Resources

Guides

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Research

The following research outputs were produced completely or in part by members of the Represent Me team using our ongoing research into representation and diversity.

Papers

'Establishing a Language of Diversity: Preliminary Findings'
Jess Zammit and Alayna Cole
Digital Games Research Association Australia conference 2019

'Reflecting on Representation: Facilitating Nuanced Discussions of Diversity'
Dakoda Barker and Alayna Cole
Digital Games Research Association Australia conference 2019

'Categories of representation: Improving the discussion and depiction of diversity'
Special Issue: Identity, politics, and writing
TEXT Journal
Alayna Cole

'Impossible Identities: The Limitations of Character Creation Systems'
Alayna Cole, Dakoda Barker, and Jessica Zammit
Digital Games Research Association conference 2017

'Representations of Queer Identity in Games from 2013–2015'
Alayna Cole, Adrienne Shaw, and Jessica Zammit
Digital Games Research Association conference 2017

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Presentations

'Queerly Represent Me: We Made Ridiculous Mistakes So You Don't Have To'
Alayna Cole, Jess Zammit, and Dakoda Barker
Freeplay Independent Games Festival
Melbourne, Australia | May 2019

'Establishing a Language of Diversity: Preliminary Findings'
Jess Zammit and Alayna Cole
Digital Games Research Association Australia Conference (Program)
Sydney, Australia | February 2019

'Reflecting on Representation: Facilitating Nuanced Discussions of Diversity'
Dakoda Barker and Alayna Cole
Digital Games Research Association Australia Conference (Program)
Sydney, Australia | February 2019

'What we think of diversity'
Alayna Cole and Jess Zammit
Freeplay Independent Games Festival
Melbourne, Australia | May 2018

'Designing Ethical Interfaces: Mixing the web's accessibility with games' potential for inclusiveness'
John Kane and Alayna Cole
Games Connect Asia Pacific
Melbourne, Australia | October 2017

'Playersexuality and plurisexuality in videogames'
Alayna Cole
AlterConf (speaker page)
Melbourne, Australia | September 2017

'Representations of Queer Identity in Games from 2013–2015'
Alayna Cole, Adrienne Shaw, and Jessica Zammit
Digital Games Research Association Conference (Program)
Melbourne, Australia | July 2017

'Impossible Identities: The Limitations of Character Creation Systems'
Alayna Cole, Dakoda Barker, and Jessica Zammit
Digital Games Research Association Conference (Program)
Melbourne, Australia | July 2017

'Making the LGBTQ Game Archive and Queerly Represent Me Database'
Adrienne Shaw, Evan Lauteria, Christopher Persaud, and Alayna Cole
Queerness and Games Conference
Los Angeles (via distance) | April 2017

'I Exist: Improving the Representation of Queer
Perspectives in Videogames'
Alayna Cole
Digital Games Research Association of Australia Conference (Program)
Melbourne, Australia | November 2016

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Panels

'LGBTQ+ and Broader Queer Community Roundtable (Presented by IGDA)'
Moderated by Alayna Cole
Game Developers Conference
San Francisco, USA | March 2019

Diversity Lunch
Alayna Cole and Dakoda Barker, with other representatives
CHIPlay 2018

What kind of year has it been?
Alayna Cole, Jess Zammit, and Alice Clarke
PAX Aus 2018

Queerly Represent Me is Representing You
Alayna Cole, Jess Zammit, Dakoda Barker, Jess Gates, and Charlie Francis Cassidy
PAX Aus 2018

Games are for Everyone: The Accessibility Panel
Alayna Cole, John Kane, Giselle Rosman, Tiger Bailey, Torbjorn Van Hees, and Jess Gates
PAX Aus 2017

Queer Your Tabletop
Alayna Cole, Brit Snaggel, Sye Robertson, Lois Spangler, and Lee Flores
PAX Aus 2017

2017 State of Queer in Games
Alayna Cole, Ashton McAllan, Saf Davidson, Charlie Francis Cassidy, Jess Zammit, and David Hollingworth
PAX Aus 2017

Queerly Represent Me and the Underrepresented
Alayna Cole, Jess Zammit, Charlie Francis Cassidy, Saf Wander, and David Hollingworth
GX Australia 2017
Summary available here
Video available here

Heroes Like Us: Representation of Queer Identity in Games
Alayna Cole, Wren Brier, David Hollingworth, Ashton McAllan, and Jess Zammit
PAX Aus 2016

Sick Heroes: Exploring Representations of Illness in Games
Dakoda Barker, Jennifer Hazel, Jane Cocks, Katryna Starks, and Alayna Cole
PAX Aus 2015
Summary on PlayWrite