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| Zoe Quinn | |
|---|---|
| Born | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Video game developer |
| Known for | Depression Quest |
Zoe Quinn is an American independent video game developer, 2D artist and programmer living in the Boston, United States. Quinn developed the interactive fiction Depression Quest, co-created with Patrick Lindsey and Isaac Schankler, the first Twine game released on Steam.
Life and career
Zoe Quinn created Depression Quest, a game which details what it feels like to live with depression. In attempting to publish the game through Steam's Greenlight service, Quinn was the target of harassment both online and through sexually explicit phone calls. In August 2014, Depression Quest became available on Steam.
In addition to her own game development projects, Quinn is also known for creating the Game Developer Help List designed to bring experienced game developers and novice developers into contact with one another.
In 2014, Quinn was to be part of YouTube reality television GAME_JAM, which was intended to bring together a number of prominent indie game developers. The show was cancelled for a variety of reasons, including developers refusing to engage with questions they considered offensive.
Quinn is also interested in body modification, and has implanted a chip in the back of her hand that can be programed to perform various functions, her first use of the chip was to load it with a download code for the game Deus Ex, in addition to having a magnetic implant in her left ring finger.
Quinn has joined Loveshack Entertainment as Narrative Designer for the upcoming iOS game FRAMED. Quinn is also working on a full motion video game starring Greg Sestero.
Controversy
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In August 2014, Quinn's ex-boyfriend Eron Gjoni created a Wordpress blog detailing how she allegedly cheated on him with multiple people, some of which work in gaming journalism. Quinn commented on the incident saying "It’s a personal matter that never should have been made public,". Kotaku stated that it had found "no compelling evidence that any of that is true."
References
- Edge Staff. "Why the co-creator of Depression Quest is fighting back against Internet trolls". Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- Carly Smith (2013). "Depression Quest Dev Faces Harassment after Steam Submission". Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- Polo, Susana (2013). "The two most inexplicable examples of video game community harassment this week". Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- "Depression Quest Now Available on Steam for Free". AusGamers. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- Wawro, Alex (2013). "Game Developer Help List rallies industry vets to aid rookie devs". Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- Matulef, Jeffrey (2014). "Game jam reality show cancelled as indies wouldn't put up with its s***". Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- http://kotaku.com/woman-puts-deus-ex-on-computer-chip-in-her-hand-1573033542
- Hernandez, Patricia (2014). "Woman puts Deus Ex on computer chip in her hand". Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- Kleppek, Patrick (2014). "Zoe Quinn has embraced our cybernetic future". Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- Daniel Nye Griffiths (2014). "Quest Love - 'Depression Quest' Creator Zoe Quinn Joins Hot Indie 'Framed'". Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- Donaldson, Ricky (2014). "Zoe Quinn's Follow Up To Depression Quest is a FMV Game". Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- Aja Romano (August 20, 2014). "The sexist crusade to destroy game developer Zoe Quinn". The Daily Dot. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Fruzsina Eördögh (August 19, 2014). "The Anti-Feminist Internet Targets 'Depression Quest' Game Creator Zoe Quinn". Motherboard. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- Zoe Quinn (August 19, 2014). "Once again, I will not negotiate with terrorists". Tumblr. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- Stephen Totilo (August 20, 2014). "In recent days I've been asked several times..." Kotaku. Retrieved August 20, 2014.