@JamesColtrain

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

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Joined July 2011
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So excited to announce that my studio @historiatedgame‘s first game, Blackhaven, which I worked on with students and faculty at Xavier University of Louisiana, will be released for FREE for PC on Steam July 27th. Check out the trailer below! youtu.be/zHSvPXx6eho

Blackhaven Announcement Trailer - Historiated Games - Play for FREE on Steam July 27th

Play for FREE on Steam July 27thhttps://store.steampowered.com/app...

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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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Pleased to share that I've been awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor at UConn! @UConnDMD
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Excited that my Journal of American History essay “Historians and Video Games” is up. It covers what games set in America’s past have done and could do, and has advice for how interested historians might contribute. Step one? Play games! #publichistory academic.oup.com/jah/article…

Historians and Video Games: How the Profession Can Better Engage in Play

Whether the profession notices or not, video games annually account for a greater share of the history Americans consume. For years the video game industry

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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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Looking forward to speaking Tuesday afternoon @Official_GDC on developing #Blackhaven as a historical game. schedule.gdconf.com/session/…
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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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My short talk for @Official_GDC from 2019 on researching historical games is now up for free!
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@Official_GDC19 Nov 2021
New GDC video on YouTube: A Historian's Guide to Researching Your Historical Game, with Dr. James Coltrain youtube.com/watch?v=O5UANrti…

A Historian's Guide to Researching Your Historical Game

In this 2019 GDC Game Narrative Summit talk, Dr. James Coltrain sha...

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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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So incredibly excited to win an @indiecade award for #Blackhaven! My deepest thanks to my script team @ShearonRoberts @drsdecuir @Tia_Alphonse @tyramjohnson @naomi_winston33 and our star @darbycamille!
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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Also big thanks to @UConnDMD @XulaMassComm @drjeannette1970 @wgthomas3 @kldreher2 @_JoyCastro @CDRH_UNL!
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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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