Optimaaro Games’ founders Jean and Blair Leggett traveled extensively in 2018 to give talks about their upcoming game adaptation of Charlaine Harris’ Shakespeare’s Landlord from her Lily Bard series, about a rape survivor who deals with PTSD and is also an amateur sleuth. Their game, newly titled “Lily Bard Mysteries: The Body in Shakespeare Park” is due for release in 2020.
Jean Leggett spoke at several conferences in 2018:
- Game Developers’ Conference, March, San Francisco: PTSD & Sexual Violence in Game Narrative
- IGDA Game Leadership Summit, September, Austin: One (Story) Game at a Time: Tales from the First 5 Years of an Indie Game Studio
- Grace Hopper Conference, September, Houston: PTSD & Sexual Violence in Game Narrative
- Talk & Play, October, Munich: PTSD & Sexual Violence in Game Narrative – The Making of the Lily Bard Mysteries
- Poznan GIC, Poznan, October: One Game at a Time: The First 5 Years of an Indie Studio
- GCAP, Melbourne, October: Sensitive Subjects in Serious Games &
Team OMSG traveled to and spoke in many cities including San Francisco, Dallas, Vancouver, Honolulu, Austin, Houston, Munich, Poznan, Berlin, Singapore, Melbourne, Tasmania, Vancouver (again!), Seattle, Toronto!