For Larissa Baptista, the video-game industry is “where it’s at”. Good thing she’s in the right place. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the 24-year-old is a game-design student at Vancouver Film School.
Last year, Baptista became the third person to win VFS’s Women in Games Scholarship. The award is providing the tuition for her one-year program, from which she’ll graduate in June. A Flash game she developed with two other students as a class project may be played on Kongregate. Fang Shui was a finalist in the Digital Media and Wireless Association of B.C.’s Best Student Interactive Property Competition.
This weekend (January 21 and 22), Baptista plans to attend the sixth annual Game Design Expo. VFS will launch its fourth annual Women in Games Scholarship, worth up to $49,250, at the event.
The Georgia Straight reached Baptista by phone at school.
Great story. Nice to see more female devs active in the industry. And she's a fan of Team ICO!