“A lot of female IGAD students state that
they were not and sometimes still are not
even interested in games.”
But is the main reason of the growing female
interest for the IGAD course this easily
explained? The fact that more women are part
of the target group and that there is a high
demand for female game developers within
the industry is a factor for most female
students to study the IGAD course.
Another reason for women to still enrol in the
IGAD course even though it is maledominated is that when asked, a lot of female
IGAD students state that they were not and
sometimes still are not even interested in
games, but just love 3D visual art or design.
Some state that they still have to figure out if
they actually do want to work in games,
movies or in a completely different industry.
It turns out that female IGAD students
devoted to be programmers are still a rare
thing, but that this is purely caused by
personal preference.
16 THE CONTRIBUTOR
The video game industry does not seem to
be the masculine hurdle it once was. It now is
just an industry in which the growing amount
of female game developers is marking a new
refreshing era. This new era also will consist
of female IGAD students and female alumni
who are motivated by different factors to still
join the IGAD course, even if this currently still
is a male-dominated industry. More diversity
for a diversified consumer audience is logical,
needed and welcomed. The Gamergate
controversy seems to be the last breath of
those trying to fight the change