This winter, a member of the Rad Magpie community and dear friend of ours, Amila Nuhodžić, approached us with an idea for an event. Amila, like the whole RM team, was feeling isolated in the depths of COVID winter and wanted to host an event that would bring together the gamedev community and reignite our creative fires.
Read MoreRad Studio, our college-level incubator for game development students, is one of our biggest and most impactful programs. For our 2020 season, Megan McAvoy, Creative Director and Rad Studio Program Director here at Rad Magpie, tirelessly created a curriculum that blends together all the ingredients of "Game Industry Survival Juice." They presented the following material as a “Microtalk” at our annual End of Summer Party. You can find a recording of the presentation at the bottom of this page :)
Read MoreMany of you have known us through different iterations. We’ve taught at summer coding camps for girls, developed a couple video game titles, held events at local schools, and ran three summers of Rad Studio. Our inspiration and mission has always been the same -- to support the voices of marginalized game developers -- but our manner of execution has evolved.
Each one of these programs has been rewarding, but we couldn’t shake the feeling that focusing our energy would have a bigger impact on our mission. We wanted to hone in.
Read MoreIt’s a Valen-birthday party! Join us in a Zoom call while we make chocolate lava cakes and fancy drinks. We’ll be coming together virtually on Saturday, February 13th at 7:30 pm EST.
Read MoreThe Make a Wish Foundation of Vermont approached us in the winter months of 2019 to make someone’s dream to make a video game come true. Larger studios had rejected their ask: making a video game is expensive, as in, really freaking expensive. But everyone at Rad Magpie was energized by the idea and we were looking to get a release under our belt.
Read MoreWelcome back to Rad Magpie’s book club! This is the third installment of our ongoing series where we let you know what we’re up to, research-wise! Check out the second edition from late September here.
We’ve been digging deep into our values lately! Take a look at what the exec team is reading these days:
Read MoreAt the beginning of September, it felt like we ran smack into this metaphorical wall. Our high-effort, high-impact summer of Rad Studio Online wrapped up, and for the first time since we transitioned to virtual work in March, the Rad Magpie team took a collective breath. And then, in both a literal and figurative sense, we all took a nice big nap.
This was much needed when the air started getting crisper and the days started getting shorter. But now, it’s been two months since we took that breath, that nap, that step back from our nose-to-the-grindstone pace. How have we refreshed our energy and managed the difficulties of hitting the wall?
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