Huffington Post: How Women Will Save Gaming
"The change I've seen in the community over the last year is that more and more women are sharing their stories and creating connections and building supportive networks. A year ago I could only speak in hushed whispers about some of the more egregious incidents of sexism in my career for fear of loss of allies and influence, and now I can use them as examples in talks at schools and conferences to hundreds of people and build connections across the industry.
"There is a greater awareness of the underlying causes of the lack of diversity in the tech and games industries and with that they can start to be addressed. It won't be an easy road and it is not fixed yet."
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DeanBeat: A big brain dump on video games in Montreal
Brie Code worked for many years at Ubisoft Montreal, managing programming teams on games such as Child of Light, Assassin’s Creed III, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, and Assassin’s Creed II. She was often on teams where she was the only woman or just the oddball in the group.
“It’s sad for me,” she said. “It’s also sad for the industry itself."
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Châtelaine: Jeux vidéo: pourquoi l’industrie ne pense pas aux filles
Elle est la programmeuse en chef du très beau Child of Light d’Ubisoft et a collaboré à la conception d’Assassin’s Creed. Brianna Code – mieux connue dans le milieu sous le nom de Brie Code – a un cheval de bataille : la diversité.
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The Mary Sue: Game Changer
This week we sat down with Brie Code (@briecode), Lead Programmer at Ubisoft Montreal, who has also worked at Relic Entertainment and Pandemic Studios on the Assassin’s Creed franchise and games like Child of Light, and is helping to launch an exciting diversity initiative at Ubisoft Montreal.
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gamesindustry.biz: 15 Twitter follows for 2015
Brie Code
Ubisoft's Lead programmer on Child of Light and a voracious curator. If she's recommending an article it's absolutely worth reading. "I want a game where the eyes look perfect and everything else looks like crap."
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gamesindustry.biz: What Do Women Want?
"What do women want?"
It's a question the game industry asks itself with great frequency, and it's one Child of Light lead programmer Brie Code answered in a presentation today at Toronto's final Gamercamp festival. Well, sort of.
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