Girl Force

A non-profit community that seeks to teach game development skills to girls, women, and non-binary folks in the Ottawa area.

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

First class!! We did activities and the class even presented quick designs. You're looking at new game developers! 💯

[Eric Billingsley @SparseGameDev]

Sound and music adds so much to a game

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

To all students: first session is still on for tomorrow! We are going to send an email about it later, but we have the POWER⚡

6pm start but feel free to arrive a tiny bit early.

Excited to get started!!

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

The next Girl Force classes begin in just over a week now! So exciting - we were full up on applications!

And what's even cooler? Some of the Level 2 students are now going to be mentoring in Level 1!

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

Watch your inbox! First wave of applicant selections are going out TODAY.

For those who haven't applied yet, there's still some time! Meet new people and learn to make games this fall:
https://t.co/VhLkqtznL2

#Ottawa #gamedev

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

Application for Fall 2018 sessions is now live!!
- FREE
- Learn to make video games from the local pros
- Hang with other cool peeps!

Go apply <3 https://t.co/VhLkqthMms

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

Whoops, we totally forgot to mention what time it's at. The meetup is from 6-9PM

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

There's a Girl Force drop-in work session meetup tonight! Come work on a project or chat with mentors and other students.

We're at the Capital Game Hub. 4th floor of 981 Wellington St. W.(door on Garland)

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

Our game jam title How Do I Cake? is now on the Google Play Store! Go get it and feed some animals the cakes they deserve :3
https://t.co/h5358VFgPV

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

Come chat with us this Thursday at the Capital Game Hub! https://t.co/YIexAMv8Ol

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

We had an awesome time at this game jam! We designed and created a game called How Do I Cake? Animals ask you to quickly build a layer cake with all their fav ingredients. But....what...how...do I cake!?!

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

Day 2 of game jam has begun! We have a working prototype and some plans for the last tasks. Time to get it dun!

[sailor mercury @sailorhg]

ahh the playing games by moonlight shirt sample arrived! while it's not quite right (need to work with the screenprinter on skintones) it's getting closer! ✨

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

We are making wicked progress on our wacky cake baking game!!

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

We might be doing a game jam snack runnnnnn 😍😍😍

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

The Girl Force game jam is underway! Our theme this time is "dessert". We're making a game about building silly cakes for cute animals! Like a carrot cake with a full carrot for a bunny. How does we bake?? 🤣

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

The weather is gar-bage, but we're staying warm working on our game projects together!

[Jillian Dawn @jillianmood]

@GirlForce613 planning lunch!!

[Jillian Dawn @jillianmood]

Bringing some @GirlForce613 love to GDC!

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

Hey fam, might want to give this a look:
Apprenticeship program in Ontario for underrepresented professionals:
https://t.co/59pB6er8hl

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

So last night we began work on text adventures created with our own code. We are off to a great start! https://t.co/WgmoLrCP0f

[Girl Force @GirlForce613]

Can we just say we are really excited to see folks coming back for a *second* level of game making. Yes, we are. The Level 2 cohort is underway!