Silicon Sisters is a

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based in

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. The studio creates games aimed at a female audience and is the first

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video game studio owned and run solely by women.

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 Gershkovitch and Kirsten Forbes in July 2010. The studio released their first game, ''School 26'', in April 2011. ''School 26'' used the tool of empathy to advance in the game, and was downloaded more than 1,000,000 times in

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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. In 2013, the studio released ''Everlove: Rose'', a

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geared towards adult women. The game was well received critically, but was not a commercial success.

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