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\"Kristy<\/a>

Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Kelcey Edwards<\/p><\/div>\n

Originally posted on\u00a0Beyond the Box<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wonder City<\/a>\u00a0has been developed as companion game to the PBS documentary feature,\u00a0Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines<\/a><\/i>. While the film encourages young audiences to explore pop cultural history as a means of thinking critically, the Wonder City game aims to change how we visualize power and gender.<\/p>\n

We were first encouraged to create a game at the\u00a0BAVC Producers\u2019 New Media Institute<\/a>. Our research found that half of girls ages 8 to 12 play games online. The most popular \u201cgirl games\u201d center on themes like cooking, shopping, makeup, and dating, and the default protagonist of most other games is a white male. This lack of representation discourages girls and women from participating in the gaming community \u2014 as either consumers or creators.<\/p>\n

While making the film, we became aware of how few women occupy leadership positions \u2014 fewer than 15 percent! \u2014 in politics, business, government, and the media.\u00a0Despite the gains of the women\u2019s movement,\u00a0we still live in a world where girls are rarely protagonists, let alone shown as strong, smart, or bold. Girls are constantly bombarded by messages and media representations that put them into narrow, stereotyped boxes and limit their choices. Too few girls have risen to be leaders in business, politics, government, or media.<\/p>\n

Our hope is that Wonder City\u00a0will undermine these problematic stereotypes and gender limitations by immersing players in a world that represents a more realistic diversity in race, gender, and body image. By empowering tweens to adopt their own superhero identity, they become agents of their own values.<\/p>\n

With the help of the nonprofit,\u00a0Games for Change<\/a>,\u00a0an organization that facilitates the creation and distribution of social-impact games,\u00a0we were able to connect with game designer Naomi Clark, who truly understood our vision. We brought on board Tamarind King, the up-and-coming illustrator who did our brilliant title sequence and ending credit animations for the film. We were ecstatic when we found out that ITVS wanted to fund the pilot episode of the game. We then hired the rest of our team!<\/p>\n

As filmmakers, it has been an incredible experience to see this game come together and to lean more about development process. We connected with an amazing writer, Phoebe Harris Elefante, who has a great ear for teen characters, and a lead illustrator, Melody Lu, who has brought our vision to life. And of course, we\u2019d be nowhere without a brilliant programmer, Justin Fargione, to make all our gaming dreams come true. We are truly excited to bring to you Wonder City.<\/p>\n

Discover the\u00a0<\/b>super<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>inside you in Wonder City<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Download the classroom guide!\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Originally posted on\u00a0Beyond the Box. Wonder City\u00a0has been developed as companion game to the PBS documentary feature,\u00a0Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines. While the film encourages young audiences to explore pop cultural history as a means of thinking critically, the Wonder City game aims to change how we visualize power and gender. We […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[818],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-3243","blog","type-blog","status-publish","hentry","tag-independent-film"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWonder Women! 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