Lual Mayen Explained

Lual Mayen
Birth Date:4 November 1993[1]
Birth Place:Aswa, South Sudan
Occupation:Video game developer[2]

Lual Mayen is a South Sudanese video game developer and video game designer.[3] He was born at the Aswa refugee camp in Sudan.[4] In 1993,[5] his family relocated to a refugee camp in Uganda.[6] [1] He was born into a family of seven.[7]

Career

Mayen is the founder and CEO of Junub Games.[8] [9] [10] [11]

During The Game Awards 2019 in Los Angeles, Mayen announced the video game Salaam ("Peace").[12] [13] The game is about protecting communities.[14] [15] [16]

Honors

References

Web site: The peace games: Dreaming big for South Sudan's youth . 2018-07-19. Aljazeera. 2020-05-27.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Once he was a refugee. Now he's a CEO making video games for peace.. Alex. Andrejev. www.washingtonpost.com.
  2. Web site: Ugandan man creates video game to educate world about refugees . 2017-10-11. 13 Wham. 2020-05-18.
  3. News: A Kid In A Refugee Camp Thought Video Games Fell From Heaven. Now He Makes Them . Emily Vaughn. NPR. 2020-05-27.
  4. News: Lual Mayen: Entrepreneur, Game Developer and South Sudanese Refugee . Mohamed Malim . Epimonia. 2020-05-27.
  5. Web site: The peace games: Dreaming big for South Sudan's youth. Reem Shaddad,Jawahir. Al-Naimi. www.aljazeera.com.
  6. News: Meet Lual Mayen a South Sudanese refugee turned gaming CEO. Kylie Kiunguyu. This is Africa. 2020-05-27.
  7. Web site: Video: Gaming for good: Lual Mayen. ABC News. en. 2020-03-22.
  8. News: Former refugee Lual Mayen says video games like Salaam can encourage empathy . The Washington Post. The Washington Post. 2020-05-27.
  9. News: Creating a video game in a refugee camp . BBC Reporter. BBC. 2020-05-27.
  10. Web site: Global Gaming Citizen Lual Mayen launches Kickstarter for Salaam, a game about peace. 2019-06-21. VentureBeat. en-US. 2020-03-22.
  11. News: Lual Mayen creó un videojuego para mostrar la cruda realidad de los migrantes. Andrea Rincón . France24. 2020-05-27.
  12. Web site: Transcript: The Power of Play: Video Games and Esports. Washington Post. Live. www.washingtonpost.com.
  13. Web site: Lual Mayen Announces Salaam At The Game Awards 2019 . YouTube . 2019-12-14 . 2021-01-30.
  14. Web site: 2019 Game Awards live updates! . 2019-12-12. Comics Beat. 2020-05-27.
  15. Web site: A Kid In A Refugee Camp Thought Video Games Fell From Heaven. Now He Makes Them . 2019-12-11. North Country Public Radio. 2020-05-27.
  16. Web site: The Game Awards 2019 live report . 2019-12-13. Eurogamer. 2020-05-27.
  17. News: Lual Mayen: A Game Developer's Inspirational Journey . Fingerlakes Reporter. Fingerlakes . 2020-05-27.
  18. Web site: Lual Mayen: From refugee to game developer . Dean . Takahashi . 23 March 2019 . VentureBeat . 1 July 2020 .
  19. Web site: The Game Awards 2019: Recognizing This Year's Global Gaming Citizens . Leo . Obele . 6 December 2018 . 7 December 2018 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20181212213538/https://www.facebook.com/fbgaminghome/blog/the-game-awards-2019-recognizing-this-years-global-gaming-citizens . 12 December 2018 . live .
  20. Web site: Intellasia East Asia News - CNN's 'Tech for Good' spotlights the people using technology to empower themselves and others.
  21. News: How this man is using video games to help refugees. Ryan Bergeron. CNN.

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