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This Girl Turned Her Hobby Into a Successful Career GAMER PROFILE // STEPHANIE HARVEY A GIRL’S GOTTA GAME! It’s on like Donkey Kong! For more from Harvey, follow her on Twitter @missharvey PAID TO PLAY THIS GIRL TURNED HER HOBBY INTO A SUCCESSFUL CAREER. BY COURTNEY RUNN Have you ever wished you could get paid to play video games? That’s exactly what Stephanie Harvey does. Stephanie is a world-class gamer and game designer who has competed in the Harvey poses with competitions around the world and designed her own games. This year, she was listed on UBINITED, her champion Forbe’s “30 under 30” list for games. We asked her to share her story with us... Counter-Strike team. STEM JOBSSM: What made you STEM JOBSSM: Do you think girls have big gamer but I stopped because I was STEM JOBSSM: How does it STEM JOBSSM: What’s your favorite STEM JOBSSM: What’s a typical want to become a game designer? been underestimated when it comes in so many extracurricular activities. feel to play your own games? game you’ve worked on? day look like for you? STEPHANIE HARVEY: I decided to to game design/playing? At the end of my high school, I started STEPHANIE HARVEY: Sometimes STEPHANIE HARVEY: I would say STEPHANIE HARVEY: Well, I code become a game designer because I STEPHANIE HARVEY: I think so. I again and continued all my life. you doubt yourself and you’re not sure my first one. It taught me so much. a lot. I make sure there’s nothing didn’t know what I could do with my think in general women have to fight to if it’ll be alright and when the game bothering the game and work through skills. I really wanted to be in the gaming gain respect and they have to prove that STEM JOBSSM: What was your favorite works you’re so happy it actually STEM JOBSSM: Do you need logistics and try to fix them as soon as industry and while in my college studies, they’re deserving. You need to suck up game growing up? works. You never know if it’ll fail. to be good at art to design? possible. After that, I check my email. I noticed I just wanted to go for that to have the respect of your peers and STEPHANIE HARVEY: I would say the STEPHANIE HARVEY: My job, not at We do follow-up [on the problems] and and I fell in love with the job. you have to fight to keep their respect. Mario series and The Sims. My parents STEM JOBSSM: How has being all—I don’t do any art. You don’t have to make sure they don’t keep happening. bought me most of my games so it was a gamer helped you in your career? have art to design. STEM JOBSSM: How does it feel to be STEM JOBSSM: Do you have any advice always Mario. STEPHANIE HARVEY: It’s one of the STEM JOBSSM: What is your in a field that is regarded as “mostly for women looking to pursue a career most important things. A lot of my work STEM JOBSSM: What were your favorite part of your job? male dominated?” in the “gaming world?” STEM JOBSSM: How does it feel I didn’t learn it, I just know it. I just favorite classes in college? STEPHANIE HARVEY: I would say STEPHANIE HARVEY: I don’t think STEPHANIE HARVEY: My advice to see your designs come to life? know how it should work. From playing STEPHANIE HARVEY: Anything that interacting with people and bouncing being in the gaming industry is more would be the same for everyone. It’s STEPHANIE HARVEY: Something games, you just know what’s successful had to do with working with a team. ideas off of each other. We talk about complicated than any other. It’s just good to invest a lot of time and effort you can’t really describe. It’s so much and what’s not. The reality is that no one makes a game it and go like, “Oh could we do this?” how it is. We live in a society that’s run to doing what you want in life. crazier when it’s somebody else doing by yourself. Those were the classes that or “This looks awesome!” and make it by sexuality and unfortunately it affects the work for you and making your taught me the most. I don’t do anything better than the original idea. everybody in their work environment. STEM JOBSSM: Were you a big gamer game come alive. It feels so special by myself. I don’t think it’s really more difficult or when you were younger? that someone invested so much easier than any other [field.] STEPHANIE HARVEY: I was always a time in making it happen. FOR MORE INFO ON HARVEY AND HER TEAM, CHECK OUT UBINITED.COM 26 STEM JOBS // LATE FALL 2014 // STEMJOBS.COM STEMJOBS.COM // LATE FALL 2014 // STEM JOBS 27 GAMING // VIDEO GAME DEVELOPERS FOLLOW THESE INDUSTRY LEADERS ON TWITTER! TOP GAMES FOR 2015: BEHIND-THE-SCENES: Batman: Arkham Knight (Xbox One, PS4, PC) Halo 5: Guardians (Xbox One) VIDEO GAME DEVELOPERS The Legend of Zelda (Wii U) Mario Maker (Wii U) THEY STARTED OUT JUST LIKE YOU! BY NICOLE RAYE AND KARIAH CHURCH One Upon Light (PS4) Project CARS (Xbox One, PS4, Wii U, PC) STEM JobsSM takes you behind the scenes with the peo- life careers. Get first-hand insight into the happenings in ple who make things happen in the virtual world. Check the virtual world and take one step toward your future— out these writers, producers, designers, programmers and have some fun in the mean time. and artists who are the geniuses behind your favorite We also have the first look at the top video games coming video games. With a creative mind, you can make your to a screen near you in 2015! Check out the must-have PHOTO COURTESY OF dreams come true and be responsible for the magic that games for your holiday list this year. 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TOP DEVELOPERS TO FOLLOW: GAME DESIGNER: GAME WRITER: GAME PROGRAMMER: GAME PRODUCER: ART DIRECTOR: GAME DESIGNER: LEAD GAME WRITER: Carmela DeNero Paul Dini Martin Griffiths Shigeru Miyamoto Darren White Yi Xin Brian Reed @Paul_Dini @Griff_ @RealShigeruM @artylope @BrianReed Electronic Arts Slightly Mad Studios @EA Rocksteady Studios Slightly Mad Studios Nintendo @slightlymadteam SUTD Game Lab 343 Industries @RocksteadyGames @slightlymadteam @NintendoAmerica @sutdgamelab @Halo Education: Education: University of Central Education: Fun fact: Education: Loughborough University, Education: Fun fact: Florida, Creative Writing; Emerson College, He knew he wanted to Kanazawa College of Art, Industrial Design Nanyang Technological He started his career by Florida Interactive Creative Writing work in the video game Industrial Design University, Fine Arts & writing comic books. Entertainment Academy, industry when he began Fun fact: Digital Animation Interactive Entertainment Fun fact: writing games as a Fun fact: Darren is a huge film buff, Currently working on: He worked for George teenager on a Dragon 32 Shigeru’s kids did play and if he weren’t in the game Fun fact: Halo 5: Guardians Fun fact: Lucas and scripted the home computer. video games, but he industry, he would love to Yi was a finalist for the Next Carmela was awarded animated series Star also made them play work on visual effects in film. Great Mobile Game at the the Soroptimist Female Wars: The Clone Wars! Currently working on: outside! He also is a huge Independent Game Festival Leaders of Tomorrow Project CARS bluegrass fan and a semi- Currently working on: in San Francisco—proving award AND she loves Currently working on: professional dog breeder. Project CARS just how successful girls can football. Girl power. Batman: Arkham Knight be in the video game world! 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