Mar 12, 2020
If Not You,
Who?
Give me a place to stand, and I will move the
world.
- Archimedes
For more information, visit:
https://www.socialchangeleaders.net/episode/026
On today’s episode we speak with
Jules Porter, Esq and MBA, and learn how and why she is leading the
way toward a more diverse video gaming industry. In this
episode, we discuss:
- Jules’ diverse background and how her
commitment to learning led her to careers in the military,
engineering, the legal system as well as launching the first
Black woman-owned company to launch
a console video game, Seraph 7 Studios.
- How
the $164 billion gaming industry is larger than the world-wide
sports industry.
- How
the development of video games is impacted by the fact that 3% of
gaming programers represent people of color and about 5% of the
industry is women
- The
influences of media conditioning and how that informs our
perception of race, especially in rural and more segregated
communities.
- Some
of the barriers faced by women and people of color entering the
gaming industry and by those participating in
gaming
- How
Jules managed to launch a video gaming company and why she is doing
a kick-starter campaign to support artists and other professionals
to fill diversity gaps in the gaming industry. Across all
industries, Black women
receive less than 1 % of the funding provided by venture
capitalists, thus using alternate avenues to acquire funding, such
as Kickstarter, is imperative.
- The
cool concept behind her fist game, Ultimate Elder Battle
Royale.
- The
way that Seraph 7 Studios is also a social enterprise.
Seraph 7 Studios, LLC, portrays
people of color in a positive light, provides positive heroes for
young girls and kids of color, and improves the STEAM (science,
technology, engineering, arts, and math) competence and confidence
of local high school students.
- Jules’ philosophy of ‘lifting as we climb’ and
how her work supports students to build skills and confidence for a
future in the gaming industry by learning art, storyboarding,
animation, gaming physics, gaming architecture, C++,
etc.
In this episode:
Seraph 7 Studios Kickstarter
Page
Serph 7 Studios Website
Connect with Jules and Seraph 7
Studios on -
Twitter: https://twitter.com/seraph7studios
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/seraph7studios
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM7XMO17aoXLYebeeBf-gJQ
More about Seraph 7
Studios
Founded by JD/MBA student Jules Porter in her parent's basement
(like all other tech companies), Seraph 7 Studios, LLC is a console
video game development company that empowers compelling change
through diverse storytelling and empowering local youth. Seraph 7
believes in powering social change by bringing unique and
meaningful diverse story-lines to the video game medium and
teaching local students how to code for console platforms (Nintendo
Switch, Microsoft Xbox One, and Sony PlayStation.