James Coltrain

Associate Professor of Game Art and 3D Modeling, @UConnDMD, Game Dev, @NorthwesternU History PhD, Founder and lead at @historiatedgame

[James Coltrain @JamesColtrain]

So excited to announce that my studio @historiatedgame‘s first game, Blackhaven, which I worked on with students and faculty at Xavier University of Louisiana, will be released for FREE for PC on Steam July 27th. Check out the trailer below!
https://t.co/pJhiCulVI0

[Historiated Games @historiatedgame]

Upcoming side project from some of our devs, check it out!

[Historiated Games @historiatedgame]

An update on our future plans.

[James Coltrain @JamesColtrain]

Pleased to share that I've been awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor at UConn!
@UConnDMD

[James Coltrain @JamesColtrain]

@ProfWehrman Awesome!!

[James Coltrain @JamesColtrain]

@rebeccawingo Congrats!!

[James Coltrain @JamesColtrain]

@ProfWehrman @JHUPress Congrats Andy!!!

[James Coltrain @JamesColtrain]

Excited that my Journal of American History essay “Historians and Video Games” is up. It covers what games set in America’s past have done and could do, and has advice for how interested historians might contribute. Step one? Play games! #publichistory

https://t.co/sqalqEy0Sk

[James Coltrain @JamesColtrain]

@drjeannette1970 Congrats!!!

[Historiated Games @historiatedgame]

So honored to be nominated for the Most Significant Impact Award at this year's Games for Change Festival.

Congrats to all the other incredible nominees!🎉

@G4C @UConnDMD @XulaMassComm

[Game Dev(in) @TheGameDevin]

🎉OUT NOW! Hare Apparent is FREE on Steam TODAY!

https://t.co/TjF9ShU9RM

Go build your alliance, win friends, and make enemies-- the Ironwood Crown is yours for the taking!

#indiegames #indiegaming #indiegame #pcgaming #gaming

[James Coltrain @JamesColtrain]

@drjeannette1970 Yesss!!!

[James Coltrain @JamesColtrain]

Looking forward to speaking Tuesday afternoon @Official_GDC on developing #Blackhaven as a historical game. https://t.co/YJxFOItYl3

[Frontiers in Playful Learning @Frontiers_2023]

After months of planning, #games scholars at @UConn @UConnNeag @UConnDMD are extremely excited to announce that we will be hosting a Frontiers in Playful Learning summit from 1-3 June 2022 at the UConn Storrs campus:

https://t.co/fCCKYLLD6f

#indiedev #gamedev #highered #edtech

[James Coltrain @JamesColtrain]

@ProfWehrman @cmichprez @CMUFA Yes!! Way to go and well deserved!

[Historiated Games @historiatedgame]

Very honored #Blackhaven was awarded an Honorable Mention in the Excellence in Narrative category at the @igf Awards! Congrats to all the nominees!

@UConnDMD @XulaMassComm @ign @Kotaku @Polygon @rockpapershot @unitygames @unitygames @G4C

https://t.co/JJF10sXA2m

[Pyrebug Studios @PyrebugStudios]

❄️Welcome to the Scrapshoot Winter Update!❄️

❄️Snow has fallen, a festive menu is here, and there are new holiday hats to unlock!❄️☃️

We've also implemented a slew of bugfixes. For more info check out the post on our Steam page!
https://t.co/YUEu15IrUn #gamedev #madewithunity

[maddy. @Iilac_]

Just finished playing 'Blackhaven' by @historiatedgame. Felt like crying a few times, but stories like this need to be told.

[James Coltrain @JamesColtrain]

My short talk for @Official_GDC from 2019 on researching historical games is now up for free!

[GDC Festival of Gaming @Official_GDC]

New GDC video on YouTube:
A Historian's Guide to Researching Your Historical Game, with Dr. James Coltrain
https://t.co/HcsidnkGU8

[XULA Mass Comm Department @XulaMassComm]

Congratulations to @historiatedgame and @JamesColtrain on winning the 2021 @IndieCade festival Innovation in Experience Design Award for Blackhaven! Well deserved and we are grateful that @XulaMassComm was able to support this groundbreaking project @XULA1925 @XULApres