The Economist</EM><SPAN CLASS="gmail_msg">.</SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="gmail_msg"><SPAN CLASS="gmail_msg"><SPAN CLASS="gmail_msg"><STRONG>Noelle Posadas</STRONG> is an UI/UX designer with 5 years of experience creating educational mobile games and apps for brands like Sesame Street, Disney, the NFL and the American Red Cross. She studied Communications design with a focus on Illustration at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. In her spare time, she is studying game design.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
 
 
 
 
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