Talk | Creating Year of the Cicadas: From Grief to Game @GamesForChange
Talk | Creating Year of the Cicadas: From Grief to Game  @GamesForChange
Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
"In the spring of 2004 in Indiana, billions of 17-year Great Eastern Cicadas emerged. That same spring, a child died when his perfectly imperfect heart gave out. This session talks about how a development team created a game about a mother’s journey through grief alongside the cicadas.

Speakers:
- Kimberly Hieftje
- Asher Marks
- Andrew Schartmann
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Talk | Creating 'Year of the Cicadas': From Grief to Game

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