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Code Liberation launches in 2013 and runs free, women-only game workshops and jams that teach eight engines and frameworks—C++, GameMaker, Processing, OpenFrameworks, Phaser, Unity—logging 190 hours of instruction and drawing 800+ female attendees so far. Classes use one TA per ten students, keep slides and code on a public GitHub page, spin off two weekend game jams and press-covered projects, and pair short-term teaching with ongoing mentorship and a planned publishing platform for female creators.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:17Creating a Community of Game Developer Women
3. 0:41What is Code Liberation?
4. 0:52We teach FREE GAME DEVELOPMENT CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
5. 2:07Game development needs diversity, That's what we're here to help fix.
6. 6:33Lessons Learned
7. 6:43Stand up & be visible SPEAK ABOUT YOUR WORK IN THE INDUSTRY
8. 8:57Typical attendee backgrounds: • New to programming • Artists & designers • Web developers • Former Computer Science majors
9. 9:41Use real-life examples WHILE EXPLAINING COMPLEX CONCEPTS
10. 10:06For every 10 people HAVE AT LEAST 1 TEACHING ASSISTANT
11. 11:11People like tinkering PROVIDE RESOURCES, SLIDES, & CODE
12. 12:37Space out classes & events SO YOU DON'T BURN OUT
13. 14:02Politics can cause roadblocks BE PERSISTENT, & ALWAYS HAVE A BACKUP PLAN
14. 16:16Community-building takes work DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP
15. 17:45An international network of GAME DEVELOPMENT CLASSES FOR WOMEN
16. 18:21An easy-to-access set of ONLINE GAME DEVELOPMENT LESSONS
17. 18:49A publishing platform FOR FEMALE CREATORS

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