The IGDA (International Game Developer’s Association) has just published the results of its demographic survey of the industry. Not surprisingly, the typical game developer is:

White,
Male,
Hetero,
31 years old (really? they all seem so young to me),
University educated.

(remind you of anyone?)

I was happy to find out that although the industry is highly homogenous, most respondents also agreed that increasing the diversity of our workforce would greatly benefit the industry. But that’s a bit of a chicken-and-the-egg problem. Make more diverse games, attract a greater diversity of gamers, attract a greater diversity of game makers, make more diverse games.

I have so much more to say about this, it’s not even funny.