Top 100 Women in Games: Timea Tabori

Timea Tabori is a junior engine programmer at Rockstar North and a member of the board of directors of IGDA Scotland.

Originally from Hungary, Tabori graduated from Abertay University in 2013.

Her inclusion in the Top 100 Women In Games is the latest in a series of accolades inspired by her excellent work – she is a former GDC IGDA Scholar and was one of Develop’s 30 Under 30in2013.

Tabori thrives to continuously grow and develop herself through a wide array of personal projects and community engagement.

In particular, she has been a long-serving volunteer for IGDA Scotland, where she recently joined the board of directors, aiming to have a positive impact.

She is also a STEM and Video Games Ambassador working with CoderDojo, where she works to teach young people about programming and promote careers in the creative industries.?

Among Tabori’s primary passions are the power of games as a medium, opportunities in game development and diversity in the games industry community, workforce and products, for which she is an advocate.

Through her career and public engagement, Timea hopes to work towards increasing the relevance of the community and achieving better inclusivity throughout the games industry.