{{Short description|Canadian video game developer}} {{Infobox company | name = Silicon Sisters | logo = Silicon Sisters logo.png | logo_size = 150px | type = | industry = Video games | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | founded = {{Start date and age|2010|7}} | founders = Brenda Bailey<br>Kirsten Forbes | defunct = | hq_location_city = Vancouver, British Columbia | hq_location_country = Canada | area_served = | key_people = | products = | owner = | num_employees = | num_employees_year = | parent = | website = {{URL|http://siliconsisters.ca/}} }}
'''Silicon Sisters''' is a video game developer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The studio creates games aimed at a female audience and is the first Canadian video game studio owned and run solely by women.<ref>{{cite news|last=Braganza|first=Chantal|title=Silicon Sisters developing games for women|url=https://www.thestar.com/article/948631|accessdate=February 5, 2012|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=March 8, 2011}}</ref>
==History== Silicon Sisters focuses on romance games aimed at the underserved market of women aged 30-50 who are casual gamers. Silicon Sisters was founded by Brenda Bailey and Kirsten Forbes in July 2010.<ref>{{cite news|last=Watters |first=Audrey |title=Silicon Sisters Builds Videogames for Women by Women |url=https://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/06/silicon-sisters-builds-videogames-for-women-by-women178.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630165547/http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/06/silicon-sisters-builds-videogames-for-women-by-women178.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 30, 2011|accessdate=February 5, 2012|newspaper=PBS|date=June 27, 2011}}</ref> The studio released their first game, ''School 26'', in April 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chalk|first=Andy|title=Silicon Sisters Say Game Industry Still Doesn't Understand Women|url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112508-Silicon-Sisters-Say-Game-Industry-Still-Doesnt-Understand-Women|accessdate=February 5, 2012|newspaper=The Escapist|date=August 22, 2011}}</ref> ''School 26'' used the tool of empathy to advance in the game, and was downloaded more than 1,000,000 times in English, French and Japanese in 36 countries. The game gained recognition from parenting groups and game reviewers for the diversity represented in the game, as well as the positive skills gained by exploring empathy. Its sequel, ''School 26: Summer of Secrets'', followed in the summer of 2012 and saw the exchange of secrets to advance or hinder the forward movement in the game.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
In 2013, the studio released ''Everlove: Rose'', a choose your own adventure light romance RPG geared towards adult women.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oxford |first1=Nadia |title=Everlove: Rose Review - Gamezebo |url=https://www.gamezebo.com/2013/08/26/everlove-rose-review/ |website=Gamezebo |accessdate=19 September 2018 |date=26 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=APP REVIEW: Everlove by Silicon Sisters |url=http://bookthingo.com.au/everlove-by-silicon-sisters/ |website=Book Thingo |accessdate=19 September 2018 |date=5 August 2014}}</ref> The game was well received critically, but was not a commercial success.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
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== External links == * {{official website|http://siliconsisters.ca/}}
Category:Companies based in Vancouver Category:Video game companies established in 2010 Category:Video game companies based in British Columbia Category:Video game development companies Category:Women video game developers Category:2010 establishments in British Columbia
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