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When I was leaving for school, I already had quite a number of games developed but none of the projects had actually been completed. I entered the State University of Management, the department of Information Systems. At the university, I studied computer science; game programming remained my hobby.
In the course of my university studies the Internet was making its way in Moscow. Finally it became accessible to our family and my dad said, "It would be a good idea to try to sell your games through the Internet." Soon we came across an article describing the basics of shareware in one of our computer magazines.
Following advices of the mentioned article we completed a couple of games and made them ready for sale (I put the final touches to the user's interface and Mom wrote the necessary documentation in English). After it appeared that my humble hobby yielded a profit, I started a number of more serious games and paid more attention to the site design.
Cricket: Is it difficult to be a woman in the gaming industry?
Lena: Yes, it's rather difficult. Most of my colleagues in shareware business look at me as at a pink elephant. It seems to me that they don't believe that I have programmed my games without any "masculine" help.
Cricket: How long does it take to develop a game?
Lena: It depends of the game. The most complicated of my games BigJig (jigsaw puzzles) took me about 3 years. Sokoman took me 3-4 months to program it, let alone the time to compound levels (Mom is a great fan of such puzzles, so she invented the new levels).
Cricket: How many staff members do you have?
Lena: It's my family. I program the games, Mom writes the helps and Dad is responsible for customer support - he communicates with users who have any problems or questions.
Cricket: What do you see in the future for lenagames?
Lena: Big and bright! To be serious, in the nearest future I'm going to make up a big collection of "patiences." (Patiences are a collection of solitaire card games, some rare)
By the way, among other things I am planning to invest some time and money in improving my English. Editor's Note: Lena, we think you're doing just fine!
In the course of my university studies the Internet was making its way in Moscow. Finally it became accessible to our family and my dad said, "It would be a good idea to try to sell your games through the Internet." Soon we came across an article describing the basics of shareware in one of our computer magazines.
Following advices of the mentioned article we completed a couple of games and made them ready for sale (I put the final touches to the user's interface and Mom wrote the necessary documentation in English). After it appeared that my humble hobby yielded a profit, I started a number of more serious games and paid more attention to the site design.
Cricket: Is it difficult to be a woman in the gaming industry?
Lena: Yes, it's rather difficult. Most of my colleagues in shareware business look at me as at a pink elephant. It seems to me that they don't believe that I have programmed my games without any "masculine" help.
Cricket: How long does it take to develop a game?
Lena: It depends of the game. The most complicated of my games BigJig (jigsaw puzzles) took me about 3 years. Sokoman took me 3-4 months to program it, let alone the time to compound levels (Mom is a great fan of such puzzles, so she invented the new levels).
Cricket: How many staff members do you have?
Lena: It's my family. I program the games, Mom writes the helps and Dad is responsible for customer support - he communicates with users who have any problems or questions.
Cricket: What do you see in the future for lenagames?
Lena: Big and bright! To be serious, in the nearest future I'm going to make up a big collection of "patiences." (Patiences are a collection of solitaire card games, some rare)
By the way, among other things I am planning to invest some time and money in improving my English. Editor's Note: Lena, we think you're doing just fine!
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