Naomi Clark (game designer)

Naomi Clark
Occupation(s)Game designer, professor
EmployerChair of NYU Game Center
Notable workConsentacle
AwardsIndieCade

Naomi Clark is a Japanese American game designer,[1] writer, and professor who currently serves as the departmental chair of NYU Game Center at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. During Clark's term as chair of the department, NYU Game Center has been ranked by The Princeton Review as the top school for game design.[2] Her games often address LGBTQ themes. She designed Consentacle, a science fiction cooperative board game, which raised $154,609 on Kickstarter and won the IndieCade Impact Award.[1][3][4] Clark co-wrote the book A Game Design Vocabulary with Anna Anthropy.[5] Clark is a member of New York City's Game Development Industry Council.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Consentacle is a board game about having consensual alien sex in space". SYFY Official Site. 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  2. ^ Communications, NYU Web. "NYU Ranked the Best School for Game Design by The Princeton Review". www.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  3. ^ Narcisse, Evan (2014-09-25). "Tentacle Alien Sex Card Game Isn't As Perverted As You'd Think". Kotaku Australia. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  4. ^ "Her Story takes home the top honor at IndieCade 2015 awards show". www.gamedeveloper.com. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  5. ^ Stuart, Keith (2021-02-18). "Why do video games matter? 20 books every player should read". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  6. ^ "Mayor Adams Takes Steps to Transform New York City Into Global hub for Digital Games Industry". The official website of the City of New York. May 16, 2022. Retrieved 2024-09-27.