MCM London Comic Con Panel - October 2023 | Turn Your Comics Into A Game Without Coding!
Artists and writers can now easily design their own games and earn money on a new platform - Dorian! These games make far more money than webcomics or linear fiction thanks to superior game monetization. At this panel you will learn how to easily adapt your comics into an interactive game format and which trends and tropes are working the best! You will hear directly from the independent creators on how they are producing original visual novels, adapting existing titles such as The Arcana, collaborating with cosplayers and growing their audiences to thousands of paying patrons.
Julia Palatovska
Julia is a co-founder and CEO of Dorian known to be among very few female CEOs in the games industry. Dorian is a venture-backed creator platform that democratizes creation of visual novels and choose-your-own-adventure games. Dorian enables anyone to produce social story-driven games, build their community and earn a living with no coding experience! Dorian has a community of over 7000 published creators - among them award-winning writers, artists and cosplayers - and over a million visual novel fans and growing daily! Dorian investors include Raine Group, one of the early investors in Wattpad and Kevin Lin, a cofounder of Twitch.
Azra Mandel
Azra Mandel, community manager and creator at Dorian, wears multiple hats as an author, streamer, and self-taught artist. Azra's journey through social media and creative writing has led her to rapidly build a place for herself as a game creator. Since joining Dorian in November 2022, her games have garnered a fanbase of nearly 20K active followers in a matter of months. Azra will share her experience working with the Dorian community as well as creating games on the platform.
Wynter
Wynter is a cosplayer, streamer and game creator with a fanbase of over 1 million fans. They’re constantly challenging themselves by taking on new creative projects and making and streaming games on Dorian has become Wynter’s latest obsession. They’ll share how they’re using the Dorian platform as a cosplayer to grow their earnings to thousands of dollars per month and how game creators can collab with cosplayers to build their IP and grow their audience!
Resident Black
Resident Black is a writer and editor who built a community of nearly 700 paying patrons on Dorian in just one year. As one of the creators behind "What Lies Beyond," a sequel to popular visual novel The Arcana, Resident Black’s work is the perfect example of how a brand new creator on Dorian can quickly build a devoted support base and expand on a beloved franchise. She will be sharing her experience going from having no online presence to penning one of the most iconic spin-offs of The Arcana.
Lozzagna Draws
Lozzagna Draws is a rapidly growing artist, author and streamer in the Dorian community. With a background in comics, magazines and webtoons, their passion for telling LGBTQ love stories brought them to Dorian with their debut visual novel “Loverboy.” They will be sharing their experience coming from the world of webtoons to the world of visual novels and what they’ve learnt from building interactive games.