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28 Oct 2025
Game Development Strategy Guide author Cheryl Platz launches academic book tour in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh

Game Development Strategy Guide author Cheryl Platz launches academic book tour in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh

Book, Events, Press
Veteran game developer and author Cheryl Platz is headed to Drexel University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon University in early November Cheryl Platz, author of The Game Development Strategy Guide, speaks during her book tour at Design Matters Tokyo 2025 PITTSBURGH, PA, UNITED STATES, October 28, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Today's students are better positioned than any other generation to leverage the power of game design and development in the professional world, but the first step is opening the door to them. Over the past 15 years, students of all ages have been raised on experiences like Minecraft and…
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WILA Games and Education Industry Collider

Cheryl is honored to rejoin the Seattle Indies community to participate in a book signing and community roundtables as part of the Games and Education Industry Collider on November 10th. Tickets are required but free to the public through Eventbrite. "Join us for an evening of panels, networking, and knowledge sharing with game developers and educators from the greater Seattle area. The Collider returns Monday, November 10, 2025, at 6:00 PM at our new venue Cornish Playhouse (just across Seattle Center from PacSci). The Washington Interactive Learning Alliance (WILA) co-founded by Seattle Indies, Seattle EdTech Meetup, foundry10, and Perfect Day Games, is teaming up to bring…
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GameDev Bookshelf

Cheryl will meet with members of the GameDev Bookshelf book club to discuss the Strategy Guide and their takeaways in detail.
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Book Signing: Carnegie Mellon University Store

Author, Carnegie Mellon alumni, and adjunct CMU MEIM faculty member Cheryl Platz - normally based on the West Coast - will be doing a 2-hour book signing at the Carnegie Mellon University campus bookstore on November 6, 2025 from 1-3PM Eastern, prior to the Duolingo keynote on Day 1 of the Homecoming events. 28 copies of The Game Development Strategy Guide will be available on a first-come, first-served basis for purchase, and Cheryl will have bookplate stickers on hand in the event of a sellout so that folks can still get a signature and add it to a book ordered…
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University of Pittsburgh: Digital Narrative and Interactive Design Guest Lecture

The University of Pittsburgh is hosting Cheryl as a guest speaker for their Digital Narrative and Interactive Design students, where she will discuss the Motivators of Play, key concepts like prosocial gaming, and the new frameworks from her book, the spectrums of video game graphics and monetization. Admission is open to all UPitt students; contact Cheryl at info@ideaplatz.com if you are interested in attending from outside the UPitt community.
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Drexel University: Entrepreneurial Game Studio

Cheryl will be appearing as the guest lecturer for the Entrepreneurial Game Studio's regular class session, talking about the business of games with students who have self-organized into LLCs to develop and self-publish games.
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21 Oct 2025
Enduring Play E1 S10 Released: Human-Centered Production with Yesenia Cisneros

Enduring Play E1 S10 Released: Human-Centered Production with Yesenia Cisneros

Enduring Play
The final episode of Enduring Play Season 1 launches today featuring Riot Games Senior Producer Yesenia Cisneros, whose iconic self-made journey through the gaming industry has seen her build a video game production career on a strong personal brand of people-focused problem solving, empathy, and well-executed game development fundamentals. In this practical episode, you'll get concrete examples of some of the most common failures to thrive amongst aspiring games and game developers, along with advice on what to do to avoid those pitfalls yourself. Yesenia is a repeat presenter at the Game Developers Conference and her perspective has helped her…
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14 Oct 2025
Enduring Play E1 S9 Released: Doing More with Less for Video Game Art and UI/UX with Tamara Knoss

Enduring Play E1 S9 Released: Doing More with Less for Video Game Art and UI/UX with Tamara Knoss

Enduring Play
The penultimate episode of Season 1 of Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast is available worldwide featuring the versatile veteran video game artist and interface designer Tamara Knoss. Currently a Senior Technical UI Designer at Wizards of the Coast, Tamara’s experience spans animation, lead artist, UI artist, and technical artist roles. Her expansive experience is a perfect example of the pragmatic cross-disciplinary problem solving required to create thriving games whether you’re shipping on modern PCs or classic handheld consoles. This episode is a fun look at a developer/publisher relationship since Tamara and Cheryl first worked together as developer and publisher…
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