Kimberly Blais
President, Game Designer, and Writer
The founder of Mama Makes Games, Kimberly Blais first became interested in developing games as co-founder of a software startup that was granted fifteen patents related to e-learning. Two of these patents were for gamification, and Kimberly’s research into the game market led her to start Mama Makes Games. An anthropologist by training, passionate potter, unrepentant bibliophile, and mother of four, Kimberly enjoys building worlds in which she would want to live and play with her children.
Erica Schroeder
Director and Lead Actor
Erica Schroeder is one of New York’s premier voice actresses and has worked on 40+ games. She has lent her voice to over 300 beloved animated characters for television, film and videogames over the past 19 years. During that time, she never left “Saturday Morning” and “After School” cartoons, shaping childhood memories for near a generation and counting. Erica has been directing and producing for the last 8 years and is one of the East Coast’s most sought-after voice coaches. She has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway and regionally, and sings on the original cast recordings of Jane Eyre, SHOUT! The Mod Musical and others. Erica has won a SALT award for My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding and an Outstanding Acting Performance Award in the 2014 Zed Film Festival for the television pilot, Zom-Com. Her favorite role by far is that of mom to her two children.
Cissy Jones
Producer and Actor
Cissy Jones has built a name for herself in the video game and animation space with such roles as Delilah (“Firewatch”), Katjaa (Telltale’s “the Walking Dead”) and Lilith (Disney’s “The Owl House”). Now moving to the other side of the glass, she’s bringing her expertise and experience to production, combining years of networking, fan interaction, and behind-the-scenes knowhow to bring more diverse projects to light. As a working mom of two incredible girls, she aims to champion projects with a heavy focus on inclusivity and intersectionality to model the world she aims to leave behind for them.