are doing to tackle the issue. this is yvonne, a graphic designer based in london. and this is her daughter alyssa. she is playing the game that they designed together frobelles. but they didn t create this app for the fun of it they wanted to solve a long lived problem in gaming. when alyssa came to me and said, mum, i am looking for characters with hair like mine, why is it that these games don t actually have that? it really brought home the fact that it is so important for children to see themselves, whether it is in games, books, the media. and for her to show to me that actually it was something that was disappointing for her, to not see afro hair, it made me realise that actually we needed to do something ourselves. after struggling to find a dress up game that featured black characters, they decided to make their own
at how far black representation truly has come in games in the last few years, and what one mother and daughter are doing to tackle the issue. this is yvonne, a graphic designer based in london. and this is her daughter alyssa. she is playing the game that they designed together frobelles. but they didn t create this app for the fun of it they wanted to solve a long problem in gaming. when alyssa came to me and said, mum, i am looking for characters with hair like mine, why is it that these games don t actually have that? it really brought home the fact that it is so important for children to see themselves, whether it is in games, books, the media. and for her to show to me that actually it was something that was disappointing for her, to not see afro hair, it made me realise that actually we needed to do something ourselves. after struggling to find