Games Designed by Black Game Designers Black History Month 2021 #BlackHistoryMonth
Today we celebrate 7 black game designers whose games you can support right now! Here’s more from Inverse:
Mainstream video games lack representation. Many characters featured in big-budget video games are white. The developers that work on those games are often white as well. There are small triumphs along the way like Spider-Man: Miles Morales, but the industry has a long way to go for equality.
To further equalize the industry, we need to support endeavors from developers of color. We’ve rounded up seven indie games by Black developers that you either buy right now or support by following the developers on social media. Any interaction can only stand to amplify their voice within the industry.
Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell is every Wednesday at 7pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat – we’ll post the link there.
