Jehanne Rousseau

Jehanne Rousseau is a video game producer, co-founder and CEO of Spiders. She was lead writer for GreedFall.

Career

In 1999 Jehanne Rousseau began her career as a 2D graphic designer at RFX Interactive and worked on Tonic Trouble for Game Boy Color. In 2005 she joined Monte Cristo and created the world of Silverfall[1] until Monte Cristo stopped making RPGs.[2]

In 2008 she co-founded and directed the Spiders studio with former Monte Cristo developers. She is also a screenwriter and dialogue writer.[1] GreedFall is Spiders's biggest game a completely new universe with a language, different people, and different factions created from scratch in less than three years.[3]

In 2020, she received the Pegasus Prize for Personality of the Year from the Academy of Video Game Arts and Techniques.[1] She was awarded the Chevalier of the National Order of Merit medal.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jehanne Rousseau | Institut français". www.institutfrancais.com. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  2. ^ Mézière, Jonas. "Jehanne, Spiders Studio, talks about recruitment in the video game". Gaming Jobs. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  3. ^ Wray, Chris (2019-04-18). "Exploring GreedFall - Interview With Spiders CEO Jehanne Rousseau". Wccftech. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  4. ^ Victoria. "Femmes de Culture élit 5 personnalités féminines du jeu vidéo en 2021 | Women in Games France" (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-21.


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