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Cheryl Platz joins the 2026 Cannes Entertainment Lions for Gaming jury

Posted on April 30, 2026 by Cheryl

Ideaplatz founder Cheryl Platz (@funnygodmother) is deeply honored to announce that she will be serving on the Awarding Jury for the Entertainment Lions for Gaming at @cannes_lions 2026. She takes the responsibility and privilege of setting the global benchmark for creativity very seriously –

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Games, Speaking, Technology, Women in Technology

Cheryl Platz to give seminar for Stanford’s Human-Computer Interaction Group April 24, 2026

Posted on April 22, 2026 by Cheryl

Cheryl Platz is honored to be joining the ranks of this spring’s cohort of Stanford HCI Seminar presenters, invited to share her take on the Motivators of Play and other topics related to the intersection of user experience and game design with

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Design, Games, Speaking, Technology, Women in Technology

See why “Weird is Good” with Ideaplatz founder Cheryl Platz at the Global Innovation Forum in London November 2026

Posted on April 15, 2026 by Cheryl

Ideaplatz founder Cheryl Platz is thrilled to be joining the creative lineup at the Global Innovation Forum in London on November 18-19, 2026. She’ll be bringing a brand new mainstage talk inspired by her work on The Game Development Strategy Guide and

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Speaking, Technology, Travel

Free Webinar: Embrace Your Fun Factor on January 9 2026

Posted on December 20, 2025 by Cheryl

Sign up today to join Cheryl Platz, accomplished game developer, host of Enduring Play, and author of The Game Development Strategy Guide as she helps you discover your product’s fun factor. If you’ve ever wondered how to inspire or delight customers in

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Design, Games, Speaking, Technology

Cheryl Platz speaking at the 2026 GDC Festival of Gaming

Posted on December 19, 2025 by Cheryl
GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 logo.

Cheryl Platz, author of the new book The Game Development Strategy Guide: Crafting Modern Video Games That Thrive, is thrilled to be speaking at her first Game Developers Conference as a part of the popular Spreadsheets microtalk series, returning for a second

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Games, Speaking, Technology

Game Development Strategy Guide author Cheryl Platz launches academic book tour in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh

Posted on October 28, 2025 by Cheryl

Veteran game developer and author Cheryl Platz is headed to Drexel University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon University in early November PITTSBURGH, PA, UNITED STATES, October 28, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ — Today’s students are better positioned than any other generation to

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Design, Speaking, Technology, Travel

Author Cheryl Platz speaks about Opti-Pessimism at Design Matters Tokyo on the Game Development Strategy Guide book tour

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Cheryl

September 14, 2025 / Tokyo, Japan: Author of the Game Development Strategy Guide, Cheryl Platz, debuted her second new talk in two months as one of the closing keynotes at Design Matters Tokyo 2025. Entitled “Future Sight in Design: Using Process and

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Design, Speaking, Technology, Travel

Author Cheryl Platz launches book tour for The Game Development Strategy Guide at Seattle Indies SLICE on August 27

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Cheryl

Explore changes in player motivations backed by theory and data paired with ideas in Cheryl’s microtalk “The Modern Motivators of Play” at McCaw Hall SEATTLE, WA, UNITED STATES, August 26, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ — Author, game developer, and creative director Cheryl Platz is

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Seattle, Speaking, Writing

New Game Development Podcast: ‘Enduring Play’ Explores Thriving Games and Studios With Industry Veterans

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Cheryl

Level up your game development career at any stage of the game with 10 candid interviews that explore the best and the worst of modern video game development. BELLEVUE, WA, UNITED STATES, August 19, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ — It’s time to level up

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Design, Games, Speaking, Technology

New Game Development Podcast: ‘Enduring Play’ Explores Thriving Games and Studios With Industry Veterans

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Cheryl

Level up your game development career at any stage of the game with 10 candid interviews that explore the best and the worst of modern video game development. BELLEVUE, WA, UNITED STATES, August 19, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ — It’s time to level up

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Creativity, Games, Speaking
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  • Cheryl Platz joins the 2026 Cannes Entertainment Lions for Gaming jury April 30, 2026
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