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Name |
Lorraine Hopping |
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Your Pet Monster |
Astro Monster v2 |
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Location: |
Michigan , New York City |
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Personal URL: |
http://www.lorrainejeanhopping.com |
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Affiliation (company, school, group, e.g.): |
Hopping Fun Creations |
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Affiliation URL: |
http://www.hoppingfun.com |
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"If my life story were a game, it would be a cross between (a game from before 2000) and (a game from 2000 or later)... |
Cranium (multi-brain!) and Oregon Trail (I survived) |
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"Most people know me as a (check all that apply): |
Game Designer , Writer, Inventor, Lifelong Gamer |
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When it comes to my game-making career, I'm: |
a Jedi master (10 games or more) |
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Kinds of games I’m best known for making (or want to be known for making someday!): (check all that apply) |
Social games , Simulations, Art and Experimental games, Board games, Card games, Street games, Educational games, You Should Add Another Category, My Work is So Awesome it Doesn’t Fit Any of These |
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Will Collaborate For: |
Creative Fulfillment and Fun , Money, Big Money, A Chance at a Nobel Prize |
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Anything else you want to say about the kinds of projects or people or organizations you’d like to work with? |
I’m a well-published writer and author rapidly expanding from print (50+ books, 12+ board/card games) into multimedia and transmedia projects that are strong on story, interaction, and participation.
As a game designer, I’ve created a line of “Hopping Fun Creations” games for math, ESL, language arts, American history, and science. I also aim to brand and license some of the more successful properties and am open to queries with game agents. |
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Games I’ve worked on: |
Escape from Antcatraz and other interactive fiction adventures for Scholastic Software, 80s-style (very strong on story, less dependent on graphics)
Mars 2020 + a dozen other board games from idea to store shelf for Aristoplay and Talicor
25 Super Cool Math Board Games + a dozen other game and activity books (Scholastic Professional)
Speed Racer, a licensed board game (Penguin)
NOVA True Science, another licensed board game (WGBH)
HUNDREDS of short and casual games, quizzes, activities for websites! |
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Skills and Superpowers: (What abilities would you bring to a collaboration?) |
Professional creative services (editorial , game design, consulting)
Solid writing (fiction and nonfiction) across the media in print, radio, software, web
game design from concept to polished product
Deep experience and contacts in the publishing world
Deep background in educational and children’s products (former Scholastic editor) |
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3 games I’ve played that changed my life: |
Oregon Trail (spurred me to write interactive adventure scripts)
The Dig (an early Lucas video game with story!)
Mars 2020 (my bestselling board game—now a classic) |
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