Adeline’s Elopement

Adeline’s Elopement is a simple stealth game with a Victorian setting. Adeline, the protagonist, is determined to elope despite her parents disapproval and needs to escape her house without anyone seeing, steal some valuables to help her start her new life. Her secret weapon? Potions that make her invisible for a short period of time.

Developer Bio:
Cecily Carver is an opera-loving BC native who studied Computer Science in university and spent several years as a software developer (mostly .NET) in Toronto and New York City. In 2010 she took the opportunity to get closer to her favourite art form by becoming the social and interactive media co-ordinator for the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto. Her first finished, original game was Adeline’s Elopement, created as part of the first round of the Difference Engine Initiative in 2011. Her favourite games are ADOM, Grim Fandango, and Baldur’s Gate II, and before working for the COC she maintained an opera blog at All Time Coloratura.

Links:

• “Female game developers getting help with their game demos”, Quick Jump Network (Press)
• “Meeting the women who put the “difference” in the Difference Engine” AV Club (Press)
• “Women Making Games: Takeaways From The Difference Engine Initiative” Gamasutra (Press)