{"id":132303,"date":"2023-03-08T16:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/news\/?id=d47ujaui"},"modified":"2023-03-08T16:00:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T16:00:34","slug":"celebrate-women-in-app-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/08\/celebrate-women-in-app-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate women in app development"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This International Women’s Month, we\u2019re celebrating women founders, creators, developers, and designers. Read on to learn more about their journeys and the stories behind their apps and games.<\/p>\n

Behind the Design: Rebel Girls<\/h3>\n

The Rebel Girls<\/em> app uses immersive audio experiences, gorgeous art, and clever interactive elements to spotlight its historic heroines. \u201cWe\u2019re creating an omnichannel for girls,\u201d says Jes Wolfe, CEO of Rebel Girls. \u201cThe app takes the best of our books, podcasts, and audio stories and puts them into a flagship destination.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Behind the Design: Rebel Girls<\/h4>\n

Find out how the groundbreaking book became an ADA-winning app.<\/p>\n

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Behind the Design: Wylde Flowers<\/h3>\n

This charming Apple Design Award-winning game is a cross-pollination of farming simulation, eerie mystery, optional love story, and exploration of tolerance and understanding. Also, you\u2019re a witch who sometimes turns into a cat. \u201cThe Wylde Flowers<\/em> experience is a bit different for everybody,\u201d says Amanda Schofield, cofounder, creative director, and managing director of indie developer Studio Drydock. \u201cIt\u2019s all about self-expression and self-exploration.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Behind the Design: Wylde Flowers<\/h4>\n

Discover how Studio Drydock created this charming Apple Design Award-winning game.<\/p>\n

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Download Wylde Flowers from Apple Arcade<\/a><\/p>\n

Developer Spotlight: Rootd<\/h3>\n

When she started having panic attacks as a university student, Ania Wysocka (pictured above) wanted “to look for an app that could explain what was happening to me,\u201d she says. But when the hypnosis and therapy apps she downloaded didn\u2019t have what she was seeking, she decided to create Rootd<\/em> to demystify panic attacks and bring on-the-spot relief.<\/p>\n

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Developer Spotlight: Rootd<\/h4>\n

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Behind the Design: Overboard!<\/h3>\n

In the evocative murder mystery game Overboard!<\/em>, you play not as the detective but the murderer most foul \u2014 Veronica Villensey, a fading 1930s starlet who\u2019s tossed her husband off a cruise ship. To bring the story to life, artist and designer Anastasia Wyatt trawled into the rich potential of the game\u2019s vintage setting, pulling designs from 1930s fashion, magazines, and even sewing pattern books. <\/p>\n

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Behind the Design: Overboard!<\/h4>\n

How Inkle built an upside-down whodunit in just 100 days.<\/p>\n

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Behind the Design: Pok Pok Playroom<\/h3>\n

When the husband-and-wife team of Esther Huybreghts and Mathijs Demaeght first began dreaming up Pok Pok Playroom<\/em>, they made a solemn vow: parents shouldn’t need to mute the app in a restaurant. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want media and jingles and jangles that get stuck in your head,\u201d Huybreghts laughs. \u201cWe wanted a quieter experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Behind the Design: Pok Pok Playroom<\/h4>\n

Pok Pok Playroom is a quiet feast for little senses. There are switches to flip, gears to grind, blobs to plop together, and bells to ring \u2014 and those are just a handful of the animations designed to make the app feel like a tactile, handmade toy.<\/p>\n

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Developer Spotlight: Ground News <\/h3>\n

In 2017, Harleen Kaur launched Ground News<\/em>, a news aggregator that helps you see how media outlets across the political spectrum are covering\u2014or ignoring\u2014a topic. Not only does it let you read coverage from thousands of publications worldwide, it also shows the political bent of an article or outlet (which is ranked by a third-party service and Ground News<\/em> users themselves).<\/p>\n

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Developer Spotlight: Ground News<\/h4>\n

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Download Ground News from the App Store<\/a><\/p>\n

Developer Spotlight: Pr\u00eat-\u00e0-Template <\/h3>\n

When Pr\u00eat-\u00e0-Template<\/em> founder and CEO Roberta Weiand launched her app in 2014, it quickly became a darling among fashion designers around the world. With its library of templates, textures, and patterns, the app lets anyone sketch their dream outfit. <\/p>\n

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Developer Spotlight: Pr\u00eat-\u00e0-Template<\/h4>\n

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Developer Spotlight: The Dyrt<\/h3>\n

Sarah Smith, an avid camper and cofounder of The Dyrt<\/em>, was frustrated by how hard it was to find details on a campsite before you booked. She wanted to know that, say, site 2 was next to a busy road, while site 7 was along a river. She wondered why nobody seemed to be solving the problem. Then she had a thought that changed everything: \u201cWhy can\u2019t I do it?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Developer Spotlight: The Dyrt<\/h4>\n

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Discover more apps founded by women<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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