Heather Kelley

Heather Kelley
Heather Kelley in 2012
Heather Kelley in 2012
Pen nameMoboid
OccupationGame designer, writer, media artist
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States

Heather Kelley (aka Moboid) is a media artist, writer and video game designer. She is a co-founder of the Kokoromi experimental game collective, with whom she produces and curates the annual Gamma game event promoting experimental games as creative expression in a social context. She regularly appears as a jury member for several computer gaming festivals (such as Indiecade). She is also a frequent public speaker at technology events.

Her career in the games industry has included AAA next-gen console games, interactive smart toys, handheld games and web communities for girls. She has created interactive projections using game engines such as Quake and Unreal.

Heather Kelley was Creative Director on the UNFPA Electronic Game to End Gender Violence, at the Emergent Media Center at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont.[1] For seven years, Heather served as co-chair of the IGDA's Women in Game Development Special Interest Group.[2]

In May 2014 she joined the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University as an Assistant Teaching Professor.[3]

In 2018, Kelley became the Sensory Director of LIKELIKE Arcade.[4]

In July 2019, Kelley was hosted as the keynote speaker for the Nordic Game Jam[5] after being the keynote speaker in 2009[6] as well.

  1. ^ "Creative Director on the UNFPA Electronic Game to End Gender Violence". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
  2. ^ "IGDA's Women in Game Development Special Interest Group". Archived from the original on 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
  3. ^ ETC, Carnegie Mellon; official site
  4. ^ Gonzalez, Desi (2018-07-26). "Game Cube: On a New Media Gallery in Pittsburgh". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  5. ^ "Program | NGJ19". 2019-07-09. Archived from the original on 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  6. ^ "Nordic Game Jam '09". 2009-09-10. Archived from the original on 2009-09-10. Retrieved 2021-02-01.