@JamesColtrain

Associate Professor of Game Art and 3D Modeling, @UConnDMD, Game Dev, @NorthwesternU History PhD, Founder and lead at @historiatedgame

 Connecticut
Joined July 2011
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Upcoming side project from some of our devs, check it out!
Mystoriated Games@mystoriatedJun 2
We're making a cozy decorating game that's both spooky and cute! 🕯️💀 🎃 #indiegame #cozygames #cozygaming #indiedev
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An update on our future plans.
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So honored to be nominated for the Most Significant Impact Award at this year's Games for Change Festival. Congrats to all the other incredible nominees!🎉 @G4C @UConnDMD @XulaMassComm
Games for Change@G4C15 Jun 2022
Announcing the 2022 Games for Change Awards finalists! 🎉 This year, we received over 400 submissions, and with the help of 125 expert jurors, we are proud to reveal the 28 nominees! Explore the games and tune in on July 15th to find out the winners ➡️ bit.ly/G4CAwards22
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Game Dev(in)@TheGameDevin4 Apr 2022
🎉OUT NOW! Hare Apparent is FREE on Steam TODAY! store.steampowered.com/app/1… Go build your alliance, win friends, and make enemies-- the Ironwood Crown is yours for the taking! #indiegames #indiegaming #indiegame #pcgaming #gaming
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After months of planning, #games scholars at @UConn @UConnNeag @UConnDMD are extremely excited to announce that we will be hosting a Frontiers in Playful Learning summit from 1-3 June 2022 at the UConn Storrs campus: frontiers.education.uconn.ed… #indiedev #gamedev #highered #edtech
Frontiers in Playful Learning 2022

ALT Frontiers in Playful Learning 2022

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Very honored #Blackhaven was awarded an Honorable Mention in the Excellence in Narrative category at the @igf Awards! Congrats to all the nominees! @UConnDMD @XulaMassComm @ign @Kotaku @Polygon @rockpapershot @unitygames @unitygames @G4C igf.com/article/unpacking-an…
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❄️Welcome to the Scrapshoot Winter Update!❄️ ❄️Snow has fallen, a festive menu is here, and there are new holiday hats to unlock!❄️☃️ We've also implemented a slew of bugfixes. For more info check out the post on our Steam page! bit.ly/3qg4pB9 #gamedev #madewithunity
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maddy.@Iilac_14 Dec 2021
Just finished playing 'Blackhaven' by @historiatedgame. Felt like crying a few times, but stories like this need to be told.
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Congratulations to @historiatedgame and @JamesColtrain on winning the 2021 @IndieCade festival Innovation in Experience Design Award for Blackhaven! Well deserved and we are grateful that @XulaMassComm was able to support this groundbreaking project @XULA1925 @XULApres
Historiated Games@historiatedgame24 Oct 2021
🏆We are absolutely thrilled and honored to win the Innovation in Experience Design Award from the jury of the prestigious @IndieCade festival!! It’s given to a game that “takes the player on an emotional arc that can’t be had anywhere else.”🏆
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IndieCade@IndieCade24 Oct 2021
Congratulations to Blackhaven, this year's award winner in Innovation in Experience Design!
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Kyle Hoekstra@kylehoekstra13 Oct 2021
Pleased to (finally) write about Blackhaven by @historiatedgame over at History Hit historyhit.com/gaming/blackh…

Blackhaven is a Game Which Explores Race, History and the Legacy of Slavery

The titular hall in the short narrative game Blackhaven is an 18th-century mansion in Virginia. Before it burned during the American Revolution, it...

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IndieCade@IndieCade29 Sep 2021
Congratulations to our #IndieCade2021 Nominees! Find out more and register for the festival October 22 - 24th anywhere.indiecade.com/ @mischiefdevelop @Alma_Play @PartyOfOnePod @BeaconPines @Goodbye__World_ @historiatedgame @BlindDriveGame @CYODoc
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🎉Absolutely thrilled our first game #Blackhaven has been accepted to the prestigious #Indiecade festival! Play for free on Steam today! bit.ly/BlackhavenGame anywhere.indiecade.com/nomin… @IndieCade #indiegames @unity3d #madewithunity @ign @Kotaku @rockpapershot @eurogamer 🎉
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🏆#Blackhaven has also been nominated for two Spotlights Awards in the Impact Game and Narrative Game categories!🏆 anywhere.indiecade.com/award…
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Game Dev(in)@TheGameDevin21 Sep 2021
An award-winning game of woodland politics and social maneuvering, now in beta! Follow along for development updates, play the demo, and join our mailing list to be notified of the full release! #indiegames #indiegaming #IndieGameDev
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Blackhaven by @historiatedgame explores the dangers of peddling an inaccurate account of American slavery, and how that can muddy modern perspectives. @WitchyBride shares more in her piece. indiegamewebsite.com/2021/09…

Blackhaven confronts the truth behind historical whitewashing

Reckoning with our American past

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Very thankful to @WitchyBride for this positive and personal story on #Blackhaven in @indiegameweb. @UConnDMD @XulaMassComm @G4C @unity3d #madewithunity
The Indie Game Website@indiegameweb15 Sep 2021
Blackhaven by @historiatedgame explores the dangers of peddling an inaccurate account of American slavery, and how that can muddy modern perspectives. @WitchyBride shares more in her piece. indiegamewebsite.com/2021/09…

Blackhaven confronts the truth behind historical whitewashing

Reckoning with our American past

indiegamewebsite.com
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So proud to have been able to bring my students to @ConnectiCon, play games, have fun, win 🏆 @fig_ct and represent @uconn. Thank you @WhichGameFirst ! Thank you @UConnNeag @UConnDMD @Chronicle_Fox @DevinPQuinn @TurboThriller @steveslota @historiatedgame @tthedanial @cjceglio
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"Blackhaven is a first-person narrative adventure game that follows Kendra Turner, an intern and HBCU student working at a museum called Blackhaven Hall, a space dedicated to the preservation of historical plantation grounds in the south." polygon.com/22667591/fortnit…

Fortnite’s awkward MLK tribute could have learned from this thoughtful history game

Three developers reflect how to better teach Black history in games

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@Polygon13 Sep 2021
Fortnite’s awkward MLK tribute could have learned from this thoughtful history game polygon.com/22667591/fortnit…
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