Honestly the first thing I thought of when I saw this was Upland. Unnecessary, irrelevant & weird. Maybe the Upland whatever it is can become The Barney Universe.
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Imagine creating a single game that allows you to retire at 28...
River Raid (1982) was special for more than one reason. Obviously the game is an all-time cult classic. It wasn't just "good for its time" - it was legitimately excellent in terms of design and pushed technical boundaries.
However, what stands out the most is who created it. Carol Shaw, a solo female creator delivering a million-selling classic in a male-dominated space.
To give you a better context: In 1982 the gaming industry extremely male dominated, only 3% of the developers were women - and only a fraction of that in leading roles.
Shaw started at Atari in 1978 (one of the first ever women in such a role) and moved to Activision. River Raid is her most famous work, and she's widely recognized as one of the earliest professional female video game designers/programmers.
River Raid became hugely successful - lucrative enough for her to retire early - and helped normalize women in game development. It was a quiet but significant milestone in an era when the field was just forming and considered to be "just for guys".
Today's gaming industry is still male dominated but the ratio is not 3% women to 97% men anymore, but around 25% women to 75% men. Carol Shaw didn't just push technical but also social boundaries, normalizing women in the gaming industry.
"Pass on what you have learned." 66'ed former Jedi Chris presented a Toy Design and Model Making class for #Maythe4th#StarWars day At Young Explorers. The parents & kids had fun! Here's a clip from the first group: #Yoda#Ronin#WalkAlone
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My friend Sean sold his 5' Millennium Falcon Model for $350,000! He worked on it for 7 years. I think in the future Real Actual Skills and physical products will pay more than digital cloning and ai slop: https://t.co/aYPGyPD6Ws
This Kart Game has actual Driver Character Avatars & decentralized UCG tracks & Mods. Looks like it was made by one person.. Get a Clue Upland.
Kart Maker JUST LAUNCHED
Build tracks while you drive
Tons of official Tracks
Race, battle, or time attack instantly
Download & share tracks & custom racers
👉 Play on Steam: https://t.co/OCqmBrLawN
@Variety For us it was Animated 99% (By far the best SW content going these days) Live action series 0% Documentaries 1% & we've already watched the movies 100's of times.
@LucasSWGirl Hire @Taurean421 the Star Wars dot com Fan Film Finalist guy who created all this from Scratch in 3 weeks! Imagine what he could do with a team and a budget!! 😎 https://t.co/Me1nlm040m
@GreenTurtleNFT@UplandMe Thanks Green Turtle. I was excited for the potential but there is no money in it, no profit. I only lost time & money on every work I did for Upland and their metaverse. That is why it failed for me. I lost thousands. I can't and don't want to work for free or at a loss anymore.
Making race cars for the speculative #metaverse was not working out to be a productive investment. I have a bunch of unreleased new vehicle designs though. Perhaps I'll find new uses for them in #comics creation. This rim was my last #3D w.i.p. model for cars. Dec. 2023. #TimesUp
@StarWarsDaily_ YES, Love it. My friends filmed their #SWBlue Star Wars short film very near that location of Endor!! Turned out pretty good: https://t.co/FsXCsIgNMx